That's assuming he has adequate internet at the vacation home.
Vacation home service
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Foxbat and Crodrules -- Please check for private messages.
Also, unfortunately there is no internet service at the vacation home.
Also, unfortunately there is no internet service at the vacation home.
Every time I read one of these threads which seem to come up frequently I can not help but think.... You have enough money to buy an entire second home and you are seriously worried about the cost of TV service there. To say nothing of the fact why do you even go to a second house to watch TV. You can do that at home.
Alajoe --
My original posting asked the perfectly reasonable question of how to minimize the cost of my TV service because I will only use one receiver at a time. Because I own a vacation home, does that mean I should act irrationally?
As far as my viewing habits, you know nothing about me or what I view on TV, so it seems very presumptuous of you to be judgemental. I see that you have had many 'likes' on this forum, so perhaps I misunderstand you, though I don't see how that is possible since the intent of your post is quite clearly to find fault.
My original posting asked the perfectly reasonable question of how to minimize the cost of my TV service because I will only use one receiver at a time. Because I own a vacation home, does that mean I should act irrationally?
As far as my viewing habits, you know nothing about me or what I view on TV, so it seems very presumptuous of you to be judgemental. I see that you have had many 'likes' on this forum, so perhaps I misunderstand you, though I don't see how that is possible since the intent of your post is quite clearly to find fault.
I generally agree with your thoughts. However, we are all different. To some, a vacation home may just mean changing recliners.
I'm not going to take the bait and even respond. Good luck to you two 'gentlemen'.
I hear you, and you're correct. an Investment about little more money solves the problem. yeah, just get a second account and then pause one of the accounts when you're not at that location. I presume they still allow pausing an account for something like $5 a month. that would probably be the best way to go and just invest in a system at The Vacation house and when you're not using it at The Vacation house and then pause it when you're not using it at the main house. Done!
Maybe one of the reasons the OP can afford a vacation home is because he's been financially responsible enough to not pay for duplicate services when they're not necessary. Dish has a means in place that accommodates dual residence situations like this, and there's no reason the OP shouldn't take advantage of that. I have Dish service in two different "residences" on one account, although one of them does move around the country regularly, and Dish has no problem with that at all, even designating my account a "Dish Outdoors" account to make my locals changes a simple few taps on a phone app.
By using two receivers on the same account, as I mentioned earlier, it makes it easier to transfer recordings back-and-forth between the two locations by using an external hard drive. With two separate accounts, that would not be an option.
If the only thing you are bringing with you to your vacation home is a single receiver I guess it isn't a pain, but that is not reality. I have a vacation home and go back and forth in the summer quite a bit. There is a bunch of stuff that we have to transport (especially with kids). Adding a dish receiver to the list is not acceptable to me. As a result, I just have two separate accounts and cut my service down to basically nothing in the months that we aren't using the vacation home.
You could have registered both receivers on your home account, and then used one of them at the vacation home. You could even deactivate either one as needed to save the extra receiver fee for the one you're not using at the time.
In fact that might be the ultimate way to avoid any perception of using your equipment at two locations at the same time without the need to bring a receiver back and forth. It works if he owns both receivers.
Saving with Dish and "easy" don't go together. I really don't know which is more hassle? Moving around a rcvr or calling to deactivate/reactivate.
I must observe, as much as I am disappointed with their recent failings- dealing with Dish on the phone is WAY easier than dealing with SiriusXM on the phone.
I prefer to call to reactivate/deactivate receivers, but of course everyone has their own preference.
I did all my recent vacation home work with the on-line chat. I was able to add the two ViP 211s and remove the 722k without any issues. And you can get a transcript of the transaction emailed to you for future reference! That's a big win in my book.
I hope you guys didn't scare off Creek Dweller, his last post sounded rather frustrated.
The last I heard from Creek Dweller was in a private conversation when he let me know that he received the ViP722k I sent him, and he was planning to schedule the installation.
I think he was still planning to replace his leased one with a purchased one. He wanted mine to use at the vacation house right away. You could ask him if he still wants yours.
