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It would be a lot cleaner, and maybe even cheaper to use a sw64 switch in this setup.

If you have legacy equipment there is a cheaper solution to going DPP. Hopefully you have something like a pair of dual LNB on a Dish 500. If you are lucky you may have a quad LNB, I which case, just use one of the spare outputs to feed the second PVR input. If you don’t have any spare outputs...

So Dish is building the Eastern Arc out of older, nearly end of life satellites, and only “own’ one of the three orbital slots. Canada owns 72.7, and has only leased 16 transposed to Dish, while Mexico owns the 77 slot. I understand Dish must show that using the Mexican slot to broadcast to the...

Do the new G3 smart cards implement Nagra3? Will this just be on 72.7 bird? I am assuming 61.5 will not be using Nagra3, at least for the time being? I am sure two Dish 500 will work fine, but don't forget you will also need one for 77 in the future.

At this point who knows when or if the 77 orbital slot will be used. This would render the "Eastern Arc" useless, and the 1000.4 dish may never see the light of day. From what I understand, Dish has to prove the use of the 77 slot will not cause interference with other satellites. And this maybe...

As stated by hokiecb, you just need a DPP separator for the VIP622. Most come with the two short lengths of coaxial cable to connect to the receiver. This will free up a port on your DPP-44 for the new HD receiver. Look on eBay for the separator. Should be fairly cheap (<$10). A new DPP switch...

I don’t agree with that. Local channels are critical; without access to local news and events, Dish would be in a bad way. I am now beginning to understand the politics, and in a way even agree with it. All locals should be available on satellite. However, surely for most locals SD is good...

I am a little confused by some of the replies. Yes, of course, local channels carry national network programming. The point is the national programming is just that national, it’s all the same. So, why do you need to have 500 HD channels all showing Lost or Desperate Housewives? For that you...

I’m new around here; I have a question about all the local HD channels being added. My question is Why? Surely there is little to no locally produced HD material, except for news, weather, and, of course, sport. Having the SD channel is “good enough” for people to get their local news. Why does...