update: Installation happened yesterday. Nice installer even though he didn't listen to me that the spot where the 1000 was, wasn't a good location . After it was all done and lots of pixelation on the voom channels later (129 was coming in crappy!) he called for help and 30 minutes later (with three installers!) it was all set and done.
I must say that before, when people were talking about the issue of HD lite with D* that I didn't t care much. I thought they were just being too picky (My apologies to Sean Mota!!!) . But when the 622 was turned on and I saw the picture quality I was really amazed!!
And at first the tuner was set to 480p! When I set it to 1080i I was like WOW, now I have my HDTV working at full capability again! I recorded 2001 from HDNET and I was just hypnotized by the quality of picture, details etc. Even the SD picture look much better. I checked the other HD channels like HGTV and it was awesome. Voom channels, even though people here say are supposed to be HD Lite, still looked MUCH MUCH better than the picture I got with D*!
So, despite the horrible customer service, if you want better picture quality and more HD RIGHT NOW, I'd go with Dish. D* served me well last year when I couldn't get my locals OTA and I qualified for Distant HD networks. But currently IMO they sure aren't the leaders of anything. I disconnected 2 of my receivers with D* and kept one for my step kid until he leaves for college in two weeks. Then it's time to disconnect it all, sell my HD and regular Tivo and pay the fees for early cancellation. But, I still think it's worth it. By the time D* get their act together and get better than Dish it will be another year or so. By then my contract with dish will be close to running out anyway so I may consider switching back. But, RIGHT NOW is what matters to me!!
I must say that before, when people were talking about the issue of HD lite with D* that I didn't t care much. I thought they were just being too picky (My apologies to Sean Mota!!!) . But when the 622 was turned on and I saw the picture quality I was really amazed!!
And at first the tuner was set to 480p! When I set it to 1080i I was like WOW, now I have my HDTV working at full capability again! I recorded 2001 from HDNET and I was just hypnotized by the quality of picture, details etc. Even the SD picture look much better. I checked the other HD channels like HGTV and it was awesome. Voom channels, even though people here say are supposed to be HD Lite, still looked MUCH MUCH better than the picture I got with D*!So, despite the horrible customer service, if you want better picture quality and more HD RIGHT NOW, I'd go with Dish. D* served me well last year when I couldn't get my locals OTA and I qualified for Distant HD networks. But currently IMO they sure aren't the leaders of anything. I disconnected 2 of my receivers with D* and kept one for my step kid until he leaves for college in two weeks. Then it's time to disconnect it all, sell my HD and regular Tivo and pay the fees for early cancellation. But, I still think it's worth it. By the time D* get their act together and get better than Dish it will be another year or so. By then my contract with dish will be close to running out anyway so I may consider switching back. But, RIGHT NOW is what matters to me!!
