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  1. K

    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...
  2. K

    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:
  3. K

    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...
  4. K

    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...
  5. K

    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...
  6. K

    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...
  7. K

    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...
  8. K

    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?
  9. K

    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?
  10. K

    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...
  11. K

    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...
  12. K

    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.
  13. K

    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? :)
  14. K

    Send Dish a Message

    Maybe if we all sent Dish something like this we could make them see the light? "Please change the Voom installation fee of $100.....it should be a FREE install as everything else. I would love to get it, but I can't aford that fee and your monthly bill too. Dish will be loosing much more...
  15. K

    Voomers be Careful...Dish MAY COST MORE in the Long Run

    I was amazed that after all the promotion dust clears in 6 mos. that my Dish bill will be more than I was paying for VOOM! I have the Everything Pack with locals, an 811 box and a 522 DVR. This is even without the VOOM HD channels their getting.....I'm beginning to think Dish is crazy! Makes...
  16. K

    Dish Needs To Be Better To Keep Voomers!

    I was lucky and signed up with the free offers Dish has now, but with NO contract commitment. From what I see now, Dish has a long way to go before they compete with HD that Voom had. Channels like in this list http://www.digitalinsurrection.com/voomchannels.php A few of them Dish does...
  17. K

    No Notice of Voom on Dish Site?

    Why is there nothing about the Voom HD channels on the Dish home site? Or am I missing it....please post link if it's there.
  18. K

    Recording to a DVR 522

    I have a 811 HD receiver that I have OTA local channels setup for. Is it possible to record from the 811 HD to a 522 DVR? (I know it won't be a hd recording) Please explain that hookup. Now both are setup on the same tv, side by side, and each has a sat. feed. The 811 HD has the OTA setup...
  19. K

    Digital or analog?

    So what's the true story? Are the first 100 or so channels in charters menu digital or analog? If I had a HD receiver or a dvr are they upconverted to digital as I read somewhere?
  20. K

    Need Sony SLV-D300P Remote Codes

    I have a DISH sat. 811 HD receiver and I'm trying to program it's remote to control a Sony SLV-D300P DVD/VCR combo. I tried the codes in the 811 owners manual, and I contacted Sony for any new codes for Dish receivers, they said Dish or the 811 manufacturer would supply the codes? Does...
  21. K

    522 DVR Noise

    Are All 522 DVR Noisy? The 522 was installed on April 15th, it was remanufactured. I've never had a DVR, is it common to make a lot of noise? I guess it's the HD turning, but with all other tv's etc off, you can really hear this thing.....it sounds like a loud seashell type noise....not...
  22. K

    Grounding a New Install?

    I had Dish installed with one of those superdish units. I noticed that the installer didn't install a ground rod or ground it in any way other than the boxes being grounded by the 110V plugs. The pole for the dish is in concrete, maybe 18" of it is in the dirt below the concrete. Should it...
  23. K

    Super Dish Installation Questions

    I just found out from the message that the super dish I'm getting tommorrow is too big to mount on the eve of the roof. Just how big is it? They said it has to be mounted on a pole that they supply. Do they put the pole up? How far from the house will they put it and will they bury the lines...
  24. K

    Super Dish Installation Questions

    I just found out from the message that the super dish I'm getting tommorrow is too big to mount on the eve of the roof. Just how big is it? They said it has to be mounted on a pole that they supply. Do they put the pole up? How far from the house will they put it and will they bury the lines...
  25. K

    OTA Channels Info Needed?

    With Dish are the local channels sent over the sat. dish and broadcast in HD when the local networks are in HD? Are they received over the air with my roof antenna? Therefore will I get the digital local channels in HD? I am currently with VOOM and I get locals OTA from the networks in HD.