anyone elses box keep restarting?

11/23/2009 6:01:03 PM

I came in here to post "blows"

11/23/2009 7:26:43 PM

No, mine is fine.

^ really? I LOVE MY DISH. I pay a penny for 3 or 4 cinemax HD, much cheaper and more HD than TWC, plus every 3 months my bill is $9. Had it near 2 years... I did not get reception maybe twice in that time. No biggie, just watched recorded shows on my DVR (which has a much larger drive than TWC also)

11/23/2009 11:25:50 PM

I wish I still had Dish Network. I loved the dual-tuner DVR I had when I still owned a house in Raleigh. Got rid of service when I moved to Texas, not knowing that my apartment complex here allows dishes w/o any problems. The SuddenLink cable service I get (including their DVR) is... mediocre.

So... +1 for Dish.

11/23/2009 11:28:06 PM

^^ How is your bill $9 every 3 months?

I have dish, and I am interested in that.

11/24/2009 6:12:43 AM

i <3 dish. no my box didn't restart

11/24/2009 9:35:39 AM

mine seems to be better

was strange though, restarted twice within the span of an hour for no real reason

11/24/2009 9:46:16 AM

they're on to you.

11/24/2009 9:49:52 AM

Our 722 box has been having problems with priorities lately. It will say it is recording 4 things at once, which it can't. Then it mixes up the names of the recorded files. Also, it will record 1 minute of the same show for 10-20 times in a row and the either stop or continue recording the rest of the show.

It's only been in the past month or so we have had this problem.

11/24/2009 12:03:12 PM

what is this ad bullshit at the bottom of the guide?

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 5:34 PM. Reason : oh and if anyone cares the answer to the OP was the box was broken and needed to be replaced]

4/28/2010 5:33:52 PM

Ad at the bottom sucks. Very unhappy about that.

Also, my box is resetting now. Your thread jinxed me. Thanks guy.

4/29/2010 9:43:52 AM

pwnt

you can disable the ad fyi

settings->installation->enhancements or something like that

4/29/2010 1:21:47 PM

I havent seen an ad on the guide (and havent disabled anything)

4/29/2010 5:09:09 PM

i've heard that hooking those boxes up to the internet causes problems. i've never done that so i don't really know if it does or not.

4/29/2010 8:33:34 PM

Mine is only hooked up to the network, not a phone line.

I have no ads.

4/29/2010 10:41:26 PM

No ads here and hooked to internet.

4/30/2010 7:51:12 AM

I disabled my ad per the instructions above... I have the 722 VIP (think thats what its called anyway).

5/3/2010 10:46:02 AM

Ads showed up yesterday on our VIP922. It was no problem to disable them.

5/5/2010 5:52:10 AM

Yeah that ad bullshit on the guide sucks ass. I am actually thinking of dropping DISH because they raised my bill about 13% at the beginning of this year. They started charging me more for my two receivers and then slightly dropped my plan rate and tried to claim that they were saving me money. Yeah when my bill was $75/month and now it's $85/month, how the hell did I save money on this "deal" again. I complained to them and they more or less said "fuck off".

I'll probably switch to DirectTV in the summer or go the HDTV antenna/Netflix route and see how that works out. I'll miss live sports, but oh well.




[Edited on May 5, 2010 at 8:08 AM. Reason : ;]

5/5/2010 8:07:33 AM

^just turn the ad off. it's really easy. also, my rates have never been changed. i've never heard of someone's rates changing except in the case of them signing up for say $29/month for 6 months then it goes up to $40...but you go into that deal knowing that up front, unless you don't pay attention. i'm thinking this is likely...

5/5/2010 11:11:34 AM

^The TurboHD prices changed and they were not promotional rates. Mine went up $10, but it's still a good deal to me.

5/5/2010 12:07:59 PM

I'm thinking about signing a contract for this FREE HD FOR LIFE thing they have going on, going to try to talk my way into the 922 box and maybe some free HBO too.

Do they (or any of the providers in the Raleigh area) get AMC HD? I need it for The Walking Dead

6/9/2010 2:04:49 PM

whats this HD for life thing?

6/9/2010 2:36:57 PM

http://www.dishnetwork.com

6/9/2010 2:45:55 PM

^ cute. Did not see jack shit on their site. Thanks.

6/9/2010 2:55:42 PM

...their entire giant astronaut flash animation is a link to info about it

[Edited on June 9, 2010 at 4:44 PM. Reason : but for ease of navigation http://www.dishnetwork.com/redirects/promotion/offer6/default.aspx]

6/9/2010 4:40:50 PM

^^haha fail

6/9/2010 4:48:04 PM

but seriously, someone answer my AMC HD question

6/9/2010 4:55:01 PM

^^^ thanks.

^^ I dont see shit on their homepage. Quit acting like a dick. Perhaps its my work PC not showing some huge ad?

6/9/2010 5:09:59 PM

looks about exactly what I pay with my TurboHD package from a year ago.

6/9/2010 6:58:18 PM

Its a gimmick...just be aware of that going into it.
Before, they charged you $10/month for "Platinum & HD". Platinum is basically the HD channels that do not correspond with an SD channel (minus HDNet). This includes HDNet Movies, UniversalHD, Paladia, IndieHD, RetroHD, Epix, as well as a few "bullshit HD" channels (LogoHD for example...they upconvert the SD channel to HD and call it HD, but do not offer it in HD).

What they are doing now is offering you HD free, but this HD does not include the Platinum package. If you want the Platinum channels, its -- you guessed it -- $10/month. If you are a current customer, you have to reup your commitment to do this...personally Id rather keep the Platinum channels and it be easier to walk away when I finally decide the lack of ESPNUHD and fulltime HD RSNs is too much. As a new customer though, youre under a 2-year contract regardless, so you will save a little over what you would have had to pay, unless you want the Platinum package too.

6/9/2010 8:16:28 PM

i'm a current customer with no contract, so i can walk away at any time

[Edited on June 10, 2010 at 7:23 AM. Reason : hmm... i had forgotten about the no espnuhd too...]

6/10/2010 7:22:57 AM

so they just dropped ABC and all the Disney's in HD

i called them all wtf and they were like YA LOL and wouldn't get me a coup or anything

so... uverse has a free trial thing, right?

6/22/2010 7:33:41 PM