MrDRC
SatelliteGuys Pro
Original poster
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Well, my neighbor had his 811 installed yesterday and I had my first chance to compare it to my 6000. I even brought it over to my place today and hooked it up to my TV so I could get a true comparison with my box.
Bottom line, I wasnt impressed with the 811 and thankful I stayed with my old 6000 instead of taking the bait on the $149 deal.
Neither one of us have a DVI input on our TV's so we are stuck with component and S-Video to compare. The S-video output on the 811 is HORRIBLY dark. My set is professionally calibrated, his is not, but on both the darkness was unwatchable. We had to turn off every light in the room just to see the whole picture on my calibrated TV. Watching during the day would be a strain at best.
The HD picture qualty was basically identical. I couldnt tell the difference between the two and we evern tried fooling each other. Same with OTA signal, basically the exact same quality with no way to tell what receiver was in use. We didnt have any of the OTA problems being discussed here "yet". Its only been a little over 24 hours since he had his dish installed so its possible he will still have them but we'll see.
Of course the 811 has some new features the 6000 doesnt have. Outputing HD and SD at the same time is something I would love to have but not at the expense of this dark picture. He has DishPro while I have legacy so the interactive features are superior to my 6000 but I'll keep what I have thank you.
I havent seen too many direct comparison's with the 6000 but in my view, the 6000 is a better product at this point. Maybe when the 811 has the software updates it will solve the dark picture problems but I wouldnt be holding my breath. If you are watching most all of your SD programming over S-Video I dont think you will be happy.
Bottom line, I wasnt impressed with the 811 and thankful I stayed with my old 6000 instead of taking the bait on the $149 deal.
Neither one of us have a DVI input on our TV's so we are stuck with component and S-Video to compare. The S-video output on the 811 is HORRIBLY dark. My set is professionally calibrated, his is not, but on both the darkness was unwatchable. We had to turn off every light in the room just to see the whole picture on my calibrated TV. Watching during the day would be a strain at best.
The HD picture qualty was basically identical. I couldnt tell the difference between the two and we evern tried fooling each other. Same with OTA signal, basically the exact same quality with no way to tell what receiver was in use. We didnt have any of the OTA problems being discussed here "yet". Its only been a little over 24 hours since he had his dish installed so its possible he will still have them but we'll see.
Of course the 811 has some new features the 6000 doesnt have. Outputing HD and SD at the same time is something I would love to have but not at the expense of this dark picture. He has DishPro while I have legacy so the interactive features are superior to my 6000 but I'll keep what I have thank you.
I havent seen too many direct comparison's with the 6000 but in my view, the 6000 is a better product at this point. Maybe when the 811 has the software updates it will solve the dark picture problems but I wouldnt be holding my breath. If you are watching most all of your SD programming over S-Video I dont think you will be happy.
