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    ViP722 Ethernet Connection Question

    I was able to connect my ViP722 to my home network and internet using my old Linksys game adapter WGA54G.. However, I notice that on my DHCP client list, ViP722 doesn't have a name assign to it.. Is there a way to config the ViP722 so my router can pickup the device name??
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    Did Dish changed the volume setting??

    A couple days ago I began to notice that I have to increae the volume on my receiver to get the same level of loudness... Before this change, I always watch HD channels at about -35dB on my Marantz receiver... However, I have to raise the volume to about -25dB to -30dB now to get the same...
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    110/119/129 Western Arc?

    As opposite to now completed easten arc, does western arc really exit? I often heard ppl mention western arc as 110/119/129, is this really the case? If so, is the western arc also broadcast entirely in MPEG4 like the new completed eastern arc?
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    100 HD Channels? I am only counting 95

    25 RSN (according to Dish's website) 45 HD Absolute (include 5 PPV) 17 Additional HD channels as of 8/1/2008 HBO HD, Showtime HD, Starz HD, Cinemax HD x 3, Big Ten HD, WGN HD That's 95 total...how did Dish come up with 100+ total HD channel now??
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    17 New HD Channel by August 1, 2008?? Here is the list..

    ActionMax HD - Ch. 313 CBS College Sports HD - Ch. 152 Lifetime HD - Ch. 108 Lifetime Movie Network HD - Ch. 109 Planet Green HD - Ch. 194 Encore HD - Ch. 340 HBO 2 HD - Ch. 301 HBO Comedy HD - Ch. 307 HBO Family HD - Ch. 305 HBO Latino HD - Ch. 309 HBO Signature HD...
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    HD picture quality not as good as before?

    In the past couple weeks, I began to notice that picture quality for the HD channles are not quite as good as before. Has anyone else notice the same thing? I wonder if Dish has compressed the feeds a little too much especially after all the new hd channels added? Also, for those of you...
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    Incompetent Dish Network

    I am so feed up with the sub-contractor dish hires and the lousy incompetent outsourcing technical support that dish employees. I have a new installation order for my home and I know for a fact that even with a new 1000.2 dish, I will have problem with satellite 129. So when I phone in to...
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    New Installation - One Dish 1000+ vs. Two Dish 500+

    I had dish for about 4 years in Houston and never had any problem with signal strength. Now I am back in SF Bay Area, and have scheduled for a new installation with Dish for this Saturday, I would like to know what kind of signal level can I expect. My new installation work order shows that I...
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    522 is eating up the available recording space??

    Somehow it seems like my 522 is eating up the available recording space. I have only 1 show recorded and that show takes up about 1 hour of the recording space, yet on the 522 DVR menu, it shows I have only 98 hours and 40 minutes available for recording. If I delete all recorded events...
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    Difference between 5.0 and 6.0 remote? (Other than UHF)

    Has anyone actually taken both 5.0 and 6.0 remote apart and study the difference? The 6.0 remote is way way better in my opinion, even if both are configed as IR remote. 5.0 remote has a very slow respond time, you have to press the buttom slowly and firmly AND point the remote directly at...
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    How to factory default the 522 remote?

    Does anyone know how can we factory default the remotes that came with 522 Receiver? I want to know how to restore factory default in case the SAT portion of the control got screwed. Also, I would like to blank the memory so the other 3 set of controls (TV, VCR, AUX) can be blanked. Also, I...