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    Buying an older receiver?

    I'd go withthe Hughes E1 (AKA the silver edition). Better receiver, fewer problems. Don't get me wrong, the RCA is a good box too, but the Hughes would be my first choice.
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    I Canceled DirecTV install

    Mike H, Call DISH, Tell them you want to cancel with them to go to Dtv. GUARANTEE they'll start ponying up to save you as a customer. Should not be a problem to get a 522 out of them. If all else fails, cancel your service with them, and order in the missus name tommorrow. get all new...
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    Repointing E* dishes for D*

    Wouldn't waste the space in teh RV on the DISH 500. The DISH 300 will get you going on the 101 jsut fine, and take up less room.
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    "Pixelated," grainy picture

    90% + and no problems in two years of service? You just got your first problem, your receiver is dieing a slow death.
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    Buying an older receiver?

    RCA is a matter of opinion. If I had a choice, I'd go with a HUGHES rec first, and RCA second, and the rest I'd SH** on before I used it. As far as TV's, I'll pass on an RCA every time. Their life expectency is about 5 years, tops. I have a Hughes Gold and an RCA DRD480RH UHF. No...
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    "Pixelated," grainy picture

    Sharpie, What kind of signal quality are you getting? Pixilization is a symptom to poor dish allignment (such as shooting through a tree). If you are getting less than an average of 70% on any or all of your satellite signals, call your installer back, cause he didn't do his job properly...
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    Switched from E* to D*

    rad, Unless soem scam artist installed an old, used TIVO for you, you have caller ID, you jsut need to go into the setup menu and activate it.
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    Hird-d5?

    D-5 is a non-multisat compatible model that was part of the multi lingual offering. It's slightly bulkier that an e-1/e-2/e-6. E-1 and e-2 are multisat, e-6 is multisat and multilingual.
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