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If you're a channel-surfer looking for something interesting to watch it's handy. Find a show that might be OK and select it, change tuners, find another show that might be OK and select it. Pop back to the first, rewind and watch it until you're bored then switch to the second and repeat. If...

The OTA guide on 921 is remapped from SAT locals, doesn't work if you don't subscribe to SAT locals that correspond to your actual OTA locals. If you do subscribe, and some of us did just that for free (temporarily), you can press record on your current local program and then switch to SAT...

Don't know that you need an unused tuner. You should have turned it on and watched, it's as fun as watching clothes go round in a front-load washer. You can, as I recall, watch 101 on the second tuner while it downloads on the first, equally fun.

Seems to be associated with L211, a number of people are noting similar problems. I filed an uncommon problem report with DISH, perhaps they'll figure it out and fix the next software.

...6. The OTA is pretty darn good, it's getting better. There stil is no OTA guide, though, unless you subscribe to the same locals that you get OTA. I have no problems with OTA, it's a darn nice machine but still not perfect. E*, on the other hand, gave us the shaft on the OTA guide so far.

I agree with boba, the HD on DISH is not particularly compelling. I'd suggest you reconsider the PVR thing, though. It's hard to live without once you try it. DISH will get you set up with a DISH 500 for free last I checked.

There are standalone DD / DTS decoders. I suspect it might be better to instead apply their price towards a new receiver with builit-in decoding.

Additional receivers above the first are charged $5, but if they are leased the $5 lease charge replaces that. There is a $5 VOD (video on demand) fee for 921, the 942 will likely have that too. The VOD is waived if you subscribe to AEP (A. Everything Pack) The 942 will probably incur an...

...on the fact it outputs 480i. I, perhaps vainly, tried to point out that satisfactory results MAY depend more on the display device than on the E* box . Some balance in the posts is useful, and yours struck me as rather one-sided (the part about 811 picture quality). Perhaps it is a matter...

...but I guess I need to qualify that: I don't think you should expect an improvement, nor should you expect degredation. Further, while E* signal could be better on non-premium channels, it is much more tolerable than many cable signals. My concern would be how well the TV handles less than...

I'd suggest you take a stroll over to the home theater SPOT. They have manufacturer-specific threads on all the major TV manufacterers and a wealth of information on picture quality. I purchased my Toshiba HD-ready (CRT rear-projection) set 2 years ago, and I've not regretted it for a...

...service it would come out higher than any of the premiums. Many that enjoy it now would probably not ante up. But then at least we'd have a level playing field. Do you somehow expect me to feel much better about paying $72.00 per year because the majority of E* viewers like something I don't?

Yes, I know. But ESPN offers absolutely no value to me, and it represents a large percentage of my monthly bill. Don't get on my case too hard for subsidizing you folks who enjoy sports.

Here's my e-mail to echostar. Hope it doesn't just make things worse: My 2 cents: I've been waiting for an HD DVR (921) for well over a year now. Your new pricing finally got me hooked. However, the 921 is not the machine I originally wished for. Months and months of software problems...

...and Scott here believes that 942 will be lease only. I'm not excited about having somebody else's property in my house - I'd rather own it. D* is not a real option for me because their premium channels are a bit more limited than E*, and D* costs more for their almost everything package...

Thank you Scott. I recall last year about this time you seemed a fairly strong Dish supporter, I'm sorry to see that dim. Dish should come through and support you, especially after all the support you've shown them. I would expect you're working on Dish to offer up a little compensation...

I'd REALLY like to get Scott's input on this one (the title of the thread). I understand the new pricing is a kick in the teeth for Scott and Claude as well as several members of this forum. Still, it's pretty enticing. Scott, you've used the 921 for some time. You've commented that the...

No phone line needed.

I really like my 508, identical to the 510 except slightly smaller drive. It has become very stable with the newer software. As a lease unit the lease fee replaces the second receiver fee, so it doesn't much pay to own it. However, if you don't have AEP you'll have to pay the $5 VOD fee on...

I agree with Larry, my 721 is very stable and is good as the primary receiver. Very fast guide and instant weather are a plus. There is only 1 receiver fee on the 721 even if not connected to phone line. The 522 has double fees if not plugged into phone line - plus VoD fee if you don't have...

I don't find it stupid at all, although it might be made better with another ATSC tuner (at some dollar cost perhaps). I, for one, would appreciate being able to record two HD datastreams in the background while I watch something (HD or SD) previously recorded. That would seem to make it...

Sure two would be better, but 921 only has one OTA - and seemingly not a particularly good one at that.

Found where Scott commented on perceived inferiority of the 942: Quote 'The 942 is NOT better, infact I consider it a step down.' in response to a querry regarding upgrading from 921 on July 28 this year. That comment has haunted me since then.

The special buy is noted in the dish store support forum, order probably went out today. It is/was $839, I slipped up on that. I distinctly remember Scott saying something about how the 942 seemed inferior to 921, but I'm not finding that quote. It struck me as odd because the 921 major...

Having quietly watched the trials of the parent boxes in customer's hands, it seems to me the 'twice the problems' is a reasonable guess. Given that the respective software products appear not entirely capable of handling either parent box, it strikes me that double the trouble is likely. This...