After being a Dish sub since 2000 I will be joining the D* Ranks this Friday... I don't have any complaints with Dish as a company, but do have a lot of disappointments with their HD Equiptment over the last 5 months. After having several swapped RCVRS due to HD issues I decided to see what D* had and for me and my wifes viewing habbits our bill will go down for the first year 30 dollars and then 15 dollars the second... I had Directv back in South Carolina, but that was only for 2 years before switching to Dish in 2000 so I am sure a lot has changed... I don't think I will be getting the HR24, but do believe it will be the 22 instead so I am not sure what the difference is, but we shall see how it works... CC