Great signal, but bad picture???

All right, I am on my third 211, in only a week and a 1/2 of service. From the very beginning of installation I had bad HD reception. My last tech replaced every piece of equipment that could of been replace with brand new equipment. My receiver is getting a signal between 106 and 110, but all of my HD channels have static on the screen. Sometimes my screen turns black, but I still can see the banner and hear audio from what’s playing.

The tech said somewhere I am losing signal. It's at the point where I can actually see the green and yellow small boxes on the screen when something is moving. For instance HBOHD boxing, every time one of the boxers stood up from the stool I would see pixalation.

I have a dish 500 and was wondering would a dish 1000 give me better picture quality?? Also a Dish rep said the 211 has a software issue, would this be a reason why I am getting poor HD pictures? Would the 622 be better?

Where could I be losing signal, and why doesn't dish techs know how to fix my problem?

The tech said it might be my TV, which is only a year old. But I tried my dvd player and PS2 game that supports 1080i, and nothing happens, it's fine.
I also tried the HDMI cable and it looks the same as the component.
I still had bad HD reception with the static or grainy look on every HD channel.

At this point any input that you can think of would be helpful.

All right, I am on my third 211, in only a week and a 1/2 of service. From the very beginning of installation I had bad HD reception. My last tech replaced every piece of equipment that could of been replace with brand new equipment. My receiver is getting a signal between 106 and 110, but all of my HD channels have static on the screen. Sometimes my screen turns black, but I still can see the banner and hear audio from what’s playing.

The tech said somewhere I am losing signal. It's at the point where I can actually see the green and yellow small boxes on the screen when something is moving. For instance HBOHD boxing, every time one of the boxers stood up from the stool I would see pixalation.

I have a dish 500 and was wondering would a dish 1000 give me better picture quality?? Also a Dish rep said the 211 has a software issue, would this be a reason why I am getting poor HD pictures? Would the 622 be better?

Where could I be losing signal, and why doesn't dish techs know how to fix my problem?

The tech said it might be my TV, which is only a year old. But I tried my dvd player and PS2 game that supports 1080i, and nothing happens, it's fine.
I also tried the HDMI cable and it looks the same as the component.
I still had bad HD reception with the static or grainy look on every HD channel.

At this point any input that you can think of would be helpful.


A Dish 1000 will do diddley for you. The only advantage is having reception of 3 satellites with one dish instead of 2. Technically, you should be able to fine tune even more with multiple dishes.
But with the great signal strengths you are getting, I would be more concerned about signal integrity in and out of your Dish receiver and TV.. .and/or a surround receiver if that is in the signal path.