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    Statement from DISH - Not Getting the New HD?

    had an installer come on wednesday, first he said that the upgrade would be too hard to do. (dish is mounted on the gable with my uhf antenna next to it. then I made the mistake and told him that my 722 was acting up, so instead of swapping out the 522, he swapped out the 722 then I was told...
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    ViP 622 & 722 Running Bug Thread

    I have a 622 and a 722, and they have been awesome up until a couple of weeks ago. now when I bring the 722 receiver out of stand by my recordings are gone and I have lost all dvr function, I also get freeze ups when i skip ahead or back too fast. a hard reset corrects the problem, but i'm...
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    Bose?

    well put. I bought a Bose satellite surround sound 10 years ago for a few reasons: 1. I was living in a condo and needed small speakers (and really couldn't crank it up) 2. wife wouldn't go for big speakers in the living room. 3. I had small child and liked the mounting on the wall...
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    Murdoch: Gov't Would Approve DirecTV/Echostar

    maybe when the 3rd satellite service, that was rumored on this site a month ago gets going. it might make the E*& D* merger closer to reality. I HOPE NOT!
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    Sony KDSR60XBR1

    I've owned my Sony 60" xbr grand wega for 4 years and no regrets! I went to circuit city in the morning and asked the sales person to switch from discovery hd to satelite and he did it! I thought he was just switching the Sony instead all the TV's were switched. the Sony had the best...
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    Enter HERE to win a $200 DishStore.NET Gift Certificate!

    dishstore.net :bow :bow :clap :clap :idea: :idea: need I say more?
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    Portland Or Hd Locals

    I'm going to assume portland oregon, not portland maine
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    Cheapest way to get Sirius on DISH

    anyone know if the sirius is encrypted or is it still FTA? If it is I think I'll strap a dish to the roof of my escalade and pick up sirius:D :eek:
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    Cheapest way to get Sirius on DISH

    I have sirius in all my cars 2 are hard wired/ intergrated and 1 is the fm modulator w/ an aftermarket receiver and I have to tell you the wired/ intergrated units sound the best. It is day 1 since I shut sirius off after 2 yrs and I can't handle it!
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    Who's giving up their 921/942 to E* for the $200 Credit?

    I'm thinking about selling my 921 on ebay for $225-$300. and then taking the $299 lease so it might run me only $0-$75 or I'll even make $1:D edit: I need to look into the commitment requirements between trading in your 92 1 and paying $99 or doing as I stated above If it means an 18...
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    622 With No Upgrade or 18 mo. commitment

    future proof? how far into the future? 1yr - 2yrs? or more? if so hold on to the 942 until they stop mpeg2 by then the 632?, 642?, 662?, 943? or whatever they name it. will be out for $299 or even $99 and it will have all the up to date features that you were hoping to get on your 942...
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    921 to parents?

    simplesimon I had the same thought:D
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    921 Owners Unite

    they still make you commit to a 18 month contract? even though we are existing customers, owners of the worst receiver dish has ever produced? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF that!:mad: I remember when I paid $1000 for their dvhs receiver and 6 years later I sold it for $300 and got some use out of it ...