HD Upgrade HORROR??????????

[Crash&Burn]

I just upgraded to HD with a ViP 211 & the 3 LNB dish.....the new TV is on backorder and not here yet.
As the tech was getting ready to leave, he said when I hook the new HD TV with the HDMI cable I would have to pull all my A/V cables off as the receiver would not power anything but the HDMI......WAIT, I said, how am I going power my TV's in the computer room, the exercize room and the back porch?..
plus I used the a/v divider box for a couple of VCR's........I would have backed out if I had know this but my credit card had already been charged..(I pay annually) Man what a mess

 

[ssidave]

He's wrong. You will be fine.

 

[stone phillips420]

youll be fine all outputs will still output after hdmi hooked up

misinformed installer

 

[dishcomm]

I just upgraded to HD with a ViP 211 & the 3 LNB dish.....the new TV is on backorder and not here yet.
As the tech was getting ready to leave, he said when I hook the new HD TV with the HDMI cable I would have to pull all my A/V cables off as the receiver would not power anything but the HDMI......WAIT, I said, how am I going power my TV's in the computer room, the exercize room and the back porch?..
plus I used the a/v divider box for a couple of VCR's........I would have backed out if I had know this but my credit card had already been charged..(I pay annually) Man what a mess

Incorrect. You can still output HDMI to the local tv and leave your AV cables connected to your network of other devices.

 

[Crash&Burn]

Thank you all, you make me feel much better
C&B

 

[dangue]

(I pay annually) Man what a mess

I thought Dish no longer allowed this?

 

[Crash&Burn]

I thought Dish no longer allowed this?

I get a bill late April, every year...this year: Annual Classic Gold $638.00

 

[Laddyboy]

I thought Dish no longer allowed this?

I had annual until last year. There are apparently certain promotions that do not allow annual subscriptions. What they are I have no idea. I just know that I was surprised they cancelled out my annual. That's when my disenchantment with E* first appeared as no one could explain to me why I was no longer eligible for the annual subscription.

 

[Phil Taylor]

I've got a 211 and have 3 video feeds simultaneously -- HDMI to TV, Component to projector and S-video to an old TV in a room near my dish so I can see the signal meter thru the window when I have to re-aim the dish.