Mike,
Thanks for the info! I'm looking at this and wondering to get the distants in HD do I have to be on the western arc if so can I buy the dish myself and have Dish install it when they come out. My number one thing is getting the Dallas channels in SD and HD and the west coast distants in HD. I will pay the extra money and if I can get more locals that's fine but those are the ones I'd like. My 2nd concern is I have 4 HD-DVR currently and I'm currently debating what the cost will be to get the same package. When I get ready to order to I go through Direct TV or All American Direct?
Brooks
For DISH NETWORK I would recommend that you let DISH install a dish 1000.2 so you can get both sd distants off of 119, and hd distants from 110 , along with your hd locals from 110. This would give you all the networks you want.
IF you need the distants from All American Direct, you would need to call them and apply online at their site for the channels. You need an address from the west coast that can get all 4 nets. They are a separate company that sells distants on DISH receivers and you will have to pay them separately from DISH.
IF you want 4 separate hd dvrs , then I can't recommend DISH, because of the new HIGHER equipment fees.
They are charging $17.00 per additional duo tuner dvr (that can go to two different tvs and can use pip in single mode) ,after the first on your account.
It is $10.00 per solo output dvr( duo tuner that only goes to one tv with no pip), after the first receiver on your account.
It is only $7.00 per solo receiver after the first receiver on your account. You can add an external hard drive to this receiver the 211k , and pay one time fee of $39.99, to DISH to turn all the 211ks on your account into a dvr. Then you could record one sat and one ota channel at the same time.
Now if you wanted to get a 722k (with ota module) , it would go to two different tvs. Then add either another one and pay the $17.00 for another two tvs and you would do 4 tvs. But only two would be in hd on tv1 and the other two would be in sd on tv2.