Can Dish HD 811 from Dish Network be used as an OTA HDTV tuner?

I'm not into any kind of subscription services that constantly
pulls money out of my pocket. Satellite TV is one example.
However, Dish Network has a good plan right now that offer all
the equipment for free. So I'm thinking why not get Dish for one
year and then I'll own two or three of their Dish HD 811. Then
I'll cancel their service, and survive with OTA HDTV if their HD
811 supports OTA HDTV? Does the thing have an online PDF manual
that I can read up?

"3oz" <3oz@packed.com> wrote in message
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> Can Dish HD 811 from Dish Network be used as an OTA HDTV tuner?
>
> I'm not into any kind of subscription services that constantly
> pulls money out of my pocket. Satellite TV is one example.
> However, Dish Network has a good plan right now that offer all
> the equipment for free. So I'm thinking why not get Dish for one
> year and then I'll own two or three of their Dish HD 811. Then
> I'll cancel their service, and survive with OTA HDTV if their HD
> 811 supports OTA HDTV? Does the thing have an online PDF manual
> that I can read up?
>

Yes the 811 will function as an OTA Tuner.

Duke

It will only function as an OTA tuner if you are a Dish Network
customer. Once you cancel your service it will not work.


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The 811 OTA tuner SUCKS!!! It is a worthless piece of crap... It has
problems locking on to a signal, etc.. You can be watching a channel for
hours, then change the channel and go immediately back to the previous
channel and it will not find the station!! Don't go with Dish..






"JimMcC" <JimMcC.15q3by@news.satelliteguys.us> wrote in message
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> It will only function as an OTA tuner if you are a Dish Network
> customer. Once you cancel your service it will not work.
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My Dish HD 811 works awesome with the Zenith Silver Sensor antenna. I had a
Terk dish mounted unit and it was worthless. I get ALL of the OTA channels
in the Boston Marker with the Zenith and I am located 20+ miles from the
towers. I do have problems when I am Off Air and switch back to Satellite
as the Sat signal is not locked and it has to re-acquire the signal.
Otherwise I am very satisfied with the OTA reception of the Dish HD811
"shadesofgrey@people.com" <shadesofgrey@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> The 811 OTA tuner SUCKS!!! It is a worthless piece of crap... It has
> problems locking on to a signal, etc.. You can be watching a channel for
> hours, then change the channel and go immediately back to the previous
> channel and it will not find the station!! Don't go with Dish..
>
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> "JimMcC" <JimMcC.15q3by@news.satelliteguys.us> wrote in message
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> > It will only function as an OTA tuner if you are a Dish Network
> > customer. Once you cancel your service it will not work.
> >
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