The last time I tested BETA was right before I got my first VHS VCR.
So you want to be a tester?
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all dish subs are testers. often they report all sorts of bugs here...........
very sad, you shouldnt have to be a tech to watch tv
very sad, you shouldnt have to be a tech to watch tv
Which is why I stick with the 722.
211k here... also very solid, no issues. miss the hopper but I dont miss the fees
Which is why I stick with the 722.
Believe it or not, my Hopper 1 has been going 5 years strong. Before then, I went through two 722s and one 722k. Each lasted about 2 years. During those days my 211 kept me going.
The biggest culprit to fail on Hoppers is the hard drive, from what my local retailer tells me. Since the 211k uses a dedicated external drive, I feel like the receiver may outlive the hard drive, but I can just swap it out
I own it. Not interested in the fees for Hopper
I just wish after xx amount of time...(few years..whatever)..you went from lease to ownership. I mean, at this point, I would just sign a new contract or whatever..maybe even purchase a H3 and 4 joeys/wj/4kj..instead of lease again...but alas:
The cost of service is exactly the same whether you lease or buy. Unless you want to leave Dish early it makes little sense to buy.
...or deactivate receivers for rarely-used TVs when you are not using them.
Not entirely true. In Missouri we have a "leased equipment tax" that doesn't apply if you own your own box..
So, does paying about $5 a month or less for leased equipment make buying your equipment feasible. If you bought a Hopper 3 and 2 Joeys, for example, it would cost you about $550. That would take over 9 years to come out even.
Not everybody needs or wants a Hopper and 2 Joeys. I have one receiver with an EHD, so buying it outright for $75 and avoiding the tax every month was worth it for me
IMHO life is too short to be worried about a couple dollars a month spent or saved on the most used entertainment system that our family has. 16 tuners, DVR, DishAnywhere, PTAT, AutoHop and on and on is well worth the few bucks.
If your goal is to be a tight wad and spend as little as possible to get as little as possible to just get by well then life is probably gonna seem a lot longer and not nearly as enjoyable.
If your goal is to be a tight wad and spend as little as possible to get as little as possible to just get by well then life is probably gonna seem a lot longer and not nearly as enjoyable.
Let's say that receiver of yours is a 211 or Wally. You would probably pay less than $2 a month in state tax on it. It would still take over 3 years make it even.... Your choice, but I'mm going with Sheridan's comments...
IMHO life is too short to be worried about a couple dollars a month spent or saved on the most used entertainment system that our family has. 16 tuners, DVR, DishAnywhere, PTAT, AutoHop and on and on is well worth the few bucks.
If your goal is to be a tight wad and spend as little as possible to get as little as possible to just get by well then life is probably gonna seem a lot longer and not nearly as enjoyable.
To each their own. You can spend as much as you want and I can spend as little as I want. It's a free country
Dish is now selling receivers for $50. (At least, the ViP211k and ViP612. I do not know the price of other receiver models.) If you only activate the receiver when you are using it, and leave it deactivated most of the time, you would have your investment back in a little over seven months, compared to paying the $7 per month additional receiver fee to keep a leased additional receiver. For a receiver with a higher monthly fee (such as the ViP612) your investment would be recouped sooner than that. (Five months compared to a $10 per month fee to keep a leased additional receiver.)
So somehow this thread degenerated from 'so you want to be a tester' to 'how cheap can I be'. 
So somehow this thread degenerated from 'so you want to be a tester' to 'how cheap can I be'.
We're nearing "Clean Up on Aisle Six" territory.
