You switched... why don't you move on?
Claude brought up a good point that I didn't think was pocssible and that I want to explore. I was thinking that the dual-tuner receivers have 1 IR remote and 1 RF remote. The WHOLE reason I didn't want the 2 dual-tuner receivers is that I didn't want to have to run a bunch of extra wires throughout the house, since I thought the receivers would have to be in the IR remotes 'view' in at least 2 of the rooms. IF the dual-tuner receiver has TWO RF remotes and can be completely hidden away, then that would allow me to put the two dual-tuner receivers in a closet near the outside wall where the dish would be located, which is also where the 'tap' (cable junction box?) is to connect to all 4 rooms in my house that have TV's in them. Therefore, I would not have to have a bunch of new cables run throughout my house. I would only need the 2 cables from the dish going into the atttic and into the closet, where the 4 wires coming from the 2 receivers could go right back out to the 'tap' where they would connect to the 4 TV's in my house. This would seem like a very clean install. I basically don't want a bunch of new holes in my walls and I also hate to see runs of coax running around the exterior of my house. If the scenario I just drew up would work, then I would prefer it over the 4 single-receiver setup not only because it would be 'cleaner', but it would save me a few bucks (I wasn't happy to hear that I have to pay for local channels under the DHA plan, even though we don't have local channels via Dish!). Therefore, I not only wind up paying an extra $5 that I didn't plan on from the start, but I'm paying $15 to rent the 3 additional boxes.
Look fellas, although I had DirecTV a few years ago, I haven't kept up with the technology, nor have I deeply studied Dish's plan "setups", but apparently neither has some of their own reps
. Can one of you Dish 'veterans' answer the questions I posted in my previous thread?
I think there was some confusion here... the DHA plan allows for having up to 4 receivers on the plan. The DHA plan, in and of itself, make no mention about the initial cost of receivers.
The plan does not say "You get 4 free Single Tuner Receivers". The plan says you can rent up to 4 tuners under the plan agreement.
If you got them to give you 4 single tuner with no upfront cost, you should consider yourself lucky, and grateful that a REP bent over backwards to help you out, instead of accusing the rep of "Double-speak".
No. Dish's website has this to say about the DHA plan "Add up to 3 more receivers to your plan for an additional $5 per month, per receiver.". Therefore, based on my mediocre math skills and what several Dish reps told me, they only "really" offer 2 "plans" --> either the 2 dual-tuner receiver package or 3 single tuner receiver package.
On top of THOSE tuners, you can ADD up to 3 more for $5 per month, BUT you would have to BUY those receivers.
And I most certainly don't think I made anyone bend over backwards to help me when I simply asked for the plan based on their own TERMS & CONDITIONS!!!
