SD to HD Upgrade - What to look for?

[55Ford]

I'm currently a AT250 subscriber and would like to upgrade to AT250 + HD Gold. In addition, I'd like to upgrade my box from a basic 2-room receiver to the 2 room receiver with DVR.

I was told by Dish that in my zip code (Minneapolis area) that I might require 2 satellites if there was not a strong enough signal or at the very least a new dish would be required. Just wondering if anyone in the Minneapolis area has had any experience with this. Did you need 2 dishes in order to get the SD and HD signals? If only 1 dish is required, is the new dish they install compatible with my current mast/mounting system or will they have to install a new mount and/or run new cabling?

As far as costs, I was told that the upgrade would be $150 (-$50 promo) to upgrade to the 2 room HD DVR and an additional $10/month programming. Does this sound right? Is there any monthly upgrade fee for a DVR?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[KAB]

Can not speak about Minneapolis. Be sure that you have DVR Advantage 250 which will include the $6.00 DVR fee and Locals. Without DVR Advantage, you would have to pay the DVR fee.

 

[Half-life]

I'm in Duluth and get all 3 sats on 1 dish (the 1000.2). Sats 110 & 119 come in fine, but 129 is a little weak. But everyone seems to have that problem. It can be annoying because a lot of the HD channels are on 129. But we really haven't had that much problem with signal loss since the system was installed in April.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Get the 2nd Dish , 61.5 is much better then the 129. Whats your Zip?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Well it looks like you have to use the 129 because your HD locals are on there. So I'm not quite sure what E* is telling you . Unless your HD locals are going to be on the 61.5 shortly. Or they are giving you a seperate dish for the 129.