new guy with questions

[nworbekim]

we've been using dishnet for a long time and i've never done any upgrading. the old receiver we have might be getting flaky, but i'm not so sure after reading some of the other posts.

we keep losing the program guide, at times the receiver locks up and has to be unplugged and reset.

soooo, my question is do i have to go to dishnet for a new receiver?

i called them and am not really satisfied with what they offered.

i just want a plain vanilla, generic receiver that will do what has been done for the past 10 years or so, but i resent all the fees and charges dish is wanting to apply to this transaction. it appears to me that all i have to do is unplug the receiver i have, set another in its place, turn it on and activate it. why do i need a technician for that?

we aren't really couch potatoes, the tv is more of a sit down for a few minutes and watch the news, once in a while a documentary, and maybe a few reruns on tvland. so the DVR and HD are not big on our list of wants. i have a nice video card on my desktop and can watch a LOT of tv online if i want, but dish is convenient.

so like i said, a plain vanilla, generic receiver is all i want, right now.

i own the receiver i have now, so i don't even have to return it!

where can i go for that?

thanks

 

[KAB]

Call Tech support and they will probably send you a new receiver for free.

 

[TheKrell]

it appears to me that all i have to do is unplug the receiver i have, set another in its place, turn it on and activate it. why do i need a technician for that?

You don't. You could certainly do it yourself.

Comment 1) Make sure you DEactivate your old receiver or else you will get hit with a $7 extra receiver fee.

Comment 2) Make your replacement receiver a 501 or 508 and you will not pay anything extra (other than the receiver purchase) BUT you CAN then play with a Dish DVR. My first DVR was a 501, and I can tell you after the initial distaste from my fuddy duddy family, everybody took to it and loved it. In addition to recording stuff you can't watch in real time, you get to pause live TV when you have to do something else , and of course when playing it back either from the buffer or from a recording, you can skip over the [expletive deleted] commercials.

 

[sethwell]

DISHSTORE.NET :

 

[TimberWolf]

a 211k will work with any dish or lnb, is HD capable and can be converted to a DVR

 

[nworbekim]

501 or 508... those must be older models? i don't see them listed. can you point the way?

many thanks

 

[old corps]

They ARE older models. You'd have to find a used one, possibly on Ebay. If you were to find one you'd need to get the "R" & "S" #'s from it BEFORE purchasing and check with Dish to make sure nothing is owed on it. Buying a new 211K is probably your best bet. You'd have DVR capablity when/if you paid a $40 activation fee for an external hard drive. Good luck!

Ed

 

[boba]

we've been using dishnet for a long time and i've never done any upgrading. the old receiver we have might be getting flaky, but i'm not so sure after reading some of the other posts.

we keep losing the program guide, at times the receiver locks up and has to be unplugged and reset.

soooo, my question is do i have to go to dishnet for a new receiver?

i called them and am not really satisfied with what they offered.

i just want a plain vanilla, generic receiver that will do what has been done for the past 10 years or so, but i resent all the fees and charges dish is wanting to apply to this transaction. it appears to me that all i have to do is unplug the receiver i have, set another in its place, turn it on and activate it. why do i need a technician for that?

we aren't really couch potatoes, the tv is more of a sit down for a few minutes and watch the news, once in a while a documentary, and maybe a few reruns on tvland. so the DVR and HD are not big on our list of wants. i have a nice video card on my desktop and can watch a LOT of tv online if i want, but dish is convenient.

so like i said, a plain vanilla, generic receiver is all i want, right now.

i own the receiver i have now, so i don't even have to return it!

where can i go for that?

thanks

More information would be nice, what is your current model of receiver where do you live besides Southern USA, what was DISH going to charge you? A guess is that you might be in an Eastern Arc market that would require an upgrade to a new dish, Also with 10 years of use you might have damaged fittings on your cables or your dish might need realignment,this could cause guide loss and lock ups. Replacing the receiver won't cure problems that aren't caused by a failing receiver. If your receiver is something like a 3000 it only has about an hour of program information then has to download the guide again due to the much larger data base that exists now.

 

[SaltiDawg]

a 211k will work with any dish or lnb, is HD capable and can be converted to a DVR

Aren't the 501 and 508 MPEG2 only receivers?

 

[boba]

Yes they are MPEG2 and good DVRs for their time.

 

[Bobby]

The problem is that MPEG2 will not work in the eastern arc and eventually not in western either.

 

[SaltiDawg]

Yes they are MPEG2 and good DVRs for their time.

I loved my two 508s! Given they are MPEG2 only, how does that effect the suggestion that the OP use 501s or 508s?