November 18, 2004

Dish Network DVR Hard drive ERASED

Hi. I have a Dish Network 522 DVR. This is the second time in a month that the hard drive has been totally erased. I had over 30 hours of shows on there. The Dish people are clueless. They have no idea why this is happening. There appears to be no way to retrieve the shows at all. I'm pissed.

Has anyone had this happen to them?
-- Chantel

November 18, 2004 in Dish Network | Permalink | Answers (379) | TrackBack

November 03, 2004

HDTV/DVR Choice

It seems there are only three HDTV/DVR boxes right now.  One is DirecTV for $999.  I could buy a DVHS for less than that.  The other two are Dish and Comcast for $10 a month (basically).  I have Comcast cable and want to upgrade to HDTV/DVR cheaply.  Dish says it will hold 30 hours of HDTV.  Comast says it will hold 7 hours (according to my local rep in Atlanta).

Is there any reason I should not go with Dish? Will something better come out during the XMAS season such that I should wait a few months? Does Dish run a XMAS special each year (such as free installation) such that I should wait a month or two?
-- Niel

November 3, 2004 in Dish Network, TV & HDTV | Permalink | Answers (4) | TrackBack

October 29, 2004

Dish DVR USB Connection

My Dish 500 system with DVR has a USB port on the back. Can this connection be used to transfer recorded programs to a computer, and if so, how can this be done?
-- Mike H

October 29, 2004 in Dish Network | Permalink | Answers (75) | TrackBack

October 13, 2004

Dish DVR vs. DirecTiVo

My parents are thinking of switching from their current setup of a Replay on one TV and a Dish DVR on the other to two dual tuner DirecTiVos. He would have to break the Dish contract at ~$250, but could also just move to an additional Dish DVR for $50 and drop the Replay.

Is it worth it? And he can't get a straight answer from Dish about their dual tuner DVR. Are they available now?
-- Scott

October 13, 2004 in DirecTiVo, Dish Network | Permalink | Answers (5) | TrackBack