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if your dish is accessible (mine are always ground, post mounted) you can use an app on your phone to give you a view of the exact line of site between you and the satellite.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ftl.satellitedishpointer.sdp&hl=en

An example aimed the right way, you might see what's causing the signal to drop so harshly. Failing any line of sight issue, you're looking at components causing issue, age of the install, cables can deteriorate, splitters on the lines could be penetrated by moisture and then you're looking at them in the presence of 19V or so from the satellite receiver beginning electrolysis inside the confined area ... been through that before too..

The main reason to think line of sight, is of course the fluctuation .. given that you have one like that, it as well as mounts and the dish itself being loose, are primary reasons for a fluctuation. Next would be electrical, known things that can cause wild fluctuations, power going bad, cable going bad. Failing the test of that, you're looking at LNB having (despite just how well they are designed) water or insect damage (again age becomes a factor)

Good luck!

You could also pick up a couple Broadband over Power Line adapters and use shorter Ethernet lines... I’m not sure about the benefits of hooking up a 722 to the internet, though.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AV600-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?_encoding=UTF8&c=ts&dchild=1&keywords=Powerline+Computer+Network+Adapters&qid=1610359044&s=pc&sr=1-3&ts_id=1194444

Here is a picture of the OTA module you have to take off the panel from the back, and slide the module in.

I cant recall if the vip612 needs an adapter (or if it can even take one) but if there is a coax port that says "over the air antenna in" that is where you would connect an OTA antenna directly.

Here is the OTA module on Amazon for $39

I canceled the Dish package also; it wasn't worth it. https://schoener-fernsehen.com/ does work pretty well but it's a little hacky to get the PLUS membership working. Zattoo is VERY smooth and the VPN isn't that big a deal. I'm using ExpressVPN but NordVPN or others might work well too.

Viel Glück!

Hope he didn't do this as the Referral and the Costco DirecTV offer, probably some sort of giftcard incentive, can not be combined. A friend of mine told me about this and he found out the hard way. He was out of that giftcard. Went to costco's directv offer page and it'll say this in the fine print at the bottom of the page. "COSTCO CASH CARD OFFER PER DIRECTV ACCOUNT. OFFERS MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER DIRECTV COSTCO CASH CARD OFFERS or with the DIRECTV Refer-A-Friend Offer." Here is the source http://www.costco.com/directv.html

Google it would help better because I last ran the app about 2 years ago before switching to sat services again. Therefore a lot has prob changed and I don't want to give misinformation. Essentially kodi is just an open source app to put on your computer, mobile devices, or stream units like shield or firesticks. Pulls in whatever stations. A lot of people use them to get international stations. I had poor video quality the short time I used it but people that pay for extra services/servers get better results.

https://kodi.tv/download

https://www.plex.tv/watch-free/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=AVOD-branded-1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2af-BRDzARIsAIVQUOd5NW5GSh6LmoM3shGzyHd_mIFvAbX6EtaY2GwP6Fdj4SD_nZpsetcaArHlEALw_wcB

Regarding the drives, most USB laptop drive enclosures should run from 500mA provided by a normal USB port, but if they're giving you an issue, you could always get a Y-adapter (something like this) and supplement with any wall-wart USB charger. Also, using a desktop drive in an enclosure with an external power supply should also work.

Also FWIW, I can't think of any codecs that require bitrates in multiples of 5Mb. In any event, it's probably just a guestimate where they're using different bitrates for different types of content, and this is where they think it nets out for a "typical" user.

If you're feeling up to running some cat6 - you can always get one of these (and some cable):

https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Extender-Single-1080P/dp/B00G5RBX2Q/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1523337226&sr=1-2-spons&keywords=hdmi+extender&psc=1

If you get an extra 21.1 remote (or repurpose the current tv2 remote, just sacrificing control of tv2), you can actually program it to operate tv1. You just have to flip the little number (after taking off the battery cover) to "1" and make sure the little toggle is set to "uhf". (the benefit of this being you wont need line of site to operate tv1)

Flip open the cover on the front of your receiver and hit "system info" then hit record on your newly repurposed 21.1 remote to pair the remote with your receiver.

Yes, if you get a sling adapter you should be able to see most if not all of your subscribed channels using dish anywhere - basically it uses your internet connection to upload compressed live straight from your receiver, over the internet, to wherever it is you are - so having a decent upload speed can help - at least 250kb or so upload will work for the mobile app.

https://www.mydish.com/dish-anywhere/sling-adapter

Just be aware that the 722k is pretty much an obsolete receiver at this point - the only people eligible to get it are people who have it and get it replaced because it stopped working - or customers who have the older 525 and do a migration.

An alternative is to get the hopper, but only get it for two tv's. Get a wifi joey - it costs the same per month as a regular tv and has only a one time "fee" of $25. You can then move that receiver throughout your house - just needs hdmi and power. This is usually your most economical choice if you want to pay for as few tvs as possible.

Best buy and Amazon currently have 2TB Western Digital My Passport Ultras for $89. I don't have the hopper (I have the ViP722k), but it was still fairly easy to transfer programming from my old receiver to a replacement receiver. I had about 170GB of programming to transfer, and it took ~8 hours each way. btw, these EHD's are USB powered.