625 Question

[thebrandts]

Current Dish 721 user - looking to swap out my non DVR receiver for a 625.

I'll rant for 2 seconds about a "promo" that I pay $50 for with an 18 month commitment (requiring a $13.30/month payout if I cancel) where I still have to lease the machine. grrr... If the R15 wasn't so new I would be a DirecTv customer right now.

But my question is concerning the reliability of the machine. I saw some notes about audio cutting out. How often are you all rebooting your machines?



Thanks

 

[RobertsD]

Are you asking about the 622 or the 625?

 

[thebrandts]

The 625 is the only option I see from Dish if you aren't ready to go to HD. My only other options are to purchase a different model from eBay (or someplace like that). My experiences with the 721 have me wanting the support (unless you know another way to get support for these machines).

 

[RobertsD]

Ok, the 625.

I have had one for about two months, and have only reset it once. I had to reset it, because the skip forward and skip back buttons stopped working. It never happened before, and it hasn't happened since.

The only audio cutouts that I have had are when watching recorded events, I'll occasionally loose audio for less then a second. It doesn't happen everytimeyou watch a recorded a event, and infact, has only happened a few times(at least that I have noticed).

 

[thebrandts]

Thank you sir - just realized I posted this in the HDTV forum (which would explain why you probably thought I meant 622). I'm going to repost in the correct forum (blush).

 

[RobertsD]

Yup, thats why