I now have Comcast cable triple play and the rates are increasing at 20% annually. I don't need a hopper only care if Dish network is viable.
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I think that you as a new customer could get a good rate, it would be the terrible increase once your "promotion" ends. And since they do a two year contract and your rate rises after a year you would be forced to pay a large increase in the second year or pay the early termination fee (they get your credit card number up front prior to installation and won't install without it). As an aside, I have Comcast for my home phone and internet and don't really use the home phone any more but know when I drop the "bundle" my internet will rise and I will end up paying almost the same amount. I called to cancel my home phone and the customer service representative gave me a $25 discount for the next six months with no commitment from me to extend my contract in any way. I would try just calling and talking to them about it and say you are thinking of moving to someone else and see if they will just give you a discount to keep you. I think the tv service is superior with Dish Network & Directv but you can't beat the Comcast price and the selections available with the on demand features. I house sit for someone with Comcast and could watch the on demand for days and not be bored - far superior to Dish or Directv's selections.
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What you would want to do is look at the actual dish. If there are 3 LNB's on the dish then you will be golden. All you will have to do if run your coax to the open LNB port. You will have your own service plan with your dish and will have access to whatever you are subscribed to.
1861669
Wirh TiVo you substitute their box for the Dish box and pay $15/month for the capability. You must decide if it is worth it (you still pay Dish full fare for their service.)
222262
Artie, I'm using Comcast HD as well and have 2 of these on separate sets. Small investment with good results!!
1975877
My sister has it hooked up with her cable and it works great. I have Dish network and cannot get it to operate with any of my sets. I can get it to operate the TV's but not control their box, which is of no use to me.
1042848
No problem. I upgraded my dish net receiver to one of the newer dvr receivers and keep the old original dish reciever which I put in my motorhome and I use the winegard GM 1518 for the motor home. Everything works great and is easy to use. You will have to pay net about $7 a month to use the 2nd reciever in the motorhome. When you move about in the motorhome to different geographic locations you will need to call DISH NETWORK and advise them of your new location (address and zip code) to get local stations there--this is a free service and takes just of few minutes.
914066
I bought one for the same reason - to save the $8/month to Comcast. After many hours and many calls, a tech (not Comcast!), told me that it would never work properly for all three functions - cable, phone & internet. He said their modems have some firmware that is proprietary but they will delight it. Long story short: pay Comcast the $8 and "Enjoy" it!
1258507
Why would you want to use this with Comcast? This antenna will pick up a dozen or so channels, Comcast not needed, it's awesome.
2163032
I live in Fredericksburg Va. and use the 7084 with a sig booster. I'm on the bleeding edge, with heavy trees around me. I also installed a rotor to tune to either DC or richmond. When everything is good, (weather, ect..) it is great. Sometime I even get baltimore stations. But when it's bad...., break out the DVD or netflicks. Bottom line, it works more times than not, it's free HD TV, and I'm not paying the cable companies $130 a month for basic cable and internet. That's $1500 a year folks! We kept the internet, $45 a month and have a Apple TV & a Roku box to stream videos from our computers and other sources. If you are a sports fan, then this may not be for you because it's limited, because most of all games have gone to espn or other cable channels. PBS has it own cooking channel just like the food network. If you are a casual tv watcher like myself, and only care to get the local news and affiliates..., this is the way to go. F@*# the cable companies!
803602
I work for Dish Network, and while this seems a very possible option in the future, currently I'm not aware of any Direct TV or Dish Cable cards available. My guess would be no, seeing as how I get calls from customer that have cable card slots often and none of them have any.
873053
I bought and own this box along with the tailgater dish and i am not charged the $7 monthly fee. It is for dish network.
2235444
Sorry to say, those are all cable or satellite channels and only available through those services. I would like to have them without a Directv Subscription myself. Or at least pick then alacart instead of through their packages.
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It is still a DVR and it will have a cost, depends on how many Joey's you want for different TV's. I would not recommend the Hopper in its current state. I do not like it at all, except for the amount of hours you can record. I can record as much golf and football as my husband has time to watch without eating up all the time. They changed everything that worked on the old system and it looks like a gaming system instead of an information system, which is essentially what it is. There are no lists and the individual icons for each show you record are almost as big as the palm of your hand and it takes forever to find anything. I am stuck with this and hopefully they will make changes but I doubt it as a bunch of high schoolers made up this programming!!! I have pages of things that I feel need to be fixed (back to the way they were) or deleted all together and I could go on, and on, but I won't. Purchase at your own risk. Have a great day.
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I don't use dish network but it does catch HD channels without having a cable box, which Turner Broadcasting says is required, but it's not. That's the best info I have. It works great, otherwise. Only one con, each time you turn it on, instead of going directly to TV, it goes to DVD and you always have to change the mode. That's a pain.
495783
On my billing statement from Dish I now pay $7.00 per month each for (1) Hopper and (1) Joey, plus the $12.00/Mo. DVR Service Fee. On top of that the charge a Protection Plan fee of $8.00 per month. Owning the Hopper and Joey would save me ~$22.00/Mo. making the ROI for buying the equipment (~$380.00) ~18 months. Now I need to decide if I'm going to stay with DISH or if DIRECT can lure me away.
714666
We are ex-Comcast subscribers, just prior to x1. This system synced up beautifully with Comcast, with near flawless compatibility. I would assume this would function for x1 as well. I actually miss the compatibility with Comcast, we are Dish customers now for a deal price if you will, but the remote lacks ideal compatibility. It was hard to sync it up with the dish as there was no pre-programmed setup like there was for Comcast xfinity. I hope this helps.
945542
Yes, I'm using mine on Comcast and it works great (also saving the rental fee!)