Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: Must sign up for the HD pkg in these 21 locales
I'm an existing Dish customer with an MPEG4-capable box today and there is NOTHING "new" that I am missing out on at this point.
Also, word is, when Dish does eventually go all MPEG4, they will replace customer's equipment for free. |
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kenn10
join:2003-09-10
Kennesaw, GA
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| said by Hall  :Also, word is, when Dish does eventually go all MPEG4, they will replace customer's equipment for free. I had an 811 HD receiver and they sent me a VIP211 (leased) for no additional charge. I was not happy that I have to pay the $7/month for an additional leased receiver but I did not have to pay for the equipment otherwise. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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said by Hall :... Also, word is, when Dish does eventually go all MPEG4, they will replace customer's equipment for free. admittedly, this was several months ago (over a year?), but I switched from DISH to comcast when:
a) they refused to waive the $300 "fee" for the privilege of renting an HD-DVR
b) they insisted I would have to purchase a new HD rcvr with MPEG4 capability to get any new HD content
maybe they finally saw that requiring a customer to spend several hundred dollars on a rcvr to get their HD programming was a little bit of a turnoff for some customers. |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
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| I'm very aware of what you're talking about... I was with Dish many years ago when their only HD-DVR option was $1000 ! I left them back then too. I'm not sure what their reasoning was, but I believe it was more along the lines of the total cost to build their hardware. Years ago, they couldn't afford to give the hardware away or even discount it and re-coup the costs. As time goes, the hardware price drops and they can re-coup the cost in a reasonable time frame. I still paid $150 "for the privilege" of leasing the 622 I currently have. I can get a 2nd one for $75 or a 722 for maybe $100 today. New customers, who do always get the best deals, can get those for free. |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to kenn10
It's been a while since I had Dish, but do the "lease fee" and the "additional outlet fee" cancel out each outher? It use to be you were charged one or the other, but not both. |
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JSY
Premium
join:2000-04-05
Elmhurst, NY
clubs: | The lease fee is for the second receiver. The additional outlet fee is also for each additional receiver (a piece of crock if you ask me) but you can avoid that charge by connecting your receivers to either a phone jack or broadband connection. |
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jofaz
@cox.net | reply to Hall
Be glad you didn't buy that $1000 921, it wouldn't work for HD starting this month and dish would give you $10 credit for it. |
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