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With four smart TVs and a NAS... you have a good head start on June. 🙂

Yes, it's supposed to work like that. Another good thing about pause is that you don't have to send back any of the equipment that is leased during the pause. Of course, that doesn't apply to me because I purchased and installed everything. The built-in ATSC channels also continued to work...

Yes. But on the 211k... that's a meaningless distinction. They only continue to play... until they don't, lol.

"hemming and hawing" LOL

The problem definitely wasn't the HDD itself, which really only leads to one conclusion. The only thing left to settle is the intent... and frankly, I'm willing to live with the mystery (mystery, lol). 🙄 Since my last post, I've recorded all kinds of stuff on that same HDD with a different DVR...

LOL. My parents still have the "one box 2 TVs" thing to this day. TV 2 isn't even HD... that is... the delivery OR the TV. But my dad likes it.

That looks just like the UI in the 211k.

What happens if you play it?

Yep. It gave me two options for formatting... fat32 and exFat (or ext or similar, I'm not home right now, so I can't check for sure). I chose FAT32 and assume that that's what it did. I really wanted NTFS. I read where it can use an NTFS drive, but it didn't offer that as a formatting option...

I ended up letting the OTA DVR format the HDD (instead of my PC). Everything went fine. It reports the correct amount of space on the drive. The DVR formatted to fat32. I let the OTA DVR record all kinds of stuff throughout the night. Everything is working. All the recordings play just fine...

I was surprised to see that your recordings were still working before they quit. Your recordings were a lot older than I've been able to get work on my 211k... for quite a while now. None of my recordings still work. In fact, the NCAA national championship football game recording worked for...

I put the account on pause. No withdraw just yet... and already saved a hundred bucks, lol.

That's how it still is... that is... for however long the recordings last.

Yeah, my recordings rarely even make it all the way to 60 anymore. The dirtiest part of this whole thing IMO is... it's obvious that they are deleting the actual recording, but leaving the entry in the file allocation table. Before you figure that out, it just looks like you still have the...

Yes, Juan is correct. That is part of the issue... it's the issue that started the snowball down the hill. Nebugeater, that's an interesting statement. So I'm gonna ask this question... Is there anyone on here that is still using a 211k with an activated USB port, that can watch recordings...

They simply won't budge if I keep my hardware.

Well, I'm paid up through January 20... so it'll be after that. lol

I think I've decided to put the account on "Pause" instead of cancelling. That'll give me some time to absorb the reality of being DISH free for the first time in a decade and a half. It's only $5 a month... and you're supposed to be able to access your DVR recordings... that is... until the...

Especially when they pull back-room shenanigans to mess with the old receivers that just aren't dying fast enough for them (like what I'm convinced they are doing to 211k recordings). That brings in a whole other level of trust issues. The only thing that's making the old VIPs obsolete, is...

The receiver model wasn't the information in question... what dish is hooked to it was.

It's too bad that they didn't just start trying to explain it to me. I would have probably cried uncle right then and there, lol. I actually do have an old D500 with legacy LNBs on it. Haven't used it in years since I switched to a western arc 3 LNB DPP dish. It's been so long since I set it...

That's actually a better answer than I got from any of the CSRs or ai chat. Now I know there is some kind of node involved. That's more information than I had before.

Thanks man. It's good to see some familiar names from the old days... even if it's in a thread meant to express my frustration.

That's a good question. Initially, I asked if I gave them a UID from a used unit from eBay if they could tell me if it was free and clear to be added to my account (would be good info to have before the purchase, right?). The answer was somewhat wishy-washy... but essentially "no". Only one CSR...

Thank you. I'm not just some old grouchy guy. I'm a guy with a legit complaint. Thank you for saying that. I'm kinda tired of playing the game. TV should be easier than having to pull all kinds of tricks to get the provider to do for some what they do for others. In a way, this thread is my...