My Echostar/Dish Network Reciever Tier List

[Arctic_fox]

Do we have to decide right now?

Yes you do LMFAO

 

[dishdude]

What was a 2000? They originally came out with just the 3000, 4000 and then 5000- right?

Before the 3000, 4000 and 5000 there was the 2000. It came in two versions, one IR and the deluxe model was UHF. Looked just like the later receivers. The 4000 was a huge piece of junk, it suffered from random dropouts they never fixed. I think Charlie admitted to it being due to the chipset in one of the chats.

 

[Mr Tony]

what in the F do some of you people do watch the light or t.v.

My Tivo has a record light on the unit with 3 lines to let you know how many things you are recording. (can record 4 things). There are times I look at that and go "what the heck am I recording?" considering I only get 9 OTA stations
My other Tivo (2 tuner) actually shows it on the unit what you are recording so you don't even need to turn the TV on

 

[telstar_1]

DISH developed a HD remodulator that allowed the 5000 to pickup the HD channels that DISH was broadcasting at the time (if I remember correctly HBO and Showtime were the channels) and modulate them to ATSC channel 3 or 4.

That's quite odd, given that the 5000 was one of DiSH's earliest boxes, plus they had their early-adopt HD rx's like the 811(?) and 921. Is there a pic of this "remodulator"? How did 5000 send HD signal to it?

 

[dishdude]

That's quite odd, given that the 5000 was one of DiSH's earliest boxes, plus they had their early-adopt HD rx's like the 811(?) and 921. Is there a pic of this "remodulator"? How did 5000 send HD signal to it?

Good luck with a picture! It plugged into the expansion port in the back. Remember that little metal plate on the back that was held in with a screw?

 

[MikeD-C05]

My favorite receiver besides the amazing Hopper 3 was the DishPlayer 7200. I loved that thing as buggy as it was. It was the future!

I had both the 7100 and 7200 dishplayer starting in 1999. My first exposure to the internet at my house using the WebTV feature. We loved it till they had a fight between Microsoft and DISH and then I can't remember how many of those damn boxes I ended up replacing till I just gave up and went with a regular receiver again and used it with my VCR.

But then the 501 PVR came out and the 510 and the 522 standard def receiver but it still didn't have name-based recording. Then the 942 receivers were even better with built in ota tuner and name- based recording. Had two of those in 2005. But only 250GB hard drive for like 25 hours of HD recording, but it did have dual room use, like the 722k that came later did.

 

[telstar_1]

I had both the 7100 and 7200 dishplayer starting in 1999. My first exposure to the internet at my house using the WebTV feature. We loved it till they had a fight between Microsoft and DISH and then I can't remember how many of those damn boxes I ended up replacing till I just gave up and went with a regular receiver again and used it with my VCR.

But then the 501 PVR came out and the 510 and the 522 standard def receiver but it still didn't have name-based recording. Then the 942 receivers were even better with built in ota tuner and name- based recording. Had two of those in 2005. But only 250GB hard drive for like 25 hours of HD recording, but it did have dual room use, like the 722k that came later did.

Didn't they add the NBR at some point to the 50x series? I stayed away from dishplayer and my instincts were right.

Before the 3000, 4000 and 5000 there was the 2000. It came in two versions, one IR and the deluxe model was UHF. Looked just like the later receivers. The 4000 was a huge piece of junk, it suffered from random dropouts they never fixed. I think Charlie admitted to it being due to the chipset in one of the chats.

All I ever saw or heard about were the 3000 and 4000, which came out at launch in 1996. They actually had 2 lines of them, Echostar branded and HTS (remember that?) branded. Same model #s, though. Neither of them were particularly problematic to my observation. I never saw such described issues with the 4000. It was my main go-to because I liked to offer remote room use.

So this 2000, was it some kind of pre-launch receiver, like a demonstrator? Having the option of either UHF or IR under the same model # seems odd. Is there a pic of this box anywhere?

One also needs to remember that in the same timeframe DTV (through its partnering mfr's) didn't offer radio remote. DiSH was different in taking its manufacturing in-house, but of course that was its previous Echosphere/Echostar c-band model, since its purchase of HTS. And probably most of the c-band systems they sold were UHF remote.

 

[dishdude]

So this 2000, was it some kind of pre-launch receiver, like a demonstrator? Having the option of either UHF or IR under the same model # seems odd. Is there a pic of this box anywhere?

It looked identical to the 3000 and some were labeled 2200. No IR blaster for the VCR, I can't remember if the 3000 had one or not, the 4000 certainly did.

 

[Jim5506]

Pictures are so small I can't tell which is which, except for the two that are named.

 

[telstar_1]

It looked identical to the 3000 and some were labeled 2200. No IR blaster for the VCR, I can't remember if the 3000 had one or not, the 4000 certainly did.

That may have been reserved to the 5000, if it was available in the early models at all. It was not a 4000 feature as far as I remember. I really first recall it with 4700 (and not 3700).

 

[MikeD-C05]

Didn't they add the NBR at some point to the 50x series? I stayed away from dishplayer and my instincts were right.

All I ever saw or heard about were the 3000 and 4000, which came out at launch in 1996. They actually had 2 lines of them, Echostar branded and HTS (remember that?) branded. Same model #s, though. Neither of them were particularly problematic to my observation. I never saw such described issues with the 4000. It was my main go-to because I liked to offer remote room use.

So this 2000, was it some kind of pre-launch receiver, like a demonstrator? Having the option of either UHF or IR under the same model # seems odd. Is there a pic of this box anywhere?

One also needs to remember that in the same timeframe DTV (through its partnering mfr's) didn't offer radio remote. DiSH was different in taking its manufacturing in-house, but of course that was its previous Echosphere/Echostar c-band model, since its purchase of HTS. And probably most of the c-band systems they sold were UHF remote.

Yes, they finally did add it to the 500 series(501/508/510 of Pvrs/Dvrs) in May of 2004. They called it DISH Pass timers back then.