Upgrade 625 to 722?

[avchong]

Presently I have a 625 with no DVR or Lease fees (upgraded my owned 721 to a leased 625), can the 625 be upgraded to a 722 without subscribing to any HD programming and will the DVR and Lease fees continue to be zero?

 

[KAB]

You no longer have to pay a fee for not subscribing to HD. Your first (or only) receiver has no lease fee. But, why upgrade if you aren't getting HD?

 

[garys]

Lets see, larger hard drive, external hard drive, connect to dsl, vod, remote access to dvr. Did I miss anything?

 

[TheKrell]

Did I miss anything?

Gen 5 Archos SD video upload...

 

[nsafreak]

Good reasons to upgrade, too bad they aren't options with the 625. However while I don't think you'll pay a lease fee or a fee for not having HD programming they will hit you with a DVR fee. You can pretty much eliminate it by going with a DVR Advantage programming package though. Keep in mind that I very much doubt they'll upgrade you without some kind of commitment.

 

[j8.]

Good reasons to upgrade, too bad they aren't options with the 625. However while I don't think you'll pay a lease fee or a fee for not having HD programming they will hit you with a DVR fee. You can pretty much eliminate it by going with a DVR Advantage programming package though. Keep in mind that I very much doubt they'll upgrade you without some kind of commitment.

if you have the americas everything package there is no fees

 

[Bob Haller]

so theres no fee anymore for not subbing to high def with a high def receiver?

 

[KAB]

so theres no fee anymore for not subbing to high def with a high def receiver?

No. It was announced three or four months ago.

 

[Scherrman]

I would think Dish will eventually get rid of all their SD receivers. Why wouldn't you sign up for an HD receiver if you don't have to pay a fee for not subscribing to HD.

 

[papalittle]

"I would think Dish will eventually get rid of all their SD receivers. Why wouldn't you sign up for an HD receiver if you don't have to pay a fee for not subscribing to HD."

For 1 there are no cable connections on the back of the HD DVR receivers so you are stuck using RCA if you have open RCA ports on your TV. or a modulator.

#2 I do not like wide screen tvs or the excess amount of electricity they use.

 

[nsafreak]

"I would think Dish will eventually get rid of all their SD receivers. Why wouldn't you sign up for an HD receiver if you don't have to pay a fee for not subscribing to HD."

For 1 there are no cable connections on the back of the HD DVR receivers so you are stuck using RCA if you have open RCA ports on your TV. or a modulator.

#2 I do not like wide screen tvs or the excess amount of electricity they use.

Ummm I'd have to disagree with you on #2. A lot of the newer widescreen displays use less power than old school CRTs by a pretty fair margin.

 

[KKlare]

I differ with papalittle's #1 as there is an RF connector with both tuner outputs on UHF channels on my 722s.
-Ken

 

[Lord_Vader]

Ummm I'd have to disagree with you on #2. A lot of the newer widescreen displays use less power than old school CRTs by a pretty fair margin.

Yep, my 67" (Samsung 67A750)uses less than 1 watt when "off" and ~150 watts powered on (as measured by crutchfield).

In contrast, a typical "tube" TV uses 250-300 watts. I admit some "widescreen" TVs use mroe power, but you can do some research and get an Energy Star TV that is large/wide.

 

[vash1090]

The HD enabling fee for having an HD receiver without HD programming is no longer listed on the current 24-month commitment forms, but that does not necessarily mean it has gone away. I believe it did go down from $7 to $5 though last I saw.