721 question

[Newbie]

Hey all,

I'm still fairly new to Dish Network. I'm interested in the 721 (though I can't really afford it anyway) but I gather from a lot of the posts I've seen here that buying one would require running another cable from my dish to my reciever, is this the case?

Also, I know that if I have a Legacy LNBF than I'll have to replace that, is that hard to do?

Thanks for the answers :)

[MattS]

Yes, the 721 does requires 2 cables to go directly into it, so you are able to record something and watch something else live etc. Swapping LNBF's is easy as hell. Takes all of 5 minutes.

[kmcnamara]

Also, I know that if I have a Legacy LNBF than I'll have to replace that, is that hard to do?

Not necessarily. The 721 works fine with legacy LNB's. If you have a Dish500 with a twin or quad legacy LNB you should be fine. How many receivers are you going to be using (in addition to the 721 if you get it)?

[retiredTech]

721 works fine with legacy or dp
only requires 2 inputs from your dish(this can be legacy or dp)

the only thing that would be a problem is if you have 3 sat with sw21/twin cascade.
(this config will not work with 721)

[Bob Haller]

Dishpro quad cannot be used for initial software download either. after that it supports the quad fine