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    Greenwich CT, Local Installer?

    Work for someone who has a 10,000 sqft house in Greenwich.. Want's 9 HD tv's to work on dish, of course whole house dvr. Right now the house is wired for cable tv, and it's old coax wire. It will need to all be redone. Where can I get someone to come out, take a look at the house, tell...
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    8 tv's in one house - how do I get the best dish experience?

    Hey there, I've got 8 (well actually 9) HD tv's that need some tv... right now we're paying 380 a month for horrible cablevision boxes. The hopper + sling experience looks awesome! Here's what one csr quoted me for the everything package. Here's my questions: I am not sure why I need...
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    So there must have been an Update: 722 Feature has been taken away?!?!

    So I for one cannot STAND the black bars even on SD channels...... I was THRILLED when I first got the 722 and realized that if I set it to "partial zoom" on SD channels, it would change to "normal" automatically when I went to an HD channel. And then it would change back to partial zoom on...
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    Is the 4200 HD the worst box cablevision offers or what??

    Gosh! Mine freezes ALL the time....... It then takes at LEAST 15 full mins to reboot..... AND changing channels is so horribly slow....WTF I have access to both dishnetwork 722 and this cablevision..... hands down 722 PWNS the 4200.... is there another choice on cable vision that...
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    Any way to make 722 sort of behave like a Tivo?

    As in I'd like to have it record a set number of action movies...on Stars and Cinemax....Of course I don't want to have to go sort them out.... I'd just like to say "record some NEWer action movies, keep 10 of them on at all times and I'll watch what I'd like" I'm going to keep searching...
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    External hard drive question: About how much more time do you get per....

    Say 500 extra gigs. I'm trying to decide if a 722 is worth it over a 622. What if I just went out and bought a 500gig-1tb drive. What kind of total HD recording time are you getting with your drives? I'm not interested is SD.
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    What's going on with that Schedule your DVR Recordings online thing?

    Without going into too many details........does it work? When will it come out? Anything really cool about it?
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    What's the best route to getting Dish To send me another HD Dual Tuner Box? (722/622)

    Family is getting an HDTV for another room. Currently already have a 622 and two 322's. We'd be keeping one of the 322's in a guest room, keeping the 622 in their room, and adding either a 622 or a 722 in the family room. Any ideas? - I want to do it as cheap as possible (already shelled...
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    Screwed up my homes Sat System on Thanksgiving, now I'm in hot water!!

    HI there, I'm hoping someone can help me, here's the important info. I have two 311's and a vip622 my zip is 06850. I'm trying to hook them up and get them going. Obviously I just dont "get it" yet as far as hooking up satellites to boxes go. Right now My vip622 is fine, it has two...
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    Dish has failed me (well at least their rebate)....I wan't to drop them, best route?

    So I signed up under that 200 dollar back promotion where if you get HD they send you 20 back for 10 months. WELL THEY NEVER RECIEVED MY REBATE FORM (I swear it's ascam) After countless hours chatting with online people they say there is NOTHING they can do. I don't have a copy, but...
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    Is there any way to force the update to a better time than 2 to 4 am?? I'm tired ofit

    I'm so tired of being woken up feeling like I'm about to take off in a plane. Is there a setting somewhere that I could tell it to do its downloads around 10am rather than f***ing 1, 2 3 or 4 am?? any help is appreciated
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    Can I get Hartford CT locals?? if I live closer to NYC?

    Im in Fairfield County CT.... Any chance they'd give me Hartford locals? Does anyone have this? or does the whole state of CT get NYC locals?
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    Does Anyone have a DVR HOG in their home??

    One of my family members is CONSTANTLY recording programs...... What's that you say? <Well Jeff that's what DVR's are for> Ok, so I'm fine with you filling up my list with figuring skating stuff that only YOU like.......but here's where I get pissy. Then this family member will NOT...
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    What's the best Deal for direct right now?

    I was hoping to get dish installed, 2 rooms with a dvr........for about 30 a month. and it was all going to happen, untill the installer said he couldnt get a signal. Does Direct have anything near this? Do you think that if I call up direct and tell them the ONLY reason I'm a lil...
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    Installer says it can't be installed.....wtf.

    So guy shows up today, snow and ice everywhere, I said to myself "I bet he says it can't be done"......... gets out of truck walks around yard, looks through his lil spy glass and says "sorry can't be done, tree in the way" So I go and look at my neighbor who has direct tv, and sure...
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    Good thing I have he day off - My brand new dish install bill is a MESS!

    This is for a New TOP 200 plan. It was supposed to be ONE vip622 and one standard reciver for a third tv I picked the stars preimum for 3 months free. Interesting parts of the call: She cannot explain why I am getting 12.99 back for a premium that costs 10.00 (Stars) She claims...
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    Can I extend the range of the 2nd remote by doing this???

    You know how the antenna plugs into the back of the DVR with a standard coax screw in adapter? What if I put a regular coax cable on the back where it goes in. run about 200 feet of cable to the room where the tv is in, and then plug in the antenna into that wire...... Will that work...
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    Question about DISHSTORE.com

    If I go through them, to sign up another family member, I can save an additional 50 dollars.......however, can I give them a club dish card, so that I CAN save 50 bucks on my bill as well? Cliffs: Can A family member use a club dish card while signing up through dish store.com?
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    2 or 3 VIP622 questions.......

    1. What does it mean when I tune to a channel and the lil box in the top left pops up and says "normal"....... 2. How do I get it to UPCONVERT regular SD channels to 480p ? (I want it to fill the screen no matter what)..... 3. How do I get TV2 to have REGULAL locals. So far it shows only...
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    What is with the crazy ass channel numbers?

    In two years dish has really screwed up their channels! Why in the world are HD channels in the NINE THOUSANDS!?!?! I dont wana sound like a bitch but damn. It's annoying for sure :)
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    VIP 622 Audio Sync question.

    So how's that weather?
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    My Dish Network Install report (After switching to cable, I'm back)

    So last time I did one of these and it turned into a very interesting thread. If you'd like to see how it went the first time two years ago read up here ---> http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=13061 and http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=13081&page=1 So far so good...
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    Anyone getting good results in South West CT? (Fairfield County)

    Just wondering what kinda of results people are having in Darien/Norwalk/Stamford/Westport CT All I really want is FOX and ABC in HD, enough that if I could get that I'd rather drop the 20 dollar hd package.....and pay the 6 hd fee
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    So is the VIP622 the ISH right now?

    Just wondering if there's a better dvr out right now.......or is this the best available? I'm gettin setup for 3 tv's what is the second box they are gonna give me?
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    Dish Network, Here I come!!! (Back from iO)

    Well, Cablevision gave me a great deal for a year, but I just got the bill for the first month after the great deal (tv, phone, internet, 110 bucks) and damn, it's 170 dollars AFTER a 20 dollar discount. (iO silver package) I told them I dont want the phone service, they told me ok, it will...