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I currently own my own non high def Dish satellite and Dish Receiver.

I'm considering getting high def. If I understand the info from their cs correctly, I need to have them install a different satellite, and they will charge me monthly for a different receiver - the 622.

They will charge me 70/month for the hi-def Gold - Top 180 plus 27 hi def channels, and 5/month for my locals.

Also 6/month DVR rental, 6/month tuner (I guess this means receiver) rental, 5/month charge if I don't hook in a phone line.

18 month commitment, with a pro-rated 13.33/month penalty if I cancel.

Also a $100 rebate - $10 credit/month for the 1st 10 months.

A few questions:

1) Do I have the above correct?

2) If I end up deciding to cancel the high-def package but keep the receiver so I can have the dual receiver and the tivo/dvr, are there any other penalties?
(I forgot to ask them this).

3) I currently have 1 tv in the living room.
With the new package, I'd like to have:

a) a TV with high-def in the living rm;

b) a tv with high def in bedroom 1 which would use the same receiver but be "independent" - i.e., it's my understanding that that receiver is "dual" and is basically 2 tuners in one;

c) and a tv - probably non high-def - in the 2nd bedroom, which I'd like to "ghost" the tv in bedroom 1 - i.e., use the same tuner as the tv in bedroom 1 but have its own remote
(is there an extra charge for this?) -
and if either TV in one of the bedrooms is on, the TV in the other bedroom would show the same program.

Is this possible and realistic, and am I correct that it will work using the equipment I describe above?

Are there extra install charges for what I've described above?

4) I'm reading on these pages about a new version of the 622.
Is this available now? If not, should I wait for it?

5) Finally, and most important to me - I would not own the hi-def satellite and receiver.

What I'd like to do is notify them of a "move" awhile after they do the install.

Will they give me a problem about taking their equipment to a different city on my "move"?

Or will I be ok, if I tell them I've moved to another state and I've taken all of their equipment with me and installed it myself there?

Thanks for your responses.


PS - Does the 622 have 2 DVR's (i.e., the 622 is 2 receivers in one box, so each receiver has it's own DVR), so that both TV's can use that process simultaneously, or is there one DVR which the twin receivers share?
(It's my understanding that the "DVR" is Dish's version of the Tivo - correct?).