Continue to use EHDs after service disconnect?

[biaunm]

I am thinking of owning a 722k (instead of continuing to lease from Dish Network). If I own my 722k and for some reason were to discontinue service with Dish Network, would I still be able to use it to watch and record OTA programming and watch the shows I currently have on external hard drives?

 

[3HaloODST]

Nope. They're encrypted and would lose authorization upon account termination.

The internal drive would be accessable for a brief period of time, until the receiver itself loses authorization and becomes nearly useless.

 

[gatekeeper]

I am thinking of owning a 722k (instead of continuing to lease from Dish Network). If I own my 722k and for some reason were to discontinue service with Dish Network, would I still be able to use it to watch and record OTA programming and watch the shows I currently have on external hard drives?

You could go down to the WELCOME package and still be able to use the dvr and ext drives.I believe the package is $15.00 A month I think.Someone correct me if Im wrong....

 

[Pepper]

If you're in this situation (as am I, 9 EHDs and counting) then before terminating service, plan to spend a lot of time cataloging, purging and burning to DVD.

 

[RaymondG@Dish Network]

You could go down to the WELCOME package and still be able to use the dvr and ext drives.I believe the package is $15.00 A month I think.Someone correct me if Im wrong....

The Welcome Package is $14.99 plus any state and local tax, but your right it is great option if you are wanting to cut back on bills and still have TV.

 

[Straybeat]

Also, I have had the "K" box since they first came out and I am on like my 4th one. Sure wouldn't want to own one. In my case the hard drives seem to go bad, or have major glitches of some sort?

 

[rufwork]

Not sure if you can DVR without a sub, but you'll get previews and the sales channels (for at least a while), but no OTA locals. I just tried getting OTA on my 211k and was told that I couldn't see them on my guide until I set up the receiver's HD functionality. I think the bottom line was that without the "parent" channel on Dish (say channel 4 is local, this would be 4-0), I can't see the OTA versions (4-1 HD, 4-2 SD multicast in my case).

That stinks. We've got the VCR hooked up to the Dish and can't easily tape OTA right now.