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    Getting the $5/month discount by connecting DVR to Ethernet

    StanUbankit - this is precisely the answer I was after! Thanks so much. I can hang a long phone cord across the house once a month - don't want to spend $50 if I don't have to (10 months to breakeven!). Rihallix
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    Getting the $5/month discount by connecting DVR to Ethernet

    Dish network offers a $5/month discount if I connect my VIP 722 DVR to the phoneline or the Internet. Does anyone know how often or when this needs to be connected to qualify for the discount? I have no phone or ethernet socket near my DVR. I do have a wireless gaming adapter being used...
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    Average 622/722 Temperature thread, Is your's Hot?

    722 running 138 high/129 avg/122 low I've got a 722 unit in a pretty tight Pottery Barn cabinet. Our first 722 lasted 3 months before the hard drive fried (DN sent out a replacement unit). Initially we saw audio out of synch and the picture would freeze on certain recordings - other recordings...