EchoStar DishPlayer 7100 Satellite System

Pros: Great channel selection, excellent picture quality, cheaper than cable.
Cons: Only operates one t.v. without extra expense. Spotty reception in bad weather.

Moving day was fast approaching last spring, and we had to make a decision, stay with the sub-par, expensive cable or upgrade to a satellite system. After thinking long and hard and weighing the pro's and con's of both options, my husband and I easily...

Pros: good remote control, security features, good picture
Cons: inconvenient accessing signal feature, other problems

We bought this setup late this summer. Ten days later the remote quit working, and it took me a solid hour on the telephone to Dish Network to determine that I could return it to the store where we bought it to exchange it for another one. We lose signal...

Pros: fair price
Cons: old movies

This opinion is about the dishplayer, programming, and customer service.

THE DISH ITSELF: We have had 2 only because we moved and they send you a new one. The dish is a standard size and doesn't take up much space. The first one was...

Pros: Pause Live TV, Record digitally, skips ads, DISH receiver, WebTV, EPG, Dolby Digital
Cons: Bugs, Fees, WebTV banners, Hot

The Dishplayer completely changed the way I watch TV! I hardly ever watch live television, and television ads have become a thing of the past. I just set my Dishplayer up to record the shows I like on a weekly or daily basis. Then, I search the...

Pros: Digital Recording, games, and more
Cons: May start downloading at 4AM

I have the Dishplayer 7100 unit. The newer 7200 unit is the same except you have longer recording time. This is a great system for the combination of satellite tv viewing and digital recording like Tivo without any additional equipment needed. Some...

Pros: neat features like Personal TV
Cons: misleading advertising-not what we bargained for

Just today my husband and I had our new Dish network installed. It is the Echostar 7100, the latest promotion. We were excited about the service because we have had Direct TV until now, and we were not very happy with them. So, this new model comes...

Pros: great picture and sound, webtv features
Cons: occasionally slow, fee-based hard-disk recording

we initially had a webtv plus box and TCI digital cable, and the webtv could never interface with the cable box right. since we were looking into satellite tv anyway, we picked up the dishplayer.

since we were already accustomed to the webtv...

Pros: Tons of Channels
Cons: DISHPlayer couldn't handle Upgrade

I bought my DISHPlayer last summer, Loved it ! Lots of programing & great picture ! Very few problems, mostly just my learning how to use it. The tech help was great, freindly eager to help ! Then in march 2000, I decided to get the upgrade to the...

Pros: High quality recording and time shifting, Digital output, WebTV
Cons: Buggy software, expensive PTV, dish pointing

I had been reading about these hard drive recording systems for a while (Tivo, ReplayTV), but was put off by the high prices. When Dish Network added the PTV (advanced recording options beyond the basic pause that the original Dishplayer had), it became...

Pros: Very sophisticated features
Cons: no rf bypass, no uhf remote, a little noisy at times

I purchased a Dishplayer Model 7100 as part of a Dish network system on December 22, 1999. I purchased the system from ExCable in Austin Texas. My system includes a second plain vanilla receiver, an 18" dish with dual lnb, and an integrated...

Pros: Integrated unit, great video quality, inexpensive.
Cons: Slow tuning, download mode.

I had a Replay on loan for a while and it completely changed my viewing habits. I found that I couldn't really watch live TV anymore. When I had to give it back I started going into withdrawals.

At the same time I was building a house in an...

Pros: Nice wedding of TV and Internet content, good price if you shop around and get the rebate, great picture quality, wonderful features
Cons: Webtv still leaves something to be desired, difficult to install on own (although professional installation is often free), turning off Webtv turns off the entire unit.

We purchased our DISH a few weeks ago from a retailer on Ebay. We have been happy DSS customers for years, but then we lost some of our networks and couldn't get NBC back, we noticed that the more channels we got, the more the quality suffered. It was...

Pros: Excellent Interface/Features/DOOM! :O)
Cons: A little slow on channel change

We'll, I was surfing the net one day and came across the Dishplayer 500. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the price! The system was around 150 bucks, but Dish Network was offering a 200 dollar rebate! So I cancelled my DirecTV account and ordered...

Pros: Good value
Cons: None

The Echostar Dishplayer is essentially two products rolled into one. It is a good choice for someone who is considering TIVO (or other digital real time freeze/recorder/player) and wants to get Dishnetwork.

The product is considerably cheaper...

Pros: low cost, good quality
Cons: not suited for renters, system freezes

I bought the dish network 7120 model satellite TV system with web tv a few months ago from an online auction site that conducts business to consumer auctions. I preferred dish over cable systems because (1) they are more economical and (2) it is possible...