Dish model 6000

[Claude Greiner]

Did DISH retire the model 6000?

I found an OTA adaptor for one in my back room and wondered if it was of any value?

 

[navychop]

Yep. Involves somebody yelling “Pull!”

 

[boba]

Well if you have a museum of old Dish products you can add the 6000.

 

[dishrich]

Actually I believe even unactivated, the OTA adapter WOULD actually function on these receivers, if someone was needing an ATSC HD digital tuner

 

[Claude Greiner]

Actually I believe even unactivated, the OTA adapter WOULD actually function on these receivers, if someone was needing an ATSC HD digital tuner

I used to have an un-activated one in the showroom I used to use for digital locals.

Then when I sold a model 6000 I would replace it.

I know at one point dish got greedy and wrote software so if the box was not active the OTA locals would go dark and the DVR. I guess they realized people could still watch recordings and locals if they didn’t pay their bill and dish doesn’t like people who don’t pay their bill.

 

[dishdude]

Worth a good bit in 2002. Today you can use it to keep paper from blowing off your desk.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I know at one point dish got greedy and wrote software so if the box was not active the OTA locals would go dark and the DVR. I guess they realized people could still watch recordings and locals if they didn’t pay their bill and dish doesn’t like people who don’t pay their bill.

Why is that greed? They exist to make a profit, no?

 

[bwexler]

What is a model 6000? Is that the single tuner OTA adapter for a VIP 722K?
if it is I think I still have 2 of them. I could be convinced to let them go for half what I paid for them if Claude is interested .

 

[Bobby]

A model 6000 is the original HD receiver. I had one before it became an 811 and then a 722 and then a Hopper 2000 and then a Hopper 3!

 

[Claude Greiner]

The 811 was pure garbage.

First time I ever got irritated and threw a receiver across the room and destroyed it because it wasn’t functioning properly.

Then only to get an RMA on the very same receiver and made Dish replace it under warranty HA HA

 

[Bobby]

The 811 was pure garbage.

First time I ever got irritated and threw a receiver across the room and destroyed it because it wasn’t functioning properly.

Then only to get an RMA on the very same receiver and made Dish replace it under warranty HA HA

And you wonder why they fired you...

 

[TheKrell]

Then only to get an RMA on the very same receiver and made Dish replace it under warranty

With another 811?

 

[pattykay]

Is that the single tuner OTA adapter for a VIP 722K?
if it is I think I still have 2 of them. I could be convinced to let them go for half what I paid for them if Claude is interested .

The MT2 module for the ViP722k is dual-tuner. There is no single-tuner version. How much did you pay for them? I might be interested in one.

 

[comfortably_numb]

They’re all over Ebay starting at $29

 

[pattykay]

They’re all over Ebay starting at $29

Yeah, I was hoping that bwexler got a really good deal on them, so I could buy one for less than that.

 

[JSheridan]

Yeah, I was hoping that bwexler got a really good deal on them, so I could buy one for less than that.

How much do you want to pay? I'm sure we have some kicking around here somewhere.

 

[pattykay]

How much do you want to pay? I'm sure we have some kicking around here somewhere.

Ideally, free, or as close to that as possible.

 

[JSheridan]

Ideally, free, or as close to that as possible.

LOL. Let me see what I can do. I'll check around tomorrow and see if we have any used ones laying around.

 

[JSheridan]

Ideally, free, or as close to that as possible.

I'm assuming that you have a 722K and want it for your own use?

 

[pattykay]

I'm assuming that you have a 722K and want it for your own use?

Yes. I had to salvage the MT2 module out of my ViP722k and put it in a ViP222k for my dad to use. I also salvaged the working hard drive out of a failed Hopper Duo to install in the ViP722k (to replace its failing drive) so I got that part working again. Now I just need another MT2 module, and I will be back to having a fully-working ViP722k.