Will you buy a Echostar 721 Receiever for $549??

[Scott Greczkowski]

Last night on the Dish Network Tech Chat they announced the price of a 721 would be $549, or $599 is you want a Dish included with it.

The question is how many of you are / were interested in the 721 and would you pay the $549 for it?

[Scott Greczkowski]

I think I will bite the bullet and buy one for $549. Its more then I wanted to spend but I want one.

This will be my Birthday present this year from my wife (so I guess it means I will paying for it myself anyways) :D

I have had mine on order from Dish Depot since he put up the pre order. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

[Mark Lamutt]

I can honestly say that I have never wanted one of these. Now, I do want a 921, and will most likely pay up to just about any price point to get one. My guess is that it will be $1499.

[Richard King]

My guess is that it will be $1499.
My guess is that by the time the 921 arrives on the scene the 721 will go through two price drops and the 921 will fall in to the $799-$999 price bracket (I hope).

[EricG]

After reading THAT price I am SO glad I switched to DirecTV and bought TWO Hughes DirecTiVos for $119 when I did!

[John Corn]

I'll probably go ahead and get one.....*sigh*, I have been really wanting one.

EricG, I bet you are happy, If I wasn't obligated under the "I like 9" promo I would consider it as well.

[Steve Mehs]

I really want one, [at this point] I have more then enough money for a 721 but I dont wanna spend $550 on something that might not work like its supposed too or be bug ridden. Right now I am definatly leaning towards a 501

[n0qcu]

At that price since it doesn't come in black, noway! I'll just get another 501.

[AllieVi]

I would be interested in getting a 721, but two conditions will have to be met:


1) the price is lower - I don't know what my ultimate price point might be, but it's a good bit south of $549

2) the discussions of its performance on DBSTalk are overwhelmingly good and people prefer it to the competition


I expect those conditions won't be met for a good while.

Being a reformed early-adopter, I now choose to let others do the beta-testing that was mentioned during the technical show. The discussions gave me the impression that the 721 is still being tested. The delivery schedule may suffer a delay if unknown problems are discovered.

[Steve Mehs]

I wish this thing came in black, but now it appears that silver is taking over in the HT world. Everytime I goto CC or BB I see more and more silver components. Personaly I think Echostar should ditch silver and stick with black.

[Kevin]

For $549, the 721 better be a masterpiece. Considering E*'s GREAT reputation for reliable equipment, I don't think I'll be picking this one up.

[Martyva]

am waiting tor the JVC TU9000

[Scott Greczkowski]

Come on folks.... (Joke mode on)

I think you are forgetting the old Echostar commerical.

"How can you tell you have a Genuine Echostar Receiver?"

"It's easy just look for the bugs!"

"Remember folks if it's Bug Free then it's not an Echostar Product." :lol:

(Joke mode off) :D

[John Corn]

Actually, everyday the more I think about it, I'm not sure if I'll get it or not. :mad:

[MarkA]

The price is just crazy. Especially compared to the DirecTiVo's

[Adam Richey]

I think $549 is kinda rediculous for a PVR, especially considering Tivo's are only $99. Wasn't the 721 supposed to be able to connect to the Internet or something like that?

[rmassey]

Think about it..... a DTivo lifetime sub is $249, a 120 GB HD is $142 ( I just bought one from dell for this price and it was a deal ).... and you know if you buy a Tivo you'll be upgrading to at least an 80 GB drive or prob 2- 80's eventually..... so $549-$249-$142 = $158 for a dual tuner PRV... plus, you don't have to pay a mirror fee of $5/mo for the second tuner.

People are all upset about the $549 price, but just figure in you don't have to pay a monthly fee or mirror fee and you don't have to mess with buying a bigger HD and installing it.... hmmmm , I'm almost convinced, but think I'll wiat for the beta testers to give us a report and the price to drop a bit.

If (this is a bif IF, for me) they get this one right (Linux), meaning that it works as reliable as a DTivo or better, I'm interested... but I'll still prob wait for the price to come down...., cuase I'm cheap and know it will.

[Karl Foster]

Originally posted by rmassey
Think about it..... a DTivo lifetime sub is $249, a 120 GB HD is $142 ( I just bought one from dell for this price and it was a deal ).... and you know if you buy a Tivo you'll be upgrading to at least an 80 GB drive or prob 2- 80's eventually..... so $549-$249-$142 = $158 for a dual tuner PRV... plus, you don't have to pay a mirror fee of $5/mo for the second tuner.

People are all upset about the $549 price, but just figure in you don't have to pay a monthly fee or mirror fee and you don't have to mess with buying a bigger HD and installing it.... hmmmm , I'm almost convinced, but think I'll wiat for the beta testers to give us a report and the price to drop a bit.

If (this is a bif IF, for me) they get this one right (Linux), meaning that it works as reliable as a DTivo or better, I'm interested... but I'll still prob wait for the price to come down...., cuase I'm cheap and know it will.

WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!

There is NO charge for the second tuner for a DTivo or Ultimatetv. The $4.99 charge is for the receiver (and only if it is a seoncdary reciever) not the tuner!

My second UTV receiver cost $39 after rebate. With that, plus $10.00 per month, my UTV will take 51 months to equal the initial up fron price of the 721.

[rmassey]

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3963&highlight=rmassey