Finally made the decision to switch to the "dark side" and in the few hours that I've had it, I regret not doing sooner. Even my daughter said, "we should have done this long time ago". 
My install was this afternoon from 12-4 PM. The installers showed up at 11:58 AM. I couldn't even finish my lunch. I showed them all the rooms where the receivers were going and we then went outside to determine where the dish will be installed. I wanted it in the same location where my Dish Network dish was and they both said, no problem. One of them talked me out of using the same cables I had for Dish Network, I'm glad he did because the cable they ran was so neatly done and can't even be seen from outside. Now, I just need to remove the cables I ran for Dish Network.
I asked them about what receivers I was getting, specially the HD-DVR and they told me it was the HR-24 and 2 H24s. I was very happy when I heard that.
I also got 2 D12 receivers and a R22 for the DVR. They began the installation and they were done in about 2 hours and 30 minutes. They connected the HR-24 to the router so the other HD receivers could access the HD-DVR. They also told me the SD-DVR could be shared and I was like huh? Really? I tested and yes it can be shared. I turned off the sharing in the SD-DVR for now while I learn more about the receivers.
I cleaned up cables and everything else and decided to start watching TV after eating something. I was ready to start watching the baseball game and POW, the power goes out. I thought to myself, OMG the installers did something and now we got no power. I checked everything and everything looked good so I went to ask the neighbor and they also lost power. I was like PHEW! Because everybody else in the house thought it was the Directv installers that broke something.
So far I love the receivers and I love the picture quality on both SD and HD. With the current promotion I'm getting a lot more channels for less. Once the promotion expires I will drop the package or just keep what I have because the bill will only go up about $15.00 in 2 years.
I have Lo Maximo, HD Package, and Whole-Home DVR. I always said I'd never switch to Directv, well let's just say I regret not switching sooner. I just hope i don't run into issues in the future and that Customer Service is better than Dish Network.
My install was this afternoon from 12-4 PM. The installers showed up at 11:58 AM. I couldn't even finish my lunch.
I showed them all the rooms where the receivers were going and we then went outside to determine where the dish will be installed. I wanted it in the same location where my Dish Network dish was and they both said, no problem. One of them talked me out of using the same cables I had for Dish Network, I'm glad he did because the cable they ran was so neatly done and can't even be seen from outside. Now, I just need to remove the cables I ran for Dish Network. I asked them about what receivers I was getting, specially the HD-DVR and they told me it was the HR-24 and 2 H24s. I was very happy when I heard that.
I also got 2 D12 receivers and a R22 for the DVR. They began the installation and they were done in about 2 hours and 30 minutes. They connected the HR-24 to the router so the other HD receivers could access the HD-DVR. They also told me the SD-DVR could be shared and I was like huh? Really? I tested and yes it can be shared. I turned off the sharing in the SD-DVR for now while I learn more about the receivers.I cleaned up cables and everything else and decided to start watching TV after eating something. I was ready to start watching the baseball game and POW, the power goes out. I thought to myself, OMG the installers did something and now we got no power. I checked everything and everything looked good so I went to ask the neighbor and they also lost power. I was like PHEW! Because everybody else in the house thought it was the Directv installers that broke something.
So far I love the receivers and I love the picture quality on both SD and HD. With the current promotion I'm getting a lot more channels for less. Once the promotion expires I will drop the package or just keep what I have because the bill will only go up about $15.00 in 2 years.
I have Lo Maximo, HD Package, and Whole-Home DVR. I always said I'd never switch to Directv, well let's just say I regret not switching sooner. I just hope i don't run into issues in the future and that Customer Service is better than Dish Network.
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your loosing it Ice 
