I was with Dish over 10 years. The 129 (E5) satellite will ruin the whole HD experience for you. Since moving to DTV in October I've had no dropouts. The advantage for Dish has been their DVR's. But since the last DTV national software push on the HR20 (and the last CE on the HR21) I'm not so sure I'd prefer to have the 622. It's a moot point anyway if you can't get a stable signal from dish off the satellite they've chosen to put the bulk of their HD programing on.