Dish HD Upgrade and HDMi

[tsave31]

Okay, so next Saturday I'm getting the upgrade to HD for my Dish subscription. I'm about as non-technical as they come, but really want to get the most out of the HD upgrade. The two receivers I have now (322Gs) are in the basement of my house so it was a very clean install. I've read on here to make sure you have an HDMI cable for the upgrade.

How does this work? The receivers obviously are not by the TVs, so is the HDMI cable still necessary? Or is the one receiver (I think I'm getting the 722) that is going to be replacing the 322G going to be now by my HDTV for the DVR purposes, connecting the TV to an HDMI, etc.? I'm semi-confused and the customer service rep did not know much at all about installation.

Any help would be greatt! Thanks in advance!

 

[Chavez]

The 722 will bring HD signal to TV1 (the tv nearest the receiver) via hdmi. TV2 is not hd format.

 

[tsave31]

Okay...yeah, we only have one HDTV that i want it on. So, is the receiver now going to be by the TV instead of in the basement? Would you recommend buying an HDMI cable (6 foot cable?) instead of the component cables Dish uses?

 

[Jim S.]

Component cables work fine for HD. But unless you buy your own beforehand to get from the basement to the TV, the installer is going to want to put the receiver by the TV. Dish doesn't provide an HD output over coaxial cable.

 

[nsafreak]

Component cables work fine for HD. But unless you buy your own beforehand to get from the basement to the TV, the installer is going to want to put the receiver by the TV. Dish doesn't provide an HD output over coaxial cable.

The other problem with that is you're going to have to get an optical audio cable that'll run that long as well if you want Dolby Digital audio or you'll have to get an RCA stereo cable so that you can at least get stereo audio.

 

[s10zr2]

You need to try it with the componenet cable and the hdmi cable. Every tv is different. My 42" plasma in my living room looks best with hdmi, but my 55" Lcd in the basement looks best with component. You can't assume hdmi is going to be the best. By the way you can get good hdmi cable and component cables at monoprice and parts express that will go long distances. My HD receiver that feed my plasma in the living room is in my basement and I have a 50 ft. hdmi cable feeding it with no problems. Component will have no issues up to 150 ft.

 

[Jimmerinwi]

Component cables work fine for HD. But unless you buy your own beforehand to get from the basement to the TV, the installer is going to want to put the receiver by the TV. Dish doesn't provide an HD output over coaxial cable.

One more thing, the 722 (if that's what they are getting), does not have a coaxial output for TV 1, there is a way to have both TV1 & TV2 come out the home distribution (TV2) output though, so tecnically, I guess you could, but WHY would you, unless you have only a sd tv at tv1.

 

[tsave31]

I called Dish earlier today (I wasn't sure if it was the 622 or 722) and I am actually getting the 622. Will this have any effect on the setup itself?

 

[smroycro]

I called Dish earlier today (I wasn't sure if it was the 622 or 722) and I am actually getting the 622. Will this have any effect on the setup itself?

No difference in setup.

 

[pfan1981]

Unless you want to run a very long HDMI cable from your basement to TV1, I would move the receiver next to TV1. HDMI and component is really no comparison. I think it's mildly funny that people spend all the "jack" on hdtvs and their satellite bills, but refuse to fork out the money for a decent cable (or UPS for that matter). monoprice.com has good prices on hdmi's. I was considering intalling in the basement for the clean look (basemeent is unfinished directly under my TV). However I still wanted my DVD player accessible on the main level so I elected to have an audio tower.

good luck and let us know,

pfan