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So I've been hemming and hawing and now that my 'please stay with us' discount with Comcast is finally ending I'm once again looking at Dish Network.
I live on the border of Mercer and Middlesex counties in NJ (*in* Mercer, but I can literally throw a rock into Middlesex). Mercer is considered the Philly market while Middlesex is NYC. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this already, but is there any way I can get the NYC locals instead of Philly? It's not a deal breaker, but it'd be nice to have CW11 (in HD would be better) for the couple of Mets games they air. Another option.. dish used to have something called the 'superstations' package which included 11, as well as several other stations. Is this package still available, or are any of these stations available a la carte?

Prepare for a ramble, I just want to make sure I've got things straight in my head (and figured I'd ask for advice in case anything looks askew to you). This will be installed, but I want to have an idea what's going on so I'll know if the installer is being on the level. Plus I'm a geek and this just more technology to learn

I've looked through the latest hardware and I've decided to go with the 622. I have two tvs, one HD and one smaller one in the bedroom and this looks to be ideal. From the looks of things, I'd need two dishes to get everything I want (including HD locals), one dish 500 for 110 and 119 and one 300 or 500 for 61.5 and I'm ok with that. Given I will most likely never have more than one (or, for some odd reason, two) receivers in my apartment, my best bet would be the DPP Twin LNB... the second dish would get connected to that and then I'd have a single line into the apartment with a DPP Separator to feed the dual tuners of the 622. I'd hook the main tv up however worked best for me (probably component + optical into my HT receiver) and I can use the RF output to the tv in the bedroom.
If I recall correctly, I can set the 622 into a mode whereby the main and secondary tvs show the same output (single mode or whatever it's called)... can I control the 622 with *both* remotes if it's in that mode?

As far as plans... I haven't quite decided which base package I'll go with, but the DVR advantage looks like my top pick, so chances are it'd be at least AT200. Am I correct that the 49.99 (or 59.99 pricing for AT250 + advantage) includes locals? Or is that another $5? I read that there's a discounted rate for the DVR free with this package (3.98?) is this correct? I'll be adding on HD ($20) and HBO ($10?).

Oh, one more thing I almost forgot. I don't have a land line. I do, however, have a Sipura SPA-2000 setup to work with Free World Dialup. I've seen a few posts telling folks they can use that. Can anyone confirm the 622 does indeed dial out OK via FWD? I'd like to avoid the extra receiver charge if at all possible.

So tell me, fellow Satelliteguys readers, am I on base with everything, or totally off into left field?

Thanks a bunch!

Oh, and by the way, happy b-day Scott!