smith u right but also its more models way i here like the 811,942,721,7200,7100 maybe more im getting old lol memory not as good..everyone has there own opion but i feal deal is real bad keeping your old equment the recivers will be junk was told sometime in aug be last then all these recivers will get is black screen..
Why is Dish shutting down the 721?
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hi bud im gald u posted this, well yes to this ? my opion ive had 7100,7200 dont hasate swap them out the 508 is much much better, it seams be much faster and beter guide , piture ,quieter i can almost garentie u be much happer .. the 508 is real nice ok now this 508 has other models same type reciver only deffrence is h-drive size, models are smallest to bigest are 501, 508, 510, if u went out bought them with out this stupid up grade a dvr fee aplyes to the 508 and 510.. not the 501 so my opion is see if u can get a 501 i love this reciver, its peg 2 but nice if not take the 508 u be fine.. the 5 dollor fee is same as before no mater what reciver after 1st one.. everyone pays this.. there is a 7 dollor hd fee there waving for newre recivers like 622 722 is what peeps are talking about [does not aply to 50xs] also i think a dvr fee. now i was just told fees waved for 1yr on this upgrade which there not telling everyone not sure if this is true.. shipping dish will pay all with the 50xs no tech comes ups comes with new reciver and there be returned lable on box no cost to u for shipping.. going from a 7100 or 7200 to a 50x is a upgrade 50xs are newer better reciver u have noithing to loose.. only proplem u may have if i remember right been awhile for me ,your lnb types on dish is the old legacy type the older 7100 are legacy the 50xs are dp so u need a dp or dpp twin lnb so make sure dish send 1 easey to change.. or u can get a dp adaptor instead of lnb my opion id go dpp twin hope this helps and not confusing you
It's not in place of the one you own, it in addition too.
Stargazer said:
How long ago did you buy that 721? Seriously, I have $1000+ equipment that is obsolete. For that matter, I paid $400+ from my 4500 receiver. There is no $100 receiver except for when they are sold at a loss to get new customers (like free cell phones or printers that cost less that the replacement ink).
And you are not forced to give up the owned receiver, so you have lost no property. You get to use a replacement receiver, free of extra charges as long as you like. Hell of a deal if you ask me.
When the cell carriers here turned off the equipment needed to use my old phone, the replacement they offered was no where near as capable. Poor signal, dropped calls, shorter battery life.
A DP receiver will work with a legacy LNB. Where did you get info that says other wise? The only adapter that exists if for using legacy receivers with DP LNBs.
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Yeah, they give me a leased receiver to replace my owned receiver that I HAVE TO RETURN WHEN I WANT TO DEACTIVATE IT!!! With an owned receiver I can keep it or sell it. If I wanted to just deactivate the one receiver I could then activate it later on if I wanted to. I do not have this flexibility with a leased receiver. I have to send it back then pay money and wait for it to come back everytime I would want to get one on the account again instead of just reactivating the unit.
On the other hand, I try to look at things two different ways and they did replace it with another receiver. I did get 10 more hours of storage time on my DVR and have name based recording which is a huge plus. If it were not for the name based recording then I would see no real advantage of the 522 over my 721. It does have two tv outputs but I use it in single user mode so that is no benefit to me. Thing is I expect them to replace the receiver if it was due to something that was not the fault of my own since I pay them for programming each month and bought the receiver to begin with and do not see it as if they done me a favor. They done it for their benefit not mine. The only reason the receiver is no longer going to be good is due to the fact that Dish Network is choosing to make the receivers good any longer.
On the other hand, I try to look at things two different ways and they did replace it with another receiver. I did get 10 more hours of storage time on my DVR and have name based recording which is a huge plus. If it were not for the name based recording then I would see no real advantage of the 522 over my 721. It does have two tv outputs but I use it in single user mode so that is no benefit to me. Thing is I expect them to replace the receiver if it was due to something that was not the fault of my own since I pay them for programming each month and bought the receiver to begin with and do not see it as if they done me a favor. They done it for their benefit not mine. The only reason the receiver is no longer going to be good is due to the fact that Dish Network is choosing to make the receivers good any longer.
Sorry guys... 722 gfrtr sqoiump moey bak i u shuld to. i dret ie dekuyttr hgridenvvc alountin dpp EA, e! whut kelle fir gose lose 5800. whur is wuldo, a dp34 chunt dpribe adush.
Hope I don't get booted off for that, but what happened to 3rd grade English?
Hope I don't get booted off for that, but what happened to 3rd grade English?
ROFL!Sorry guys... 722 gfrtr sqoiump moey bak i u shuld to. i dret ie dekuyttr hgridenvvc alountin dpp EA, e! whut kelle fir gose lose 5800. whur is wuldo, a dp34 chunt dpribe adush.
Hope I don't get booted off for that, but what happened to 3rd grade English?
dish intaller brought me my new reciver yesterday, i kinda made out better then expected he gave me a 722k instead of the 622, he recalled dish made sure what i said was correct so i made out owning the 722k for 100 dollors all fees waved.. so im happer now lol anyone know deffrence between 722 and 722k ?? Also what is this new sling guide ??
Fee
J8
Do I understand correctly that you had an owned 721 and now you have a leased 722k and that this cost you $100 installed? Also you have no dvr fee on the 722k?
If so, have you checked your bill to verify?
Thanks.
Has anyone else received a receiver other than a 522 for a 721 and still have had the dvr fee waived?
Thanks.
J8
Do I understand correctly that you had an owned 721 and now you have a leased 722k and that this cost you $100 installed? Also you have no dvr fee on the 722k?
If so, have you checked your bill to verify?
Thanks.
Has anyone else received a receiver other than a 522 for a 721 and still have had the dvr fee waived?
Thanks.
no joe i bitched about this upgrade alot.. i eneded up buying a 721k ownining it { not leased} all fees waived for 100 bucks so i ened up paying 100 bucks for new owned 721k
