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    ViP622 upgrade, should I or not.

    $0 for my 622 :) I was going to cancel and was sent to the specialist rep....who of course wanted to talk me out of it......ended up giving me the 622 for $149.....then a $50 rebate....then $10 off my bill for 10 mos.= $100. So after 10 mos. of course it will have been free.....of course...
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    The Future of HD for Dish?

    I am in area code 70448, just north of New Orleans. I hear that Directv will soon have a 150 HD channels by the 3Q of this year. They just started providing HD local channels for my area. Dish has gone up to $122 total for me a mo. I am so undecided now as who to go with? Stay or go...
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    Hd Dvr Question

    Does Direct TV have a HD DVR that supports 2 tv's? One HD and 1 SD tv I looked on their site but didn't see anything about supporting 2 tv's.....maybe I missed it. :confused:
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    Local HD Directv vs. Dish

    Once Again Once again I have selected what seems to be the loser.......how can executives running such a Mega $$$ co. have such limited vision of the future when it comes to HD.....people like them must have been in mind when they said "when you snooze....you loose". :( Only problem is I...
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    Directv Local Channel ? for NFL Games

    I'm sorry, I forgot to say that this was New Orleans La. area.....I did see New Orleans on one list I think ......
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    Local HD Directv vs. Dish

    Well I haven't been here in a while, and I was shocked to learn Directv is offering local HD channels in so many markets by years end! Which includes New Orleans for me :) What is Dish doing to compete? Supplying people with free OTA antennas? Please tell me I will get local HD soon with...
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    Directv Local Channel ? for NFL Games

    I have Dish, and I know that to receive HD quality picture (1080i) on local channels, I must use an OTA antenna for my local channels, the local channels I get over the sat will not provide me with HD quality. But a friend at work is getting Directv and they are telling him he doesn't need an...
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    Dish, DirecTV HD Question For NFL Games

    I have Dish, and I know that to receive HD quality picture (1080i) on local channels, I must use an OTA antenna for my local channels, the local channels I get over the sat will not provide me with HD quality. But a friend at work is getting Directv and they are telling him he doesn't need an...
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    HELP...Bad Transponder Reception & Dish wants a $50 Service Call

    Oh Well I changed the wires around, there were 3 wires coming into my house and they were all connected to the bottom ports on the switch.....only the 4th port was free. Also only the 1st port wire seemed to have any effect on the signal, when I removed it, I lost sat. signal to both boxes...
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    HELP...Bad Transponder Reception & Dish wants a $50 Service Call

    One box works and one doesn't What does this mean? I discovered that the bad signals (picture loss) is only on my DVR 522 box, I checked the same channels on my HD box on the same tv and they come in perfect. So does this mean that the dish alignment, and lnb are all working fine? I called...
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    HELP...Possible Bad Transponder Reception & Dish wants a $50 Service Call

    I live in La., and have a DVR 522 super dish with a DPP44 that I'm having a signal loss problem. There is a large tree close by where this dish is pointed, but until recently have always gotten good reception. If I check the systen info it says all my signals are good on 110, 119, 121, 129. The...
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    HELP...Bad Transponder Reception & Dish wants a $50 Service Call

    I live in La., and have a DVR 522 super dish with a DPP44 that I'm having a signal loss problem. There is a large tree close by where this dish is pointed, but until recently have always gotten good reception. If I check the systen info it says all my signals are good on 110, 119, 121, 129...
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    HD Packaging Ripoff

    More We need more info....how could they possibly be selling a hd dvr that won't record HD? How did you prove it, so we can check out our boxes, if we ever get them? I'm waiting for the call Friday from Dish to tell me for the 4th time that they'll have to cancel the installation....no 44...
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    No 44 switches?

    I've had my hd install for a 622 delayed 3 times! Is there a shortage of those 44 switches? It's starting to get rediculous! Where do I call to reschedule? the number that the rep left is no good, she must have gotten one number wrong or something....does anyone know what number I could call?
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    MPEG-4 Reception?

    I just ordered the HD platium package.....the rep mentioned that the receiver was mpeg-4 capable.... I've heard of mpeg-4....not sure if it's better or not.....is this just a more compressed signal? Will the HD reception I ordered be better or worse than what I've been receiving?
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    HD Packaging Ripoff

    Ok OK...Thanks for the verification! I'm calling them back to order the HD Platium! ;)
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    HD Packaging Ripoff

    HD Package I'm repeating what the rep told me....I asked specifically about the Starz, Cinemax channels .......I asked if I would loose those for the VOOM channels and he said yes. I hope he was wrong....but why don't they make things clearer on their web site......under HD Programming...
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    HD Packaging Ripoff

    Somebody tell me I'm wrong! Dish is offering that HD Platium package....making it out like your getting everything plus more HD programming....meaning your getting the VOOM channels. If you have the AM. Everything package + the old HD package.....then by converting to the NEW HD Platium...
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    622 Recording OTA

    Pg I have an 811 HD box and the 522 DVR SD....it does allow me to scan and enter OTA channels, which do get PG info on those channels....I do subscribe for the local channels.....which show up as 7600+ channels because this DVR can't be set to record OTA channels....which require a channel...
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    622 Recording OTA

    Ota So if I don't have local channels on the sat. then I will have no idea what's on, short of looking in a paper tv guide, or online somewhere? Why did they go backwards with the capability of these units? I have an older Dish SD DVR that can display OTA channels in the guide....are there...
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    622 Recording OTA

    Guide? Are you saying once I enter OTA channels into the HD DVR, that they don't show up in the program guide at all or is it that there is no recording info or something in the guide allowing easy scheduling? :confused:
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    622 Recording OTA

    Epg ? Not sure what EPG is? Are you saying that I will not be able to record OTA local channels? Or you talking about the program guide? Please explain....:confused:
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    Where to Compare HD Packages?

    Is there a site somewhere that I can compare the new HD packages side by side to see what I'm loosing or gaining from what I currently have, which is Am. Everything package with the $10 HD package. I tried to compare at the Dish site but it got a little confusing.....where are the channel list...
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    622 Recording OTA

    Can the 622 DVR watch and record OTA HD? If it can I could drop my sat. local channels. Currently I have a DVR that can only record my local channels through the sat. dish....since it doesn't have OTA local channels......I watch OTA HD through the HD box.
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    Internet Service?

    Does Dish offer internet service via a sat. dish? If not are there any future plans to do so? Does anyone know of any companies that offer sat. internet? :)