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Wow - Indianapolis really gets screwed losing half of the major networks -- CBS and FOX.

The X1 is a horrible piece of equipment. It's beyond buggy - it's just ridiculously unreliable. Check out the X1 forum on avsforums if you're interested. I had the X1 for a few months but switched back to DirecTV. It's rare to go a couple of days without some major failure on the X1. And the...

When I was a kid our "big TV" in the family room was a MASSIVE 25 inch Zenith. We had a couple of Westinghouse black and white small TVs in the bedrooms... :)

DVRs are like servers. Well, they ARE servers - the drives are running 24/7. Conventional wisdom is that hard drives last 3-5 years on average. Unlike servers, however, you can't back up a DVR. You'd think this problem would have been solved by now. Maybe someday we'll have a completely...

There's nothing wrong with 722s across the board. It must be a bad unit or "user error" of some kind. You could try the component outputs if you don't want to send your 722 back.

OTA is mpeg-2, while Dish channels are mpeg-4. Mpeg-4 has MUCH higher compression rates, but mpeg-2 is the (much older) standard for OTA broadcasts.

That shouldn't be the case. The receiver won't change the content of the OTA channel. Maybe try restarting the box in case it's not changing the channel properly.

More crawls on TV tonight - it looks like Dish is once again going to fight with WTHR 13 (NBC) in Indianapolis. Is this a feud with Dispatch Broadcasting or just channel 13?

Well, yeah - otherwise you can't trust it. If I'm smart enough to add an extra hour to every CBS show on Sundays, then the software for PTAT should be able to handle it too. I wouldn't expect the shows to be identified properly, but since it happens nearly every week for most of the year it's...

PTAT Sunday night (Eastern time) on CBS - sports overrun How does the Hopper handle PTAT on nights like tonight where things are running late due to sports (CBS)?

Sorry, I forgot the smiley... :)

It's new patented technology Dish has developed to not only remove compression from an overly-compressed signal, but also fill in the holes with the content that was lost. It's so scalable, in fact, that soon Dish will be able able to hold 15 channels per transponder with absolutely no loss of...

HAHAHAHA he's trying to kill his wife by wrecking the car! HAHAHAHA!! Sign me up!!! Terrible commercials. Perhaps technically accurate, but misleading as hell. They seem desperate almost...

LOL... I never actually had it installed. I signed up, scheduled a date, and then saw it a friend's house. Terrible!

3.8 million with terrible picture quality. But the DVR UI is nice. ;)

LOL... the HR34 has the old interface still. So I'm still waiting for my life to be changed. Although dealing with HR34 bugs keeps things interesting (it's buggy as hell!!).

It wouldn't take much to spruce up the 722. Totally agree that it's functional and fast and stable. But damn, it's ugly. Change the font. Add some artwork. Upgrade the graphics to 720P. Make it beautiful.

He wants to quit because he was shown the Lexus and got the Chevy. What's the big deal? They both get you from here to there, right?

Very few here will be sympathetic. I started a thread a few weeks ago about the weaknesses of the Dish technology stack and pointed out the archaic user interface, and how it just doesn't compare to the state-of-the-art being set by DirecTV, Apple, and TiVO. I was resoundingly rebuked and told...

What about PrimeTime Anywhere? Will it add 90 minutes to the 8-11 (eastern time) block to account for any overruns in sports, awards shows, presidential addresses, etc.?

You're right - no problems here - Dish is awesome! 622s and 722Ks are so cool in 2012! Woo!! But seriously, lack of whole-home DVR and unhappiness with the 922 and all its fees and bugs were the top reasons for switching. ESPN-U HD, a more sophisticated DVR with 5 tuners, and better PQ were...

People do care about the user experience. The return on investment is fewer lost customers to providers that offer cooler technology. DOS in a Windows world, Blackberries in an iPhone/Android world, whatever... the bar is higher now than it was in 2006 when the 622 user interface debuted...

Regarding PTA, I wonder what the logic is like to handle overruns, like Sunday Night Football, or CBS on nearly every Sunday night, or awards shows that run late. On CBS on Sunday nights for example, what will happen when you pick The Good Wife from the list and end up with 45 minutes of Amazing...

Thanks. This was the point I was trying for, but you did it much more clearly. :) I also think the D* receivers have a bit more sophistication when you go beyond the basics (real "local on the 8s", sports mix channels, scoreboards, advanced searching). But I'm still learning the feature set...

My cabinet is full. As for managing them, does it "load balance" multiple hoppers or do you program them separately?