My goodbye to Dish is complete. I went to DirecTV. It took 3 days and 3 techs to get it right (apparently due to a hidden band stop in the line in the wall they were using from my Dish Setup), but in anycase, I now have a whole home DVR with 3 TVs connected to HD programming as compared to my lone 622. The additional box cost me $117 upfront, and I pay $45/month for the first 10 months (referral discount). I get fewer channels over all (Went from Top 250HD w/Platinum) to Choice Xtra, but my bill with Dish was about $80 and I only had 1 HD TV, and 2 SD TVs (I split the 2nd Tuner to 2 rooms). So for half the cost for the 1st year, I have more rooms covered with HD. Plus, the HD quality of Dish Network versus DirecTV is night and day. The PQ on DirecTV is leaps and bounds better and really "pops."
I will say that the 622 was easier to use and more intuitive. There is a learning curve with the 24 series units, which have a lot of nice features. It is just learning how to use them. Now just need to teach the wife.
The one draw back is that the 2 non-DVR TVs cannot pause live TV unless you set the program to record and then watch it from the recording and not live. A few extra buttons presses, but more complicated than the wife likes. So far, other thant he disaster and confusion of the install, I am quite happy.