I am getting ready to switch to Direct from Dish. I was wondering how many HD receivers Direct might give me without paying extra for them? I was looking to get maybe 4 or 5 HD receivers (no DVR's).
Thanks, I will call them. I have tried talking online but I don't get a straight answer. Do you happen to know how long as a new customer before you can use their moving plan? We have a summer home and I wanted to have a system hooked up at both houses so when we go there we can just bring the receivers with us? They told me I could have another system hooked up I would have to pay for the installation at the second place but if I moved it would be free.That should not be a problem.
I would call them and see what they have to offer you, i find you can do better calling vs doing it on line.
I thought about installing my own dish but I don't know much about Direct's hardware and setup so I thought I might have them do it. I currently have Dish (12 yrs) and have done all of my own setup's. I guess I could do my own setup. I do have an old Direct dish with a triple lnb, would that system still work for NYC programing? What is the 5 lnb for?just do your own dish install at the 2nd house...much easier
Thanks Iceberg, maybe I will just do my own install on the second house. How many receivers can you hookup to the slimline 3 and what kind of switch would you use to add more receivers?The 5 LNB and the slimline 3 LNB is for HD
The old "triple LNB" is for SD only (101/110/119)
slimline 3 sees 99/101/103...99/103 are the HD sats
slimline 5 LNB sees 99/101/103/110/119
unless you want spanish programming 119 is not needed...110 is vacant right now
I am getting ready to switch to Direct from Dish. I was wondering how many HD receivers Direct might give me without paying extra for them? I was looking to get maybe 4 or 5 HD receivers (no DVR's).
There is a monthly fee of $5 per receiver with no charge for the 1st one. So with 5 receivers 1t would be $20 per month.
and???
Wonder what that would be with Dish?
Well, if the first one is free and they were HD DVR's at $ 18 p/m = $72 extra per month for recvrs
Ouch ...
I knew the monthly fee was $5 each after the first one but I was wondering if it was possible to get more than two HD receivers without paying an additional fee for them as a new customer. I know with Dish they will give you 3 free HD receivers but what good is that when they don't have MSG in HD and the other RSN's are in HD when they feel like it.There is a monthly fee of $5 per receiver with no charge for the 1st one. So with 5 receivers 1t would be $20 per month.
I know with Dish they will give you 3 free HD receivers but what good is that when they don't have MSG in HD and the other RSN's are in HD when they feel like it.