Recent content by racerx

Yeah, I figured they were both FoS. I am still screwed though--the installer won't do it any other way and I don't want 3 dishes on my roof. Dish CSRs have been useless--they won't even let me request a second different installer to look at things--it's apparently a random process, according...

OK, an update.... The installer came out and said that the 622 will only work with the Dish 1000. He still only wants to put the 1000 up next to the other 2 antennae. I told him no thanks. Tech support at Dish tells me that the 622 uses MPEG 4 technology and that the receiver will not...

OK all you experts out there, I have another question for y'all. I am in SE Texas, about 90 miles northwest of Houston. After some fits and false starts, I have finally gotten scheduled for an upgrade to a (leased) 622. My current situation is this--a 301 and a 6000 receiver (3 years old) and...

Gentlemen, I am a newbie, so I hope that the following doesn't get anyone in trouble. But say that I lived ~1.5 hours from a major city that has HD locals, while my own town does not. And assume that the two towns shared the same satellite. If someone were so inclined, not that I am in...