I was wondering how many of you here are old C-Band folks? I was a C-Band dish owner since 1983 to 2002.
It seems that the Dish Network forum here is much more active than DirecTV forum and the the DirecTV forum at dbstalk. I know that back in the day C-Band folks used to be quite active on the BBS and Usenet in the late 80's and early 90's before the internet became "cool." So I thought that perhaps some of you here used to be into C-Band.
I went through scrambling with VCII starting in 1986 and then with the VCII-RS in the early 90's and finally 4DTV with the GI 922.
In 1993 I moved and got a new mesh SAMI dish, I kept it until 2002 when the actuator arm finally went out, and I did not have as much time to keep the dish up due to work and other factors, so I switched to DirecTV.
I was with them until June of 2006 when I got an HDTV and switched to Dish for VOOM. Then in January of 2008, DirecTV called and made me a real good offer to switch back and since I found out that Voom had an excellent picture and programming but limited content, I switched back to DirecTV.
I had previoulsy had a DirecTV Tivo when I was with them before, then I got introduced to the HR series, HR21 to be exact, it was S L O W, and a pain to live with.
Finally I had had enough of the HR series and the lack of HBO in HD along with other premiums in HD and as of May 31 I moved back to Dish again. I am VERY pleased with the 722K receivers that I have and I am looking forward to the 922.
It seems that the Dish Network forum here is much more active than DirecTV forum and the the DirecTV forum at dbstalk. I know that back in the day C-Band folks used to be quite active on the BBS and Usenet in the late 80's and early 90's before the internet became "cool." So I thought that perhaps some of you here used to be into C-Band.
I went through scrambling with VCII starting in 1986 and then with the VCII-RS in the early 90's and finally 4DTV with the GI 922.
In 1993 I moved and got a new mesh SAMI dish, I kept it until 2002 when the actuator arm finally went out, and I did not have as much time to keep the dish up due to work and other factors, so I switched to DirecTV.
I was with them until June of 2006 when I got an HDTV and switched to Dish for VOOM. Then in January of 2008, DirecTV called and made me a real good offer to switch back and since I found out that Voom had an excellent picture and programming but limited content, I switched back to DirecTV.
I had previoulsy had a DirecTV Tivo when I was with them before, then I got introduced to the HR series, HR21 to be exact, it was S L O W, and a pain to live with.
Finally I had had enough of the HR series and the lack of HBO in HD along with other premiums in HD and as of May 31 I moved back to Dish again. I am VERY pleased with the 722K receivers that I have and I am looking forward to the 922.
Anywho, jumped on to Dish back then because of some of the multi channels I used to get on the 4dtv that direct didn't carry, then about 6mos after that, Dish picked up my locals & I was happy... never looked back, started w/ 3 311's, still have all 3, but only using 2 now. Had a 921, then went with the 622 & a wing dish... The old Wineguard 10' is still in the yard, but in 4 petals & not on the pole... as for the pole... I fear it will outlast me 'cause along w/ the concrete base, I filled the pole to the top w/ concrete as well 
