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Didn't have the 1st box long enough to record anything, since it was installed this morning and froze up after less than 5 minutes each time. The technician just left our home the 2nd time, he was friendly and helpful despite the extra work he had to do. He installed another 722, and so far its...

I suspected the hard drive, would definitely explain the abnormal whirring. I doubted the internal fan would cause such a drastic failure.

Hello all. Haven't been on this forum in years, but I am once again a Dish Network customer. Sadly, I am already having issues. Shortly after the installer left, the reciever started making a whirring/clicking noise then the picture of both TV1 and TV2 froze and the audio cut out. The reciever...

Hey all, I was a Dish customer about a year and a half ago (before I joined the Navy and moved), but I've been reading about new HD channels coming soon and I've always liked their HD-DVR (had a 722 I believe). On their website when I selected to sign up for new service, I couldn't seem to find...

Would you happen to have a link to that email address?

So my wife and I are current DirecTV customers, and just moved across base (we live in base housing on a Navy base), and the house we moved to apparently only has the ability to have one active coax line into the house (which is being used by Comcast for cable internet). The DirecTV installer we...

You do need to be in Single Mode, because the PiP will use the 2nd tuner. And I believe there is a button on the front panel of the 722 to switch to Single Mode. EDIT: You will know what mode you're in because the light on the front of the reciever will change, and the display on-screen will...

So there are people who only get East feeds and others who only get West, or did I just read something wrong? Maybe I'm lucky to live in Illinois, I get both East and West feeds for my premium chans (HBO, Max, Starz). Used to be the same way for regular chans (for instance, Nick East and West...

I also noticed that the PQ on the DNC HD channel was astoundingly better than the coverage on some of the other channels, for instance CNN HD. Was this channel broadcasting 1920x1080 or given a higher bitrate? The frustrating part is that even with the better PQ, the audio was still, at times...

I've had trouble with changing my address on the online chat, the CSR said that a professional installer would have to set up the equipment, and when I said equipment was already set up at the new location, he said a professional installer would have to come out and check to make sure everything...

The only DMA in Illinois I've seen on Dish's coming soon list is Quincy, IL. Sorry.

Channels we'd like to see "by the end of the year": FX HD Spike HD Fox News HD Fox Business HD Nickelodeon HD BBC America HD Comedy Central HD MTV HD CMT HD VH1 HD BET HD IFC HD E! HD AMC HD Outdoor HD ESPN U HD Speed HD I'm pretty sure most of these channels either exist already or advertise...

I am looking forward to Fox News HD. That said, I have always found Fox News to be more entertaining than informative... did you know that they created the Internet Hate Machine? Google it... So yes, I think Fox News HD would be worthwhile the same way E! HD would be. ;)

Suing everyone who uses a FTA setup would be like suing everyone who has a PC with BitTorrent installed on it. The capability for piracy? Sure. But just because the hardware is there doesn't mean that's what it's being used for. :mad:

Is it just a function of perspective or is that HD Dish almost as big as a van? haha, and I thought getting an extra Dish 500 on my garage roof was a hassle!

Well it's a nice workaround, but I only use HDMI, and I'd rather not switch to 480p mode every time a stretch-o-vision'd program comes on. But if it works for you, good deal. :up

Top Gear seems to air in 16x9, but in standard PAL format (576i), although they have had one special (the Polar Special? must've missed it...) filmed in 1080i.

According to Wikipedia: Hard to say when Dish will actually pick up the HD version, maybe "by the end of the year"? Er, and to get on topic, I am looking forward to Daily Show/ Colbert Report in HD. Also, it would be nice to have Comedy Central Presents and other stand-up specials in HD, i.e...

My 722 is picking up USA HD from 61.5, which should be the new MPEG-4 stream. I recorded approximately 8 hours and 15 minutes of Olympics coverage overnight, about 2 nights ago (handball, weightlifting, boxing, etc...). Before recording, my remaining HD space was at approx. 26hrs 30mins (cannot...

Personally, I like the ESPN/CNN style logos, makes it look like they are putting effort into their HD channels even though they don't have their actual studios set up for HD yet... The only thing that really bugs me is stretch-o-vision for an already 16x9 image, i.e. most everything on Adult...

Here in the Champaign, IL DMA, I think Dish carries the MyNetwork (MyCFN?) in SD, but the digital OTA version also seems to be SD only. Boo!

I have never had a problem just watching TV2, but when switching TV2 from Normal to Letterbox mode (or vice versa) it will almost always cause the problem. So go ahead and watch TV2, just remind everyone not to press that aspect button. :eureka Small Edit: I wouldn't bother letting them send...

I added Cinemax for a penny and HBO/Starz free for 3 months. Took about 5 minutes. All I had to do was complain about stuff (no HD locals, external hard drive activation, blah blah blah) and they offered both packages to me. Good luck! :up EDIT: I should mention that I called to do this, from...

How does the receiver (in my case a 722) decide which sat to pull the channel from, i.e. 110 or 61.5? Signal strength maybe?

I don't know for sure, but maybe the menus aren't actually true HD images? The channel guide always looked stretched to me, especially after looking at the 4x3 version of the guide on TV2. Also, I have experienced both "soft" and somewhat discolored menus, but that was when I had the 722 hooked...