Yellow card, Blue card?????

[caseyatbt]

Whats the difference(besides the color)? Do they do anything different?

JC

 

[mike123abc]

The new ones (Dish 500) have a new encryption technique. Dish is mailing them out to subscribers now, and one day they will probably turn off the old encryption stream, locking out the hacked recievers.

 

[GaryPen]

With all the international programming, you'd think they'd use green cards

 

[hehdaddy]

That was hillarious! I hope it was a joke.

 

[Tim@OCZ]

Which is newer blue or yellow?

 

[Tim@OCZ]

any reason why I would want one or the other in my 721 reciever?

 

[Smith P.]

any reason why I would want one or the other in my 721 reciever?

Only if you will see green sign on System Info screen - "Dish 500 Card Ready".
Elsewhere only old 'blue' cards supported.

 

[Tim@OCZ]

Well I haven't actually bought the 721 yet but I saw a new unit on ebay for 399.00 with the blue card, then I saw another new unit 489.00 with the yellow card...

Why the difference in price?

 

[Stargazer]

One is willing to take less than the other one for it. Are those "Buy It Now" prices or just the start of the auction price?

 

[Tim@OCZ]

Those are buy it now prices.

so you are saying the units are exactly the same?

 

[ROLLTIDE]

Don't pay more than $250 for a 721

 

[Stargazer]

The prices of the used 721's are going to drop once the new promotion for the 721 @ $249 rolls out soon. One could very well find used ones for that much if not below $200 in the future once they have been out for a while unless it would be a short lived promotion. This would drive the price down on the used 501/508/510 receivers even more.

Those receivers are the same exact receiver if it indicates the same model number.

 

[sunspot]

Hi Tim. Still no direct answer to your question. I was wondering the same thing as you.
Hey Guys, how's $200 for a new 510 sound? ?

 

[AndyMon]

With all the international programming, you'd think they'd use green cards

FWIW, Green cards are actually pink now. Really. No joke.

 

[GaryPen]

I know they're not green. My wife has one. Ironically, in California, auto pink slips are green.