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It's NFL season again, so once again I'm trusting youse guys for a little advice. I think, after three years on Dish's flex pay (the pay as you go/prepay system), I'm ready to go DirecTV for my NFL fix. I have one TV. I want HD and a DVR. I want Sunday Ticket and the minimum package to get...

Had Welcome Pack before the NBA playoffs started this year on April 20th, iirc. AMC was on the Welcome Pack up until the playoffs. Switched to Dish America during the playoffs to get ESPN and TNT. Obviously no AMC on DA. Switched back to Welcome Pack today. No AMC. I know the Welcome Pack...

So, I'd like to catch Mad Man, Game of Thrones, and the NBA playoffs. I've got the Welcome Pack now (still a relative steal at $19.99) which, even though the programming page doesn't show it, has AMC. HBO almost doubles the price when I add it for $18. No ESPN, so that's out. Dish America...

I've posted before about getting free previews on Dish even without a package, which is great. But has anyone tried to sign up for HBO without a package? (I don't think I've asked this before; apologies if I did and I'm losing my memory. And I'd just try for fun, but I'm still on 120+ right now.)

I recently hooked my OTA antenna (a DB2) back up to the 211k, and I've had a difficult time getting a signal to one specific OTA channel and multicasts from that channel. Even though the 211k says I've got a signal from 68-72, normally enough to have a good picture, it'll cut completely out and...

Trying to figure out if I can stomach swapping from Dish, and the gotcha always seems to be the fees. Right now, I've got a single receiver (211k) with an external hard drive that, after my one-time payment, is a monthly fee free DVR. I pay only for programming. For the 2-year deal at...

Had sound at 8am. No sound when I turned it back on at 9am for any channel. It's a 211k, fwiw, with no other equipment. No sound from HDMI or RCA output. Fine from TV with antennae attached, so it's likely not the TV. Tried hitting the "Mute" button on my remote on a lark. Nothing. Any...

Has anyone used a Magnavox ZV450MW8 VCR/DVD recorder with a 211k for timer recordings? I've tried the Magnavox and Funai codes that are in the manual (both my printed manual and the latest I could find online), and no luck. That'd stink if I can't pair them, as recording with the 211k...

I just discontinued my Flex service [until the NFL starts back up], and was planning on moving my entertainment console away from the coax since the DB2 works well as an indoor antenna and we'd rather have the TV on the other side of the room now. Beforehand, just for fun, I tuned Dish on to...

Can anyone tell me the difference between the SD and HD formats from Dish? I'm wondering because I have an HD television, and the SD channels are not only lower resolution, but exceptionally pixelated when you look at them closely. There's some talk about something similar in this thread...

I posted a while back about getting most inexpensive way to get RedZone during the NFL season, heard it might be Flex, and finally got things set up today. I'm going to post a sum of what I've learned on that thread once I watch tomorrow, but wanted to post a few things here in general about...

I blew this afternoon trying to hook a new 211k up to a 1000.2 dish. I didn't have any luck getting a sniff of a signal. I did hook up DirecTV by myself years ago, so hopefully this isn't complete incompetence. A few quick questions, if you don't mind. 1.) I've hooked up a wire to the...

I'd like to pick up the Fox (channel 18/virt channel 43) and CBS affiliates from Myrtle Beach to get just slightly out of market NFL games from my home near Mount Pleasant, SC. It's just under 100 miles to the antennas, flat ground, and I'm just past the purple at TV Fool. That said, I'd be...

I'm on the east coast. I only want SD (I'm doing Flex, not a commitment, so no HD is cheaper). I'm buying a 211K receiver, as that's apparently the cheapest that works with Flex. (Fwiw, Flex is a pay-as-you-go option that I've been assured has no cancellation/restart fee. We'll see.) I...

I'm interested in getting Dish with Red Zone for four months out of the year (for Monday Night Football, ESPN, and the Red Zone channel during the NFL season), then cancel, then re-activate eight months later when the season starts again. Any advice on the cheapest way to have service four...