- Jul 19, 2001
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My parents currently have 2 DirecTV recievers and have been having trouble. They keep freezing quite often, the picture will hang for a few seconds every few minutes. DirecTV said they can come and troubleshoot, but it would be $99 and they don't guarantee a call will fix it, as it could be a hardware issue.
We then decided, ok, maybe time for an equiptment upgrade, but DirecTV HD programming is pretty weak IMO.
Now that i see DishNetwork picked up Voom, and offers 25 HD channels + locals in HD, it has definately sparked our interest... Also, after rebates apply, the HD DVR on DishNetwork is free, while DirecTV wants $400 for theirs.
I had a few questions...
1. My parents live in South Florida (just west of Ft. Lauderdale), which direction would the HD Dish need to face? Would we need two dishes as I know some areas do?
2. We were looking at the Vip622 DVR and it says it supports two tv's. We have one HD tv in the living room and one SD tv in the bedroom ~ 100 feet away. Can we hook both of these up? I didn't think standard video cables went that far.
3. Are you happy with DishNetwork?
We then decided, ok, maybe time for an equiptment upgrade, but DirecTV HD programming is pretty weak IMO.
Now that i see DishNetwork picked up Voom, and offers 25 HD channels + locals in HD, it has definately sparked our interest... Also, after rebates apply, the HD DVR on DishNetwork is free, while DirecTV wants $400 for theirs.
I had a few questions...
1. My parents live in South Florida (just west of Ft. Lauderdale), which direction would the HD Dish need to face? Would we need two dishes as I know some areas do?
2. We were looking at the Vip622 DVR and it says it supports two tv's. We have one HD tv in the living room and one SD tv in the bedroom ~ 100 feet away. Can we hook both of these up? I didn't think standard video cables went that far.
3. Are you happy with DishNetwork?
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