VIP Receiver Retirement

[HipKat]

I would think if it's VIP Receivers, you already have, you'll be OK. They really, in my opinion, cannot force you to upgrade unless the equipment is obsolete and unable to work right

 

[navychop]

I'm interested to see what happens in June when my sister and brother-in-law call in to re-activate our ViP722k at our vacation cabin. This will be the third year for the "pay-as-you-go" account and I'd hate for them to run into a road-block on this account. There are a pair of ViP 211 receivers we can replace the 722 with (and I'm all on-board with that since it would cut out the DVR fee) but I guess I'll worry about that later...

Please share what happens.

 

[pattykay]

Last update for the 722 was 8/9/17.
622 & 612 was 6/1/17.
211K/211Z was 6/9/17

Ha! I knew there had to be a more recent update than that!

L829 came out December 17th (L849 for the 722K - same day)

 

[Pepper]

Yesterday afternoon (February 8, 2018) I received an email from Dish Depot regarding the Olympics coverage available on DISH.

Hidden within it was this little blurb:

The ViP Series 222k , 612, 622 and 722k are no longer in stock anywhere.
DISH will activate them, if you can find, but for existing accounts only. We no longer have access to them from our distributors.

The part I put in bold is what I find interesting. If this is true, I still have time to get rid of my 622 boat-anchor, just need to make sure the buyer already has an account with DISH, and it's not a Hopper account.

This would also seem to indicate a positive answer for Foxbat's sister.

 

[pattykay]

Yesterday afternoon (February 8, 2018) I received an email from Dish Depot regarding the Olympics coverage available on DISH.

Hidden within it was this little blurb:

The part I put in bold is what I find interesting. If this is true, I still have time to get rid of my 622 boat-anchor, just need to make sure the buyer already has an account with DISH, and it's not a Hopper account.

Along those lines, I still have a ViP612, a ViP722k, and three ViP211k's that I would like to unload, if anyone is interested.

 

[navychop]

Maybe TheKrell wants spares!

 

[dare2be]

Along those lines, I still have a ViP612, a ViP722k, and three ViP211k's that I would like to unload, if anyone is interested.

Doies the 722k have the MT2 module?

 

[dishdude]

Along those lines, I still have a ViP612, a ViP722k, and three ViP211k's that I would like to unload, if anyone is interested.

hmmm, if the 722k has the OTA adapter, I might be interested!

 

[pattykay]

Doies the 722k have the MT2 module?

hmmm, if the 722k has the OTA adapter, I might be interested!

Hmmm, we have a bidding war! I was not planning on including the OTA adapter, but I could include that for the right offer.

 

[Pepper]

I got a bid of less than $25 when I put the 622 on eBay, ended up canceled the auction because I thought all activation was going away. I will entertain any serious offer above that, OTA works great btw, I even have a compatible 500GB drive for it.

 

[pattykay]

I got a bid of less than $25 when I put the 622 on eBay, ended up canceled the auction because I thought all activation was going away. I will entertain any serious offer above that, OTA works great btw, I even have a compatible 500GB drive for it.

How much do you want for just the drive?

 

[dishdude]

Hmmm, we have a bidding war! I was not planning on including the OTA adapter, but I could include that for the right offer.

It's more the additional $7/mo moving from the 612 to 722k I'm concerned about!

 

[pattykay]

It's more the additional $7/mo moving from the 612 to 722k I'm concerned about!

So this would be an additional receiver. What model is your primary receiver?

 

[dare2be]

I've never bitten the bullet on getting an owned receiver to replace my leased one. My luck withstanding, it would crap out on me in a few months after activating it.

 

[dishdude]

So this would be an additional receiver. What model is your primary receiver?

622

 

[TheKrell]

622

What? You can't play with the Sling Adapter if that's all you got.

 

[dishdude]

What? You can't play with the Sling Adapter if that's all you got.

A 922 got that out of my system!

 

[Pepper]

How much do you want for just the drive?

oh i don't know, 25 bucks maybe?