DishNetwork technical question

[opinionatedfan]

We've had lots of problems with televisions going wonky or dying lately. Also have had DVD players, VCRs and console game issues. Someone told me that the DishNetwork setup causes issues by "confusing" the electronic equipment. Anyone know if there is any truth in that or have had issues like this? It's beginning to feel like the electronics Bermuda Triangle around here.

[Stubblecat]

Check your DN instruction manual and see if you can tie everything to a universal remote, perhaps.

Some systems get inundated with remotes that run on similar frequencies and that can cause all sorts of headaches. Getting a good-quality all-in-one would certainly remove that element as well as keep the remote clutter down.

[opinionatedfan]

Dish Network gives you universal remotes with their receivers so you hook everything through their remote anyway. These work fine other than the fact that they eat batteries like candy. I've only had one television that won't work with their remote and it's an old NEC. Everything else can get programmed.

Dish also has problems every time it rains so we're going to switch to cable coming right up.

[moo6]

I never had any issues with other things freaking out when I had DN, but I had issues with that service. I ended up going back to cable over it all as it totally just drive me nuts dealing with more than 1/2 a dozen techs at my place and still it flaked out.

[spiderpig]

Were all the electronics having issues on the same circuit/TV or more than one? Are they on power strips or other regulatory meters? Have you had lots of lightening this summer, is your wiring older? I am not sure that using the Dish Network would cause such problems, it sounds more like a wiring/setup issue to me.

[opinionatedfan]

Most of the issues were on televisions that are in the newly wired section - was redone several years ago and have had no other issues. One was on the old fuse system that the upstairs apartment is still on and we suspected that the tv wasn't unplugged during a lightning storm as that is when the issues started with that one.

One reason we lean towards the DN confusing other electronics is because my son hooked up his PS2 when we first got the DN and we had to have techs come out and fix everything a couple of months later. They claimed that it was the PS2 causing the issues and that game systems shouldn't be used with DN. Which they did NOT warn us in the first place but we still had to pay to have the problem taken care of.

[Todd]

What? That is perposterous.

But I guess that depends on how it is hooked up. For the last fifteen years, I have been using an AV receiver as the hub in my home theater. it has multiple inputs and essentially one video output. That way you don't have to worry about rigging things through a coaxial cable or looping through various composite input/outputs.

Are you using an AV Receiver? How is your stuff hooked up?

[opinionatedfan]

Well, it's not going to matter after today. I am sitting here anxiously awaiting The Cable Guy...lol. Getting the bundle so will also finally have broadband, which is the main reason I am in such anticipation!

[Tyrfingr]

Cables is definately my preference, i only use wireless for the home phone.

[ryliebrooks]

I have had Dish for about three months now and have been very pleased with it. Occasionally it may go out if we are getting storms, but that has not even happened alot. I had previously had Direct TV for a little over three years and we had problems with it constantly. So, thus far, I have been very satisfied with my switch over to Dish.