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bgrodie
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[VOOM/DISH/OTA] Dishnet installation-4 orbital locations needed
Unlike some people's experiences with VOOM, Dish called several
times to confirm installation date and time period.
Here is a review of my installation.
The install went very well overall but it took quite some time it
seemed at 5 hours. The were DNS direct employees so they were very
good and they tried to explain a lot and accomodate me on Dish
placement to keep the neighbors happy. They installed a Superdish
for orbital positions 121, 119, and 110 and they installed a Dish
500 with a single LNBF for 61.5 which is where VOOM is.
There was some confusion because the work order didn't include a
DP44 switch which is needed for 4 orbital locations and the
installer did not bring one. One fellow showed up at 11:45AM and we
discussed the install. He only had a Superdish and no DP44 but he
wasn't aware of VOOM and did not know he would need it because even
though it was the "VOOM conversion center" I ordered from it was not
on the order.
Anyway, he called in and the supervisor said he would be there in an
hour to get started with the installation so they could close out
the work order today. Supervisor would bring the DP44 multiswitch.
They had never installed a DP44 before so I was the first VOOM
conversion in the area. They had a small amount of trouble with it
but got it working fine. They cleaned up all the wiring and I was
good to go. The original installer was there the whole time and left
about 5:30PM. A long install.
I have a 942, an 811, and a 301 receiver all working great today and
Irecorded enterprise on the DVR last night very easily. the jury is
out on the HD and Satellite delivered locals. The OTA tuners on the
942 and 811 scanned everything i expected. I am not sure that the HD
picture even on the VOOM channels is as good as what came from vOOM.
I will do an A/B comparison today on Discovery hD from Dishnet vs.
HDD200/4DTV. we'll see.
I am glad I did not buy the equipment and install myself. I saved a
lot of my time, the cost of the DP44 switch which approaches $100,
and cost of receivers and dishes that may be useless after the MPEG
4 switchover and satellite transponder reallocation. The goal of
Dishnet is to be able to do an install like mine and need to utilize
less satellites in a specific CONUS location. So there will be more
compression, etc. but it just depends on how the picture looks in
the end. My gut feel is that it may be a few years before we get
back to what VOOM gave us...
Thegrod
DSR922, HDD200, UM1000A, VOOM
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Unlike some people's experiences with VOOM, Dish called several
times to confirm installation date and time period.
Here is a review of my installation.
The install went very well overall but it took quite some time it
seemed at 5 hours. The were DNS direct employees so they were very
good and they tried to explain a lot and accomodate me on Dish
placement to keep the neighbors happy. They installed a Superdish
for orbital positions 121, 119, and 110 and they installed a Dish
500 with a single LNBF for 61.5 which is where VOOM is.
There was some confusion because the work order didn't include a
DP44 switch which is needed for 4 orbital locations and the
installer did not bring one. One fellow showed up at 11:45AM and we
discussed the install. He only had a Superdish and no DP44 but he
wasn't aware of VOOM and did not know he would need it because even
though it was the "VOOM conversion center" I ordered from it was not
on the order.
Anyway, he called in and the supervisor said he would be there in an
hour to get started with the installation so they could close out
the work order today. Supervisor would bring the DP44 multiswitch.
They had never installed a DP44 before so I was the first VOOM
conversion in the area. They had a small amount of trouble with it
but got it working fine. They cleaned up all the wiring and I was
good to go. The original installer was there the whole time and left
about 5:30PM. A long install.
I have a 942, an 811, and a 301 receiver all working great today and
Irecorded enterprise on the DVR last night very easily. the jury is
out on the HD and Satellite delivered locals. The OTA tuners on the
942 and 811 scanned everything i expected. I am not sure that the HD
picture even on the VOOM channels is as good as what came from vOOM.
I will do an A/B comparison today on Discovery hD from Dishnet vs.
HDD200/4DTV. we'll see.
I am glad I did not buy the equipment and install myself. I saved a
lot of my time, the cost of the DP44 switch which approaches $100,
and cost of receivers and dishes that may be useless after the MPEG
4 switchover and satellite transponder reallocation. The goal of
Dishnet is to be able to do an install like mine and need to utilize
less satellites in a specific CONUS location. So there will be more
compression, etc. but it just depends on how the picture looks in
the end. My gut feel is that it may be a few years before we get
back to what VOOM gave us...
Thegrod
DSR922, HDD200, UM1000A, VOOM
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