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[*] posted on 4-12-2011 at 02:12 PM
No Problemas aqui- DISH A-OK


Until their NEXT (inevitable) glitch.

On the Upside, I guess, is that concern over the 301 "possibly" having a problem, is that I bought another receiver. DVR 512 from www.dishdepot.com. $129 TOTAL. No tax-Free shipping. 3 day UPS.

It turned out to be a GOOD, if not great, deal.

Dish says that their price is $149 (plus tax-shipping).

The downside is an additional $6.00 monthly DVR charge in addition to the $7.00 extra receiver monthly charge. I haven't looked further into the charge, but the Customer Rep seemed a little vague on EXACTLY What that charge covered other than it was an extra charge for having a DVR Receiver which I paid for rather than leased.

In any case, it's a nice unit. Reading the manual, I was a bit concerned that it "might" not work with my Legacy LNBF since it was specified for DishProPlus But would work (according to the manual) with a DishPro LNBF. Nothing about a Legacy.

However, it works fine. No problem polarity switching. If I want to use the PnP, I need to run an additional RG6 from the Quad to the second internal tuner, but other than that (and the charge), it's nice. Since, at some point soon due to tree growth, I have to move that Reflector, I'll do it then.

The 512 Gives me a backup to my 508 DVR. Which does NOT have a $6.00 charge because it's a Grandfathered unit. Once you've had a DVR unit, you never want to be without one.

The Cust Rep did make the comment that, since the 508 has such a "Tiny" HDD, they no longer even consider it a DVR.

60 Hours Record-Time is "Tiny" ? Could have fooled me.
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[*] posted on 4-12-2011 at 03:10 PM


This is what i was talking about...
[img]http://C:\Users\Convoer\Pictures\Tv signal1.jpg[/img]

[Edited on 02-05-2011 by Jim/Liisa]
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