ViP 722 through 'Dish'n it up'

[Lord_Vader]

I was told the same thing on the phone and paid the $199 to get the 722. U had to email ceo to get the credit.

As for the cables, I am working with someone else now. No update yet.

 

[Lord_Vader]

So the guy wrote back and said he had been on vacation. ??

He said that only "RCA-type" cables are included with the 722 and apologized that I was told differently by the CSR. At least I got my answer.

What I don't understand is why they don't include a HDMI or component cable. They have included S-Video for years. I explained to them that the installer left my DVR set to 480 instead of 1080 and I had to buy an HDMI cable.

Their solution would have left me with RCA (480?) and wondering why the picture wasn't so good.

 

[voripteth]

I was surprised at the number of cables in my 722 box. I got a cheap set of RCA cables, a nice set of component cables and a HDMI cable (HDMI to DVI with a DVI to HDMI connector).

If you didn't get both component and HDMI in your box I think you got shorted.

As for the $100 rebate there is a form on the web site I was told to print out and use my RMA # for my 622 to complete the rebate.

 

[turtlebud]

722 is $229 because it requires installation

Okay, so I talked to another rep that said I could get the 722 for $229 since I need to have the dish 1000 installed (I have a dish 500 right now I think).

Ugh, I was hoping I wouldn't have to get anything installed. I have had really bad experiences with the dish installation team. When I first ordered dish, and then when I moved and had to get a new dish installed, they scheduled a day, then called me towards the end of the day telling me they couldn't make it out and would have to come out the next day. So basically I have to plan to take 2 days off work to wait for the installer. Maybe I should just go to work the day the install is scheduled and take the next day off

 

[drdroo]

I'm surprised some people don't get cables with their 722. I got a set of pretty decent Component cables, a HDMI to DVI cable (and a DVI to HDMI converter to make it HDMI-HDMI), a set of Red/Yellow/White composite cables, and a phone cable.

I got the exact same sets of cables with my 2 VIP211s as well.

 

[quis0016]

I've been thinking of dish'n up my 811 to a 622 for a while, but I've been curious about the 722 since it was released. I would definitely want to use the HDMI cable to hook up to my TV, is it worth the extra $50 to get the 722 for its HDMI performance, or are the 622 problems over-hyped.

Turtlebud - I thought installation was free for dish'n it up? or are you not using that promotion for you dish 1000 install?

 

[drdroo]

722 is as good as the 622 but offers HD VOD via the net in the future maybe, but also has more storage. I'd pay 50$ more to have more storage and a newer revision of hardware.