Subscribed to Dish Network in October of 1997. I had a model 4000 and a model 1000.
Replaced the model 1000 with a DishPlayer (7100) in 1999. Upgraded the DishPlayer to a 30 Gig hard drive almost immediately after PVR features were activated.
Dumped Dish Network for DirecTV (and two Hughes DirecTiVOs) in February of 2002.
I purchased a DTV RCA model in 1995 or 1996. I am not exactly sure. It was the same year the MLB players were on strike. I switched to Dish in 2000, but I kept the DTV unit active to get MLB EI and NBA LP. I will probably drop Dish later this year, and I will drop DTV and go to digital cable if Charlie Ergen becomes the dictator of a merged company.
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