yup... vastly more reliable
sorry I just had to poke fun... I mean.. really? all three things? sounds like all you've done is found out how to mitigate the faults
I pay my bill, I turn on the light switch, I expect so long as the bulb doesn't blow, that the thing works exactly as it should.
Dish, sends up the signals, gets them down to box, every bit of it designed by them, spec'd by them, built for them, operated, etc.. and they can't get the things to work 99% of the time without some issue?
... let alone to have to figure out the faults of the devices and find a way around them ... pretty much on our own ...