Recent content by GTAE86

Now THAT is top-notch customer support! How nice of Dish to encourage customers to seek out and switch to cheaper, better alternatives!

Speaking of the TV business changing - I was catching up on some RSS feeds and ran across this post: Duh: The TV Business Is On The Verge Of Collapse | Techdirt FWIW, my wife got an offer from Dish on Saturday (for some reason they cannot figure out that our address already has Dish), and AMC...

Right - even when searching for movies on premium channels, I use the Guide. I only go to the channel if I want to watch something there.

Gotta state the obvious here, since I am a jerk like that (according to my wife): Does Dish not realize that if the "Alternative high-value channels." do not include a channel that airs "Mad Men", "The Walking Dead", "Breaking Bad", "The Killing" and "Hell On Wheels" that many people are going...

I can get the locals now OTA - I am splitting from a set-top antenna with one branch into DVR, the other straight to TV. Seems the TV receiver is a bit better than the 722. However, I would not have a DVR for the locals, which is pretty important. People like me, where I live, are pretty much...

I called the number and a Dish rep answered. He said he would be very unhappy to miss an episode of "The Walking Dead", and that Dish really wants it all to work out. Of course, for unique programming, there is no channel Dish can substitute for AMC. I might have switched already except D*...

What size would you recommend? Does the DVR still only recognize the first 750 GB, or does it use more?

@LaddyBoy - Interesting. I used "platter" when I meant "disk", but either way, I did not know there was any trickery going on under the covers. So the Toshiba implementation is two 500 GB drives emulating 1 TB of storage? That is why the earlier poster mentioned a virtual drive.... @KAB...

So, to be sure, can I go from 722 -> 722k, or just 722 -> 722? My 722 is acting weird - when recording any local channel, OTA or from satellite, it destroys the local channels on satellite. Go to menu 6 1 1 and just look at the screen (no check switch, nothing - just show it) and it clears up...

Ahhh...what a bummer. That's really...harsh! Thanks for the help. I bought it about a year ago because the price was good at the time, and it had a power supply. Should have just bought a drive caddy instead. I have looked a good bit at the thread on EHDs, but it is somewhat disorganized -...

Thanks for the answers! Yes, I have the feature activated and the EHD is externally powered. Not sure about whether it is single or double platter.... Model is PH3100U-1EXB. My wife is using an identical one on her Mac (I bought two). Got the Toshiba because it seemed reliable....

I have tried to get my new Toshiba 1 TB EHD to work on a ViP 722 a couple of times. Each time, I plug everything in from scratch, so I am pretty sure that the new USB cable is properly connected. Each time, I have to cycle power on the DVR to get it to even recognize anything has changed. In...

Thanks for the advice - this thing is driving us crazy. I will give the unplugged reset a try. magnum2066 - I can see what you mean. I am leaning towards bad tuner or LNB. The system was installed brand new in November 2008, so it has not been in place that long. This is the second...

It worked like clockwork this weekend.... On a few occasions the picture on channels served from 129 would go to pieces. Going to the check signal page and then exiting cleared it right up. My wife lost nearly two hours of the Olympics because of it, and I almost had to sleep on the couch! If I...

East Coast - yes I can generally get good reception from 110 and 119, but would be just as happy to go to EA for the channels I get from those satellites. However, my locals are served from 129.