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    OFFICIAL External Storage Information

    Apparently you might need to keep the drive plugged in when you reboot. I unplugged and then rebooted and plugged back in after the reboot and it still said unsupported. I rebooted again with it plugged in and it recognized the drive and formatted.
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    ViP 622 & 722 Running Bug Thread

    FWIW, Looks like HD OTA reception was finally restored in 4.11. I haven't been able to view most of my OTA channels in forever. This is good to have in hurricane season once the SAT reception goes out...
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    DISH Network to Feature Sneak Preview of NBC Series Premiere of Friday Night Lights

    pretty major public relations disaster on their hands (not that they care nor is this unusual). I sent an email yesterday to CEO@dish about this flaw in their logic (and taking the opportunity to again complain about the pathetic implementation of DoD that only gives you 24 hours to watch...
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    OTA drops when SAT drops

    I am noticing that when my SAT signal drops (like during one of the feeder bands for Alberto), the OTA antenna also says no signal. Granted it's possible that the HD OTA signal is truly getting blocked as well but I seem to recall even during Wilma we had some OTA signal on HD (but some...
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    TIVO wins E* Lawsuit - Potential Impact on ALL DVRs

    my first and only experience with Tivo was last week on a direct TV Tivo box at a friends house. I must say I was not very impressed. It may have better features (not sure how wishlist differs greatly from the similar Dish feature that searches title and/or description and automatically...
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    How much did/will your monthly bill increase if you upgrade?

    You forgot the $6 lease fee so it's even worse. I was AT120 as follows: AT120 Locals DVR additional receiver total was around $60 (before price increase) My new bill as quoted by Dish for Bronse (yes, AT60 downgrade) Locals DVR Lease Addition receiver Total $80 So my rates...
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    Please help me determine if I have an issue

    I'm not an expert, but I have problems when 110 is much less than 100 so I try to shoot for 110 at least 100 and 119 is usually 10-20 more for me. 129 at 54 would likely explain the VOOM channel problems. If they're coming to do the install for the 622 I would ask that they peak the...
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    Had my first opportunity tonight to record 3 programs at once (2 SD, 1 HDOTA) while watching a 4th. 622 performed wonderfully!
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    That wouldn't work. The audio plugs directly into my TV, the TV then runs optical to my receiver. This way I don't have to run separate sets of cables all over the place. TV preserves the DD signal. I forget if I run my DVD directly to receiver due to DTS processing. Keep in mind I rarely...
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    How much does everyones dish go out?

    Originally I never lost signal (never meaning maybe 2-3 times a year that I knew about and that was a *really* bad thunderstorm). Even during Hurricane Frances it remained on pretty consistently. I think I started having problems during Hurricane Jeanne. After that, we regularly lost signal...
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    I am definitely noticing significant audio failures on optical output. It appears to be explicitly a problem with the optical interface, however as if I switch my TV to component view (where I'm using RCA cables) the audio is present. The resolution for this seems to be changing channels and...
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    I haven't seen any of these problems. I don't think it runs much hotter if at all than the 522 did. It certainly doesn't make more noise. I think it does have a louder fan but isn't on all that often. in fact usually it's just at power-up. Haven't seen the other issues either. Wish i...
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    Got my 622 installed yesterday afternoon. Tech did a nice job, was on-time, and spent the time to make sure it was done correctly (110/119 was 95/100+ before and was around 75 after, he went back up and adjusted so it is now 95/105) I like the unit generally better than the 522, but I do...
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    So what's the real deal on the "lease fee"?

    So if the lease fee is included with the package price for one promotion, if you purchase a 622 or other HD unit you shouldn't have to pay the lease fee so the package price should be less? There is definitely not a lot of consistency with the details on the various promotions.
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    MPEG4 Recording Times

    If it's true that LIL is MPEG4 (which it would appear to be) than I too am anxiously awaiting a comparison of the size of the recording. Only problem is that depending on the device's estimation may not be a very accurate report without filling up the HD see how far you can get?!?
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    the phone line message that CANNOT BE DEFEATED? Normal? So if my phone line goes down during another hurricane I will be stuck with that stupid message and won't be able to use my dish? I find that difficult to believe. The message...sure. But not being able to tell it to go away? Your...
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    MPEG4 Recording Times

    Supposedly nothing is MPEG4 currently, it's MPEG2 with an MPEG4 header. I'm hoping that the 30 hours reported is the MPEG2 record time and that once MPEG4 goes live we should see much better record times. I'd say 20% is actually quite conservative as most MPEG4 movies that I've seen have been...
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    Post your 622 Reviews Here!

    Still waiting for my install on Tuesday, but I had to plug it in and play with it. I wish there were an HD demo channel (if there is I couldn't find it) but otherwise it looked pretty good. I did stumble across one possible bug or perhaps "feature". Since it was not activated yet I didn't...
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    I'll have to check them out next time (adding to favorites). I saw a 6' cable at CompUSA for $99 :)
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    including shipping? Just to followup on my Monoprice experience... 6ft HDMI<->DMI cable was $6.44 6ft component cable (5 RCA component) for $4.95 DHL 2 day shipping $13.60 Note: ordered before 2pm Pacific time yesterday (west coast) Received around noon today (east coast). DHL has...
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    I picked mine up at monoprice.com based on a referral from Satelliteguys. You could order next-day air plus cost of decent length cable for about 1/3 the cost of the cable from Best Buy, Circuit City, etc (usually around $100 or more). Also often they only have HDMI<->HDMI so you'd have to...
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    looks like I did just need to do a check switch. it was able to complete the download and I was able to play around with a few features. I thought I heard somewhere that there was an HD Demo channel but I couldn't find one. I was surprised to find a couple of SD channels available, however...
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    So like they said, if you activate the receiver, they will close the w/o... :D (how lucky or persistent do you have to be to find this person who knows what they are doing?)
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    Hooked up my 622 to see what I can see. It fired up fine and seems to be functional but for some reason even though my 522 sees 119 at 100+ and 110 at just under 100, the 622 doesn't see 119 at all and 110 at around 70%. I'm pretty green on this stuff but I would think that they should both...
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    My 622 Delivered Today

    Ordered 2/1 around 8:00am EST. Just came via UPS today (wasn't too surprised but CSR told me tech would probably bring it...to his credit he did say he wasn't sure). I am new HD customer so the theory that only new HD customers are getting cables doesn't pan out. Mine didn't come with HDMI or...
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