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  1. zippy the pinhead

    Bye-bye Dish Network

    After subscribing to Dish for nearly ten years, we cancelled our subscription and shipped our DVR/receiver back to them. They should be getting the final check (to cover the shipping) today or tomorrow. We replaced our Dish subscription with a Roku box and we have not missed it. The kids are...
  2. zippy the pinhead

    VIP 722 vs. TiVo Series 2 DVR

    We had a TiVo series 2 DVR for about 3 years before switching to a Dish VIP 722. I don't watch a lot of TV, but after using the Dish DVR for 8 months, I'm wondering about one thing. Is there a smart way to use the Dish DVR to search the listings? For example, say I got a wild hair and wanted...
  3. zippy the pinhead

    R15 & Wireless Internet?

    My parents have a DirecTV R15 receiver. Right now it connects with the DirecTV mothership via their Telco landline. They will be changing their setup to a cable modem with VOIP sometime soon, so the Telco landline will be more or less cut off. I'm probably going to have to help them...
  4. zippy the pinhead

    Connecting VIP722 Using Wireless Network

    I'm posting this in the hope that my experience with the VIP722 we have can help someone in the future. We were TiVo users before we got our VIP722 from Dish. We used a wireless connection for the TiVo that was hooked up like this: Cable Modem --> Hardware router/firewall --> Wireless...