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Hmmm, I'll just copy and paste half my post from what I said in the Directv DVR section: If the 942 had a couple more tuners and Dish would get rid of all their stupid fees ($5 a month extra for every DVR, $5 a month if the DVR's not plugged into a phone, etc.) I *might* consider coming back...

Personally I'd go with the Directv HD-Tivo, especially if you're able to buy it (not pay $249 for the previlage to lease) for $199 like I did. :D It has 2 OTA HD tuners as well as the 2 sat. tuners. It's been a very reliable machine so far for me. The two big complaints I have are how slow...

Lol, I'd love to have you as an installer Simon. You're almost close enough too. You'd bet you'd get a good tip from me. :yes

I've seen people here with 60+ Dish passes. Of course that's usually right before the thing crashes taking all the passes with it ;). There is a guy in the TiVo community forums that has 493 Season Passes on his Directivo!

FYI, Directv doesn't make you do this. I have a feeling they will someday though :no.

ummm....HELL NO!!!!

Ya, but imagine how long it would take them to "verify the data" on disks that came in full of Spice channel porn :p. When I had my crappy 522 for those few weeks, I noticed the fan ran quite a bit on it, but I never had any overheating issues. The fan is loud as hell too, unlike the one...

The strange thing is when I had Packet 8 VOIP it would always behave like this. I got Vonage and it sounds like a regular phone. The delay with Packet 8 was very annoying, like talking to someone in Australia via sat. phone.

Directv nerd here spamming. Hey I have too! Nobody hardly ever has any problems with their DVR equipment over there, myself included :p. Anyway if Sapient's only getting audio dropouts once an hour I'd say Dish has pretty much fixed the audio issues. My 522 once had 12 dropouts in 30...

Nice fake post. Let's face it, no one can be this dumb. You've just made your new 942 into a nice paperweight if in fact you did what you said. Only Tivo's can be reliably upgraded with larger hard drives.

See, this is why I wish you could replace the hard drives in Dish DVR's like you can with Directivo's. I really wish Dish would make it easier to do this.

Ehhh, no. Wait until Directv gets those new sats up and lays the smack down on Echostar :yes. A lot more HD channels AND equipment that actually works! I do hope the 942 is a stable, decent receiver though. God knows Dish doesn't need another 921 fiasco. I recently also moved to Directv and...

If you currently have Tivo I don't think you'll like the Dish DVR as much. For one thing the Dish dvr's are full of bugs. Take a quick scan through this forum and you'll see what I mean. I had a Dish 522 for about a month before I couldn't stand it anymore and got rid of it for the...

If it is only $5 more than that is a respectable price. $10 more would be too much though imho. I pray for the day that everyone around here is arguing about who has the better HD picture, when SD is a thing of the past. I really thought we'd all be watching all HD by now :no. I guess we...

Exactly! $20 a month for this new HD package would be yet another E* ripoff.

Dish never gives good deals to current subscribers. I'm actually surprised they'll even let you buy one at all. They dangled the 522 in front of us like a carrot for a long enough time.

I've always thought it would be smart for Dish to integrate ReplayTV in their DVR's. If they could keep the price down to around $5 a month like Directivo, it would be great. I've always heard that Replay is a better service than Tivo. I've never had the chance to use it though.

Neither Dish nor Directv can hold a candle to Voom's PQ if that's what you're asking. I have Dish right now but on Friday I get my Directivo's installed. I'll let you know what I think of the PQ difference. If any. I'm just getting SD right now though as HD Dvr's on both is just too expensive.

Scary enough their con actually seems to have worked on some people too. I can't imagine ever wanting to pay an extra dollar for this.

VOD=recorded PPV. I realize that both companies offer more to new subs and I can see why. Lots of companies do this such as cell phone providers etc. What doesn't compute is why Dish screws it's current subs so much more. I know that when Directivo came out D* didn't tell it's current subs...

I've been a subscriber to Dish for over 7 years, until a few days ago when I was lucky enough to be able to cancel it. When I first got Dish they were a lot better service for the money compared to Directv. They offered more channels for less money per month. There was never any monthly fee...

Yea, that sounds like Dish alright. Always helping you save money whenever they can :rolleyes:.

They raised it even more? :rolleyes: Lol, I just got 2 Directivo's from VE for even less than that, and I OWN them.

Well as I told you in your other thread I've been a Dish Network subscriber for over 7 years...until yesterday. If you think Directv is expensive to upgrade with as a current customer you haven't seen anything yet. As a current Dish sub they want $149 for a 522. This is to lease, not to own...

About $5 a month.