Well, I finally did it.

[comfortably_numb]

I have no idea how much you are saving per month, but you seem to feel that your decision is best for you. However, the Channel Master DR+ costs $249 with the added expense of an external hard drive and then how ever much the Roku per television set and the added monthly cost of which ever services you use the Roku for such has Netflix, or Hulu Plus or any number of similar services. Unless, of course, you are using a service such as Vudu charges per episode or per movie. I was very tempted to do the same thing that you did, but by the time I added up my possible savings, I found that my month charges were nearly as much as my $60 monthly Dish charges were. I did get a Roku and a Netflix subscription, a lot of content for merely $8 a month and I no longer think about any premium channels. I would be interested in hearing how well you are faring in a few weeks without the cord.

I paid about $50 each per Roku 2XS for each of my 3 TV's. I got a Polk Audio XRT12 on Ebay for $85 for XM. I had an extra Western Digital MyBook 1TB HDD laying around which I used with the DVR+. So, the only item I bought "brand new" was the DVR+ which so far has been well worth it

 

[satnewb]

So what's your out of pocket so far? $235 + the DVR+ MSRP of $249? Almost 500 plus your monthly subscriptions + your ETF.

MLB is like 110 for the basic.

All told that would buy me a whole lot of 120+ in HD.

Don't get me wrong I'm a cheap MF. But if I'm gonna do something like that I'm the type of guy that is going to figure out my break even point. Seems like you have to be "cordless" for quite a while before you get there.

 

[navychop]

"From what they told me, the ONLY card they can charge is the one you used to set up your account which had the initial $1 authorization......."

This could not possibly be true. For many people, that card will have expired or been replaced.

 

[comfortably_numb]

"From what they told me, the ONLY card they can charge is the one you used to set up your account which had the initial $1 authorization......."

This could not possibly be true. For many people, that card will have expired or been replaced.

That's what they said. If the original card has expired, they said they can get the new expiration date from the bank. Additionally, she said if the original card is declined, it will immediately go into collections and "force" a paper bill. Of course, I was speaking to someone who was quite possibly in Pakistan, so who knows.

 

[osu1991]

So what's your out of pocket so far? $235 + the DVR+ MSRP of $249? Almost 500 plus your monthly subscriptions + your ETF.

MLB is like 110 for the basic.

All told that would buy me a whole lot of 120+ in HD.

Don't get me wrong I'm a cheap MF. But if I'm gonna do something like that I'm the type of guy that is going to figure out my break even point. Seems like you have to be "cordless" for quite a while before you get there.

Depends on if you feel you are getting any value for what you are paying. AT 120+ is $60 a month, $7-$10dvr fee, $7 for any additional rooms. It doesn't take very long to hit the break even point. If you are already disillusioned with pay tv, you've got to make the break sometime and see how it goes. If Fox and Disney would sell espn and fs1 ala carte online during football season, I would cut the cord now and only sub during college football season and drop it in the off season.

In my opinion, there is little to no value in it as most of the channels play a loop of the same show(s) all day long, day after day, week after week. I was going to go on Dish Pause but my girlfriend and I have taken to watching Nascar again, so I've kept it active for FS1 at the moment, but I imagine I'll pause the account within a month once it warms up and we start going to more high school baseball games to see my nephews play.

 

[Mochuf]

Depends on what you watch I guess.

So I guess your still not DISH / Echostar free though, because guess who makes that DVR.

Some company in China that probably helped in engineering it.

 

[empiretc]

Don't get me wrong I'm a cheap MF. But if I'm gonna do something like that I'm the type of guy that is going to figure out my break even point. Seems like you have to be "cordless" for quite a while before you get there.

we cut the cord a few years ago, but eventually came back to dish. We got along fine with the TivoHD + Netflix. We have free cable in our area (horrible pq) so that helped.

These days, our most watched channels are OTA and the ones that are not offer live web streams. The only hold up, is RedZone!


Currently pay ~$72/mo for at120 w/ 722 & 211k. more, of course, during the nfl season. tivo premieres with lifetime can be had for ~$300. We figure it will take ~ 1 year to break even.

 

[Gobucks]

I have always wanted to try and cut the cord. Then my wife says no and that's that. Maybe someday we will give it a try.

 

[riffjim4069]

So I guess your still not DISH / Echostar free though, because guess who makes that DVR.

Stolen Tivo technology, later paid for by Dish.

 

[renegade734]

So, tell me ... how well does that DVR+ receiver work? Is the guide adequate? How far into the future does it go? Does the DVR work well? Is it worth the $249? Will my existing Dish remote operate it?

 

[comfortably_numb]

So, tell me ... how well does that DVR+ receiver work? Is the guide adequate? How far into the future does it go? Does the DVR work well? Is it worth the $249? Will my existing Dish remote operate it?

It works great. Gets 2 weeks of guide data from Rovi. You need to have it connected via ethernet. It has its own remote.

 

[osu1991]

The Dish learning remotes can be programmed to work with the DVR+. Several on AVS has done this as they prefer the Dish remote to the CM remote. I would probably do the same as I have had Dish for over 15 yrs and I also have 3 Paldvrs with the Dish/Echostar supplied remotes. I am really surprised they didn't go with the Dish 20.1 remotes

 

[comfortably_numb]

The Dish learning remotes can be programmed to work with the DVR+. Several on AVS has done this as they prefer the Dish remote to the CM remote. I would probably do the same as I have had Dish for over 15 yrs and I also have 3 Paldvrs with the Dish/Echostar supplied remotes. I am really surprised they didn't go with the Dish 20.1 remotes

do you have the link to that article on AVS?

 

[osu1991]

do you have the link to that article on AVS?

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1481183/channel-master-dvr-owners-thread/1740#post_24294096

 

[empiretc]

Does the DVR work well? Is it worth the $249?

we looked into those, but for the price, the tivo seems like the better choice for just a little more.

 

[Gobucks]

It works great. Gets 2 weeks of guide data from Rovi. You need to have it connected via ethernet. It has its own remote.

I read some reviews on that. If and when I cut the cord I will be buying one.

 

[comfortably_numb]

we looked into those, but for the price, the tivo seems like the better choice for just a little more.

Tivo has a monthly fee, DVR+ does not

 

[empiretc]

Tivo has a monthly fee, DVR+ does not

you can get a tivo premiere with lifetime subscription for ~$300..... tivohd for less

 

[comfortably_numb]

you can get a tivo premiere with lifetime subscription for ~$300..... tivohd for less

Would that be for a new box or used?

 

[empiretc]

Would that be for a new box or used?

if you can catch their promotional deals, you can get a new one for that price. those a few and far in between, however.


otherwise, that is the average used price.