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It really looks like exercise gear.

navychop said:

It really looks like exercise gear.

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Well, there ya go ... if it doesn't work out for the TV ...

Then again, most don't use thier exercise stuff after the first few weeks.

Jimbo said:

Then again, most don't use thier exercise stuff after the first few weeks.

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Yes they do, where else would you hang your clothes? LOL

primestar31 said:

Yes they do, where else would you hang your clothes? LOL

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Well, They go on your Treadmill ...

Extension arrived today and installed. Greatly improved my signal strength/quality. Thanks primestar31

My favorite receiver besides the amazing Hopper 3 was the DishPlayer 7200. I loved that thing as buggy as it was. It was the future!

Scott Greczkowski said:

My favorite receiver besides the amazing Hopper 3 was the DishPlayer 7200. I loved that thing as buggy as it was. It was the future!

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I had both the 7100 and 7200 dishplayer starting in 1999. My first exposure to the internet at my house using the WebTV feature. We loved it till they had a fight between Microsoft and DISH and then I can't remember how many of those damn boxes I ended up replacing till I just gave up and went with a regular receiver again and used it with my VCR.

But then the 501 PVR came out and the 510 and the 522 standard def receiver but it still didn't have name-based recording. Then the 942 receivers were even better with built in ota tuner and name- based recording. Had two of those in 2005. But only 250GB hard drive for like 25 hours of HD recording, but it did have dual room use, like the 722k that came later did.

MikeD-C05 said:

I had both the 7100 and 7200 dishplayer starting in 1999. My first exposure to the internet at my house using the WebTV feature. We loved it till they had a fight between Microsoft and DISH and then I can't remember how many of those damn boxes I ended up replacing till I just gave up and went with a regular receiver again and used it with my VCR.

But then the 501 PVR came out and the 510 and the 522 standard def receiver but it still didn't have name-based recording. Then the 942 receivers were even better with built in ota tuner and name- based recording. Had two of those in 2005. But only 250GB hard drive for like 25 hours of HD recording, but it did have dual room use, like the 722k that came later did.

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Didn't they add the NBR at some point to the 50x series? I stayed away from dishplayer and my instincts were right.

dishdude said:

Before the 3000, 4000 and 5000 there was the 2000. It came in two versions, one IR and the deluxe model was UHF. Looked just like the later receivers. The 4000 was a huge piece of junk, it suffered from random dropouts they never fixed. I think Charlie admitted to it being due to the chipset in one of the chats.

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All I ever saw or heard about were the 3000 and 4000, which came out at launch in 1996. They actually had 2 lines of them, Echostar branded and HTS (remember that?) branded. Same model #s, though. Neither of them were particularly problematic to my observation. I never saw such described issues with the 4000. It was my main go-to because I liked to offer remote room use.

So this 2000, was it some kind of pre-launch receiver, like a demonstrator? Having the option of either UHF or IR under the same model # seems odd. Is there a pic of this box anywhere?

One also needs to remember that in the same timeframe DTV (through its partnering mfr's) didn't offer radio remote. DiSH was different in taking its manufacturing in-house, but of course that was its previous Echosphere/Echostar c-band model, since its purchase of HTS. And probably most of the c-band systems they sold were UHF remote.

telstar_1 said:

So this 2000, was it some kind of pre-launch receiver, like a demonstrator? Having the option of either UHF or IR under the same model # seems odd. Is there a pic of this box anywhere?

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It looked identical to the 3000 and some were labeled 2200. No IR blaster for the VCR, I can't remember if the 3000 had one or not, the 4000 certainly did.

dishdude said:

It looked identical to the 3000 and some were labeled 2200. No IR blaster for the VCR, I can't remember if the 3000 had one or not, the 4000 certainly did.

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That may have been reserved to the 5000, if it was available in the early models at all. It was not a 4000 feature as far as I remember. I really first recall it with 4700 (and not 3700).

Once I got past the new actors playing familiar characters, I found the series good, but a bit dark compared to the original.

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