Recent content by SirJeff

Yeah, I know that Dish is leased, but you can at least purchase additional receivers and actually own them. I just don't agree with DTV making me pay $50 each for two standard, non-DVR receivers with digital OTA tuners, that I will never own. Now, if I had to pay for them, and I actually...

I plan on the everything package. That's what I've got with DTV. As it is, I pay $15/month in "additional receiver" fees. All of my DTV equipment is owned, obtained before they went to the lease model. What really sealed the deal for me is that Dish carries my local channels, DTV doesn't...

I believe that you've answered my questions. Just to make sure that I understand, and everything is SD for the next year or so, I can run one dual tuner DVR in the living room in single mode, one dual tuner DVR in the bedroom in single mode, and one non-DVR receiver in dual mode for the kids...

Before I make the switch to Dish, I need to have some questions answered about the receivers. My current setup is with DirecTV. I have 4 TVs, two of which have DVRs. That allows me to watch one program in the living room, while recording a second. At the same time, my wife can watch a...

I guess D* just likes to mess with me. I get the national feeds of ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox because D* doesn't carry my locals. I'm classified as a "Grade A" signal OTA, but D* gave them to me anyway, without having to submit waivers. Monday, I called to add the CW DNS (my local ABC affiliate...

I have a DishNetwork install scheduled for July 7th, and want to make sure that I'm getting what I want. Until the 7th, I have DTV, and this is the setup that I have with them. TV 1 has a standard single tuner receiver. TV 2 has a standard single tuner receiver. TV 3 has a dual tuner DVR...

Here's the scenario: I live within a 5 mile radius of my local channels and have no OTA reception issues. DirecTV "has no plans" to carry my local channels. Today, I called DirecTV to cancel my account, opting for DishNetwork, who does carry my local channels. The DTV CSR asked why I was...

Lol Iceberg. I've found over the years that the installers, regardless of service, are the ones that really know what's going on. A telco installer gave me a heads up on a DSL gateway going in near me so that I could get DSL, and now they've given me a timeframe for FiOS (3 years :( ), and...

Any word on the Abilene/Sweetwater, TX locals? I recently had an installer tell me that my locals would be available around Dec. 17th, but according to DTV, they "have no plans to offer....at this time".