upgrading from 322 receiver to Duo DVR?

[redbandit98]

Hello everyone. Im sorry in advance if this question is stupid to most of you guys. If I could have got a straight answer from the guys at the retail showroom I would not have had to register and ask.They gave me a hesitant "yes", which to me means they really had no clue. I am wanting to upgrade my current dual tuner receiver to a DVR duo receiver. I do not need HD as I have no HD tvs. My service is through att and I have a package deal I got years ago. They no longer offer this and I dont want to change it as I would have to go with the UVERSE which I am not interested in. I cant simply just go in and upgrade my dish account without redoing the whole shebang. I was "told" I could just buy a DVR receiver and then call ATT and have them add the 7 dollar charge for the DVR service. My question is if I buy the receiver, can I just use my card thats in my current reciever? Im just wondering If I do buy the receiver, will I have to reactivate it and all that jazz or can I just simply swap cards, call dish or ATT and have them add the 7 dollar a month charge? They want 200 bucks for the duo DVR and I think I can find it cheaper. By the way I am using a superdish. I know there are probably several variants of it but It was probably one of the first models. I remember when they put it in it had three LNB's and it wasnt about 2 weeks later the guy came and unhooked one and said they werent using it anymore. Thanks for any help
matt

 

[Scherrman]

Where did you get your Dish from originally? If you got it from Dish directly or ATT I would call them to have the upgrade done. The retailer can't do anything other than sell a receiver outright to you then. Either way, doing a Dish 'N It Up is the cheapest solution.

Having your Dish account bundled with a phone company is always a pain, especially when it comes to upgrades.

 

[navychop]

You cannot move a card from 1 box to another.

The superdish isn't. It had a short lifetime. You need to be on WA 110/119/129 or EA 61.5/72.7/77. Regardless if you are into HD or not. Calling Dish might get you a new deal where they bring a box and swap out the dish and you can cancel & turn in the old box. Simplest way and probably no more expensive. Little or no sense in owning equipment anymore. Regardless Dish will need to activate the new box.

 

[pabeader]

can't he just add an ext-HDD to his receiver?

 

[navychop]

I'm not sure AT&T will/can do any upgrades or changes anymore. They switched to DirecTV.

The $200 is likely the up front lease charge, not the sale price of the unit.

 

[navychop]

can't he just add an ext-HDD to his receiver?

Depends upon the model. I gather he does not have a ViP211. Earlier, non-DVR models do not and will not support EHDs. Also, it is very unlikely that the ViP222 will ever support EHDs.

 

[Scherrman]

You can not hook an external hard drive up to a 322.

 

[redbandit98]

I got it through ATT. I did not know ATT switched to Direct TV. Here in town the only retail shop has DISH stickers right next to the ATT stickers. I have seriously considered just getting out of the package deal. Im under no contract right now and I think it would be better to just drop the whole deal get a seprate dish account. I dont "think" I can get the 12 months reduced price since Im technically a dish customer through ATT. I just thought If I could find a cheap receiver and swap the cards out it would be a pretty painless switch over. Since you guys have cleared it up that I cant do that, I will probably just bail on the whole deal. It seems that Dish is a tad cheaper for what I need (just two standard tvs with one DVR), plus I just sank a 8ft galv 2 1/4 water pipe in the ground with 2 bags of concrete. I think DIRECT TV uses another size pole mount. (2" maybe?) The installer will be happy that I have already sunk him a perfectly plumb and sturdy mount. Guess Ill see what I can come up with for another phone account and DSL. I just might wait a while to do that though. I have a VERY good reason for wanting to keep my current setup. Lets just say there was an error on someones part and I have benefitted from it. I would be afraid to mention it on a public satellite forum. Its not illegal or anything, but someone dropped the ball and its never been noticed. thanks for your input
matt

 

[Jhon69]

If you want Dish's SD Duo DVR that's the 625(That's what I have).You have to be pointed at 119/110/129(Western Arc) because it's MPEG2 only..You can find them pretty cheap on EBay(always check the receiver ID# with Dish before purchase).Good Luck!.

 

[Scherrman]

You do not have to be pointed at 129 for a 625. It is only able to to pick up 110 and 119 since it is only SD.

 

[redbandit98]

well, I went and talked to them. Since was a cust through ATT I could not even do an upgrade without going through ATT. I did not want to go through ATT so I just to hell with it and went with direct TV. Oh well, sorry to bother you guys. I am now prepping for the install of the direct tv. I posted a question in that forum in regards to how many coax I need to run. I appreciate all your responses and help on my original question.:up thanks
Matt