Two reasons:
1) They are the only way to record HBO, Showtime & PPV movies in HDTV. You also need the Panasonic DTV tuner & DVHS VCR to do this.
2) They were all discontinued over a year ago.
To simply view Dish Network HDTV, buy a model 6000.
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