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Thanks for all the replies. Looks like the better safe than sorry approach is to just mail one to my parents and if they don't end up needing it then they'll have a spare.

My brothers and I bought our parents an HDTV for Christmas that will arrive before Christmas. My Mom managed to get the $75 install fee to upgrade her receiver and dish to HD capability (originally they were telling her $150). My question is will they have an HDMI cable when they come...

Well, I called back today to make sure they send a 522 since I need the dual tuner and they claim the CSR I talked to yesterday told me the wrong receiver....so who knows. I'll just have to wait to see what shows up in the mail.

I have no idea; could be the CSR didn't know what she was talking about. We'll see what actually shows up in the mail. Ok, so I just looked at the back cover of the PVR's as shown on the manual for each and it looks like the 508 only has one satellite input but the 522 has 2 satellite...

Hmmm...I know a post earlier said Novermber 3rd was when they'd stop working but my CSR told me I couldn't watch any stored shows on it after Oct 1st. Maybe that's just the date they're telling people so I don't try using it in October....who knows. They're sending me a 508. I can get $10 if I...

Nope, they didn't care, they offered that to me...ok they didn't say to call back and cancel the $5.99/mo fee so I'm guessing they always offer that and most people that take them up on it don't call back and cancel the $5.99/mo fee or if they do it only takes them forgetting to get around to...

Can anyone confirm there is such a thing as a recall then or should I just try calling tech support and trying to ask about a recall again? Not a bad idea. Does tech support keep records and are they dumb enough to not notice I reported this problem already before adding this plan to my...

I suspected the receiver but when I described it to technical support, which is when they said it'd cost $50 for them to look at it, they said it didn't sound like a receiver problem so I believed them. Unfortunately I don't have another receiver I can try so it'd take a technician coming to my...

Ok, a multipart question. Sorry it's long but I figure I'll give as much information as possible rather than getting a bunch of specific questions/suggestions about stuff I already know. My setup is a superdish that points at 121,119 and 110 connected to a 721 receiver through a DP34 switch...

My 721 on a superdish said channel 36858 lost lock. Anybody have a clue what that message is? It's starting to rain here so maybe that has something to do with it but my locals have been out for a couple days and I pulled the AC plug for a half hour to an hour last night to reboot the reciever...

No idea if they are related by my 721 hasn't had local channel for a couple days. I'm in the NE Indiana spotbeam. I recorded Mad Money on CNBC channel 208 and when I play it back it says 208 CNBC in the upper corner for the first second a recording usually shows the channel but it's not CNBC...

Huh, I think I misunderstood the whole package and what the people above were saying. I'd been thinking the exact opposite, that you'd get every game outside of your local area and if it was in your area you'd get blacked out on FSN but could see it on Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS or whoever carries MLB...

Wow this was very relevant, saw this post before I had to do a search of the forum. Is there a general rule of thumb as to how far the blackout area is from the city you care about? Like a radius of so many miles from the city or does it vary by city? Be great if there were a map for all...

Thanks Scott! Either the CSR had no clue what a lifeline package was or the cable company in my area is really bad. Cheapest thing I can get is channels 2-13 which covers locals from the 3 nearest towns and it ONLY costs $21.95, so basically the cheapest thing they offer is 11 analog...

I watched Technical chat because I accidentally forgot to fast forward through some commercials one day and saw they were having the slingbox demo (which I was considering purchasing). When Charlie said USB external transfer on the 622 I was seriously considering upgrading from a 721 pretty...