Recent content by rfguygg

Back when I was using a system 'portable', I found an old junk (free) DirecTV single LNB dish and bolted the foot to a small piece of plywood. These are functionally the same as a legacy Dish 300 and will work just fine. There's no reason to have a multi-sat dish, switches, etc. You only have...

The feds are hungry for $$$ and have zero technical expertise. Wireless spectrum = easy money. Who still uses an antenna anyway? :eek: It's no easy (or inexpensive) feat to change the transmission channels on the stations end. I believe many may throw in the towel this time. (Especially if...

Count me in!

+1, although my WebTV Dishplayer (7200?) was pretty cool too. It was ahead of it's time. I wish I had the opportunity to compare an HD channel to a clean, non-scrambled analog C-Band feed at some point. The home shopping channels used to look great on the BUD. Analog doesn't necessarily mean...

No DVR fees for the 501! At least for now. Thanks for the recommendations.

They activated my 501 and 301 no problem. Just had to send out the new cards. I just missed the last swap before I deactivated them. Dish told me I don't qualify for any upgrades so thought I'd pucrchase the 222 to replace the 301 and pick up another tuner. Im only on the Welcome pack for...

Hi everyone! Getting ready to jump back into DN from cable. I've been a customer on and off for about 10 years or so and own all my gear. One thing I'm curious about.. my 6000 box would receive OTA signals without DN service as long as it was recieving a signal from the satellite. Is that...