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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    After finding and correcting 24 errors with the surface test, the problem persists. I still get freezing/catching up over a 4-5 second period every 10 minutes or so. What's my next step? Call tech support?
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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    Update...I ran the surface test and it found and corrected 24 errors. I have no idea yet if the issue is fixed, but it's clear the hard drive has some issues.
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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    I tried all of those test, except for the surface test. All passed and the problem persists. I had the freeze/catch up issue at least 10 times last night.
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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    So, you think it's hard drive related, even though the issue only shows during live programming???
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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    I did. The issue is still there.
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    HR 24-200 Video Skipping/Freezing

    I've noticed lately that my HR 24-200 is freezing for 3-4 seconds, then catching up at 10x speed. The strange part is if I rewind and play from the DVR, the freeze/skip isn't there. For example, I was watching a basketball game last night and twice in a 5 minute period the picture...
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    Goodbye Charlie... (OFFICIAL I am Leaving DISH Thread)

    I had DirecTV installed this morning and just cancelled Dish. In the end, all they could do was spit out a script about Fox and offer me $10 off per month for a year. With the $29 off the first year with DirecTV, My bill will go down about $35 per month. I also get $14 off the first year, so...
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    Canned Dish...Hope I Don't Regret

    I only had 2 months left on my contract, so I canceled for $20 and ordered Direct for this Saturday. Went with Ultimate, the Sports Pack, HD for Life and 3 HD receivers (1 DVR). It's basically the same setup I had with Dish, with the one additional HD receiver. Channel disputes did it for me...
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    Dish Customer Contemplating a Switch...A Few Questions

    I'm currently a Dish customer. I have a 411 running on a living room TV and a two tuner 622 (TV1 HD, TV2 SD) on an LCD in another room with TV2 being my SD bedroom set. Does DirecTV offer such a setup? Do they even have a two tuner HD receiver or do you have to have 3 receivers for 3 TV's...
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    Reception Issues

    Just an update...The tech showed up, replaced the 110 LNB and everything is good. There was no charge.
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    Reception Issues

    The 1000 is only about 3 yrs old...The additional smaller dish to pickup HD locals is only about 6 months old... Called Dish and they say they'll replace the LNB for free Tuesday morning. Here's hoping they actually do. To add to my confusion, after two reboots and scheduling the service...
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    Reception Issues

    I have both a 411 and 622. The problem is on both receivers. Just did a system status and it says "LNB Drift Detected" on the details page. What does that mean? The system info on the 811 shows signal loss and LNB Drift. Has this thing gotten out of alignment somehow?
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    Reception Issues

    Right now, I can't get ESPNHD again. When I go to point dish, the reading is in the high 40's with no lock. I turned it back to one of the my locals and it' crystal clear with reading in the low 50's. Big 10 network HD is clear in the high 40's-low 50's and jumps between the two. FSN...
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    Reception Issues

    I have recently seen severe pixelization during crystal clear days, mostly during the afternoon. Five or six times in the past few weeks, I've come home at 5 pm and attempted to watch ESPNHD only to have it too broken up to watch. I've changed to other channels and, besides my HD locals off of...
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    Lexington Locals in HD

    For those that now have the Lexington HD locals, how's the picture quality of the channels?
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    What causes the poor ESPNHD/ESPN2HD quality?

    These two channels are so compress that the grass moves during football games and artifacts are all over the place. Is this an ESPN problem or is Dish not giving the channels enough bandwidth? In comparision, I turned it over to Universal HD last night and US Open tennis looked much better...
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    New Receiver Question

    That is fine. I'm just trying to avoid a situation where I order another 211 only to be told that they are going to have to cut a whole in a wall or something like that to get the proper signal for the receiver.
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    New Receiver Question

    In other words, the signal that comes from that outlet is not sufficient? Is it only carrying the TV2 signal from the 322? How does the wall outlet in the living room carry the correct signal for the 211? Keep in mind that I have no coax coming into the house other than through the wall outlets.
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    New Receiver Question

    I know very little about my Dish connections, but I'll do my best to frame this question. I have a Dish 1000 with a 322 in my bedroom (which also feeds another bedroom on the opposite side of the house) and a 211 in the living room. All of my TV's are connected to a wall outlet. Are all of my...
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    Getting ready to buy a home theater in a box...A 211 question...

    I'm not getting anything wireless. I'm getting a 2.1 surround system, which means no rear speakers or wires. The Philips model gets a far better review than the $900 Bose 2.1 system, so that's what I'm getting.
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    Getting ready to buy a home theater in a box...A 211 question...

    I have a 211 and I'm getting ready to buy a 2.1 HTIB (I don't want to run wires). Is the digital output from the 211 reliable? I've read where the 622 optical is out of synch with the picture.
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    Question for Installers, Others Knowledgeable

    I had an 811 w/ the HD Pack. In February, I upgraded to the 211 with a Dish 1000 in order to receive the VOOM channels. All of that went fine. When ESPN2HD went live, it's signal strength was only in the 60's and went totally out with only moderate cloud cover. NGHD, HGTVHD and HDNFL are all...
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    Signal strength/service call question

    I get most of my channels from 110 and 119, but also get 129 for Voom and the new channels just launched today. I have a Dish 1000. My 129 signal strength is in the 40's, 50's and 60's depending on weather. This causes the channels frequently to break up or lose the signal all together. Will...
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    Horror Story in a Nutshell

    According to Dish, it's because the 411 hasn't been activated to receive HD yet, since I don't have the 1000. We shall see. They really didn't know. They only came up with that after 90 minutes of tech support trial and error.
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    Horror Story in a Nutshell

    Despite me clearly telling the CSR on 2/1 that I needed a Dish 1000 satellite along with a new receiver for the HD upgrade and despite the fact that he twice acknowledged that fact, the installer showed up without it today. He then wanted to just install the 411 and come back later in the week...
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