Recent content by z3540

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    Scott's Mini Hopper 3 Review

    Thanks for the great review, Scott. I read through all the posts and was hoping that someone would ask the question of heat issues with the HDD in the H3. I have had the 622, 722, and now the HWS. All have had heating problems with the HDDs needing me to place laptop cooling fans under those...
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    622 HDD Replacement

    Thanks Voyager6. I'll look into it. I started to read the temp thread and it's very long!!. so far my temps have been: High:122, Low:96, avg:111. BTW, I loved the Voyager series (all Star Trek series for that matter).
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    622 HDD Replacement

    Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but my 622 just died 3 weeks ago after installing it in Jan 2012!! I got an error saying that there was an HDD failure. I did the unplug/plug reset and did the clear NVRAM and clean the drive(menu, 6, 3, info, right, left, etc). I called Dish...
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    Disappointed in upgrade process

    CopyChief, Sorry for your bad experience. I've had one bad and one good experience: The Bad: three years ago, I signed up to upgrade from an 811 to a ViP622. I set everything up thru Dish. They sent me the 622 and a few days later, the installer came (I took time off from work to be...
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    Dish Network® Outlines Upcoming Hd Launch Schedule

    Why is it that Charlie/E* won't turn on SciFi HD? I'm not familiar with the process to broadcast an HD channel. Is it technically difficult?...is there any thing with SciFi HD itself that makes it difficult to braodcast?...does Charlie/E* not think that it is not in demand?
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    No audio on ViP 722

    Merry Christmas everyone! I am a relatively new member here and just upgraded my equiment to a ViP 722 this past September. Everything was working great until two days ago when I would intermittently lose audio for 1-2 seconds. Yesterday, it worsened to a point where there would be no audio...