New Dish customer confused about warranty

If you agreed to an 18 month commitment when you signed up, it came with 18 months of free DHPP. They charge $5.99 and issue a matching credit for the first 18 months. If you ddn't pick the 18 month commit, you don't get DHPP free. It covers more than the warranty on the equipment - price reduction if you have someone sent to the house and the like. If it is free, take it for 18 months. If you did no commit, the install has its own 30 day "warranty" and the receivers have a 1 year warranty. The DHPP fine print can be found at the website.

For 12 months, they are obligated by the terms of the warrantee. After 12 months, I'd 2nd HDMe's "work with you". They don't want to lose a customer because their equipment failed. But DISH owning the equipment doesn't mean DISH owns the responsibility for everything that may happen. If a tree falls and breaks the LNB, is it a DISH/sub problem? Is it a DISH problem if you are burglarized or there is a power surge from a lightening strike? If a remote stops working after 2 years, you shouldn't expect DISH to replace it w/o charge. At 11 months, they'd just have a shipping charge (Auto Pay usually waives that though).

I've never leased any DISH equipment but signed up for the $1.99 extended warranty when they announced it was closing. Owned/leased, I probably wouldn't sign up for $5.99/month. That DHPP does cover more than just the receivers