List of Dish Receivers with NO PVR/DVR Fees??!

[tamgelikah]

Looking to upgrade my receiver. Anyone readily have the list of Dish receivers that do not have the $5.98 monthly DVR/PVR Fee? These are the ones I am aware of ...

Standard Receivers
*501
*508
*522
*721

HD Receivers
???

Can anyone add any to the list? Are there any HD Receivers without a monthly DVR/PVR Fee?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ccuser]

you can convvert vip 211 into dvr with hard drive. for no monthly fee.

 

[garys]

Any dvr receiver if you subscribe to the All Everything package.

Note: the 721 has been deactivated and is no longer in use.

 

[TheKrell]

I can subtract from your list. The 522 incurs the DVR fee.

I think the old 7100/7200 and the 721's, along with the 501 and 508, are the complete and all-to-abbreviated list. I don't think we can activate any but the 501 and 508 at this time. Very abbreviated list.

I do have a good reliable 501 that I'd like to sell. Hearing bad things about ebay from sellers these days. Any recommendations? I'm a pub member so I can post to SatelliteGuys Classifieds - SatelliteGuys.US, but I haven't seen much activity over there.

 

[mike123abc]

I think all of these will not be activated any more. Given the TiVo suit, I believe Dish is not allowing any new activations of these old receivers. The only way now is to get a 211 and pay the external hard drive fee and get the DVR functionality that way.

 

[garys]

I think all of these will not be activated any more.

I have an old 7100, Dish replaced it with a 508 about 7 months ago. 501's are still being activated as well.

 

[gjh3260]

you can convvert vip 211 into dvr with hard drive. for no monthly fee.

There is a one time $40 activation fee.

 

[mike123abc]

I have an old 7100, Dish replaced it with a 508 about 7 months ago. 501's are still being activated as well.

As an existing DVR customer with a unit being replaced. Will they let someone without one on their account add one?

 

[navychop]

Hmmm. I wonder what sort of offer, if any, we'll receive to "upgrade" from our 508s if they do decide (or are forced) to withdraw them. Not sure I really need a DVR where the 508 is. Maybe I should copy the stuff off it I want to keep and just sell it.

 

[Pepper]

Not sure I really need a DVR where the 508 is. Maybe I should copy the stuff off it I want to keep and just sell it.

Man, these half-hearted DVR users, I don't understand. But then I'm a DVR Addict, if there's a TV and I'm going to watch it, a DVR needs to be there.

 

[navychop]

Actually, I usually watch DVR'd material on my 61" JVC in the living room, connected to a ViP722. Or on a 52" Samsung in my bedroom, connected to another ViP722. The 508 is connected to a 36" CRT SDTV in the rec room, watched only by my in-laws. And they only watch local OTA channels, never Dish. So it sits unused. But it's not costing me anything.....