$549, 921 - Did you Buy?

[Stargazer]

I will just hold out for the 942 then I will decide.

 

[jcrash]

Nope. It looks like there is enough chance of missing an OTA recording that I am not willing to make the plunge. With the current issues, it would need to be $99 or less for me to try it.

My plan is to sell all my Dish stuff in the spring and get a HD DirecTivo and two normal DirecTivos.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Great, I just paid $849 for a second 921 from Dishstore.net last week. Wonder if they will give me a rebate.

See my rant in the Chit Chat area about this.

 

[DarrellP]

WOW! This is awesome! Are there any commitments or is this an outright purchase? I cannot commit to anything with Dish except the HD Pack, that's all I have and all I ever will have with them. I just payed $550 for my E85H 4 months ago.

Also, any news on a DVD burner for the 921 yet? If ever?

 

[dfergie]

No strings when I ordered mine yesterday locally Darrell...

 

[DarrellP]

Cool! I think I just may have to get one.

Aside from known bugs, is there a downside to having a 921?
I just thought of one: No FIREWIRE OUT!! Damn you, Dish!!!

 

[dfergie]

only 250 mb drive, 25 hours recording... I have about 75 or so hours on my Replays right now....6000u gos to my X1 now....

 

[DarrellP]

I just read elsewhere that the 921 has the $5 DVR fee so screw Dish, I refuse to pay it and I'm not subbing to their crappy SD channels.

 

[bdemz]

$5

Is the $5 wavied if you have the everything pack?

 

[bbriggs]

I got off the fence and took the bait after over a year of anxious anticipation. Two major factors led to that decision (besides the relatively affordable new price): Mark at DBStalk is pretty clear about the new (not released) software straightening out most OTA problems; and Scott here believes that 942 will be lease only. I'm not excited about having somebody else's property in my house - I'd rather own it. D* is not a real option for me because their premium channels are a bit more limited than E*, and D* costs more for their almost everything package. The likely software issues with 942 played a role too.

If we believe Mark, the new price of 921 is just to up HD sales by E* for the year. I don't know if that's true or not, clear-the-shelves fire-sale for 942 sounds just as likely. The volatile nature of this business and/or E* are a bit disturbing.

 

[DarrellP]

Is the top of the 921 vented or solid? I need to place my pj on top of it, I am out of room in my wall mount rack.

If I can get Dish to waive one of the $5 fees I have to pay, I will get one. Currently I pay a $5 Not Enough Programming Fee and if I add a 921 I will have to pay a $5 Extra Receiver Fee plus a $5 DVR fee.

 

[dfergie]

I got off the fence and took the bait after over a year of anxious anticipation. Two major factors led to that decision (besides the relatively affordable new price): Mark at DBStalk is pretty clear about the new (not released) software straightening out most OTA problems; and Scott here believes that 942 will be lease only. I'm not excited about having somebody else's property in my house - I'd rather own it. D* is not a real option for me because their premium channels are a bit more limited than E*, and D* costs more for their almost everything package. The likely software issues with 942 played a role too.

If we believe Mark, the new price of 921 is just to up HD sales by E* for the year. I don't know if that's true or not, clear-the-shelves fire-sale for 942 sounds just as likely. The volatile nature of this business and/or E* are a bit disturbing.

Yup, that is me also, D* might have more Hd right now but with Sunday ticked eating up the bandwidth...and only the things I watch on nbc is Joey, Brokaw and ER Edit... I just checked mine is shipping today... tuesday most likely from Denver

 

[rangersjay99]

Wonder if COSTCO is still in the mix for selling these mid-November?

Haven't heard anything for a bit.

 

[DarrellP]

OOPS! Another thought: The 921 cannot output HD/SD at the same time can it? This seals the deal for me.

 

[BFG]

It can output 480p on both the outputs in safe mode, but other than that no

 

[dfergie]

I was just pm'd over at avs on the Alb. forum, the guy thought I had one at that price...just gos to show you sometimes avs is slooow(btw only thread over there is a rant mainly)

 

[Bobby]

Is the $5 wavied if you have the everything pack?

Yes!!!

 

[mwsmith2]

I got off the fence and took the bait after over a year of anxious anticipation. Two major factors led to that decision (besides the relatively affordable new price): Mark at DBStalk is pretty clear about the new (not released) software straightening out most OTA problems; and Scott here believes that 942 will be lease only. I'm not excited about having somebody else's property in my house - I'd rather own it.

Heh, you saved me from coming up with a post. My sentiments exactly. Ordered mine today from dishstore.net, and my 6000 will be going up on ebay.

Michael

 

[DarrellP]

I guess I could always switch to SD and playback to my DVD recorder at night when I'm not recording anything. It would be nice to have all outputs hot like the Voom stb and the 811.

 

[dfergie]

I guess I could always switch to SD and playback to my DVD recorder at night when I'm not recording anything. It would be nice to have all outputs hot like the Voom stb and the 811.

If any Hd program is on I usually have had my Replay recording the downrezzed, and I wait and watch on my X1 streamed...now the 6000u will get them and I can watch in Hd...