Thinking abt switching from DirecTV to Dish Network. Can I use the same receivers/TiVOs?

Question

I have two Hughes TiVO that I love, both with dual inputs. They say DirecTV on them , but I think they are just Hughes DVRs. Some sales person said Disk Network requires you to use their own receivers/DRVs. Anyone know the REAL answer?

Answer 1

They are not interchangable. you'll need Dish Network's equipment.



The 2 main reasons, in case you wondered why, are:

DirectTV uses an MPEG2 variant while Dish uses straight MPEG2

DirecTV is protected by Videoguard, while Dish uses Nagravision

Answer 2

Yeah many of the dish mounts are very similar except the better 30" dish or larger the mounting holes are slightly distinct. both dishes would nicely be used for DTV or Dishnet merely the switches are distinct dishnet makes use of a change 21 DTV makes use of a 22 khz tone change. I actually have used a DTV dish to get Dishnet signal merely re aimed the dish a touch distinct. both DTV and dishnet LNB are frequency are 11250.

Answer 3

I have dish network and I do know that you must use their equipment because of what they call the smart cards. I changed from Direct and asked the same question.



A word of caution--buy your dish network equipment outright and don't sign a contract. My friend got behind on her monthly payment because of being in the hospital during pregnancy and they charged her credit card almost $900 and wouldn't consider the circumstances.



Also customer service leaves a lot to be desired.