Recent content by IrishBrewer

Lots of the USB Wireless network adapters use the same chipset. A common chipset vendor is Realtek and one of their more popular chipsets is RTL8187B. If someone finds an adapter (or adapters) that works, it would be good to find out which chipset it uses and this would help in identifying...

No, the website does not mention the OTA feature but if one did their homework as others suggest, you could download the 222k manual from the site to get a full description of the features including OTA and learning remotes. I apologize for the confusion, I was trying to make it clear that the...

I've read the terms of service agreement and I've asked earlier in this thread if someone could show me where it says they can provide equipment that differs from what they are advertising on their website and I did not get a response. If you're saying that they can do it just because they don't...

There were two items that he mentioned. 1. Learning remotes - he has at least one remote that there are no built in codes for and he wants the learning remotes so he can use just a single remote rather than two or more. He is aware that these can be purchased separately but doesn't feel...

I don't know if the Chevy truck with a Z71 package is a very good anlaogy because say you paid for a truck with the Z71 package and for some reason you did not realize that it did not have it upon delivery but did notice once you had it back home, I'm sure you could still go back to the dealer...

Wow, I didn't realize you could get them for that cheap and I'm sure he didn't either because I'm sure he would have ponied up the extra $20 to own it and not have a contract extension. Dish wanted $400 to purchase the 222k. At any rate, it's too late for him to buy it now because he already...

Scott, Thanks for your replies and I apologize if I'm being dense but I don't see anything in the agreement that would permit them to advertise one model and provide you with another. Perhaps I missed something. The user agreement does say that the equipment they provide can be refurbished...

The state AG office has a consumer protection division that deals with stuff like this all the time. Some time ago my wife bought a camera online that was advertised as new and they sent a refurb. I called the company about this and they were pretty beligerant. I filed an online complaint...

Even so, if I lease a car, I know what I am getting because I am agreeing to lease a specific model. With Dish all you have to go on is what is shown on their site and they do not show the older receivers so anyone reasonable would assume you are going to get one of the models listed.

A friend of mine recently upgraded to a Dish HD package to take adavantage of his HD TV. As a loyal customer he was unable to take advantage of any of the offers being laid out for new customers so he had to fork out $100 for a HD receiver. After reviewing the choices available for HD packages...

It would seem to me that if the poster's objective is not to discuss politics, per se, but to discuss the exclusion of a certain channel for reasons that may have a political component that such a discussion should not be curtailed. That is to say, politics are not the focus of the discussion...

You mean like THIS? Looks like it would work although these are still pretty expensive. Perhaps I could live with SD recording until they come down in price a bit. I wonder if since the component DVR goes to an analog signal and is then converted back to digital if you could then record...

OK, I guess I was asking for too much. Is there a bad way that would work? If I could get this to work it would be a pretty nice setup as I could also add a $110 Blu-Ray drive and have a combo internet browser/HD-DVR/Blu-Ray player all in one system.

I have a VIP222 reciever and was thinking about building a HTPC so I can use the TV as a computer/internet browser and a DVR. The motherboard I would use has HDMI output but I need a way to get a HD signal into the HTPC to capture/record HD programming. I could build a pretty nice HTPC system...

What is strange is that I'm only getting the Washington SD channels mapping down with my current receiver settings, not the Harrisburg SD or the Washington HD. The setting on my receiver that I thought would control this is set to "Both HD and SD" but I do not remember finding a second setting...