Some DisNetwork DVR info
Well. Is it even possible to record more than one show at once?
Bascially either the 722 or 622 can record two shows. the receiver can be defined as TV1 and TV2 for two separate TVs or both can be defined to one TV and you can do PIP and some other stuff.
But you can record one (e.g. TV2) and watch one (e.g. TV1).
Whe you are watching with DVR is automatically temporarily records and has a one hour window. Meaning you can be watching something and pause it for up to one hour and then contine where you left off.
While you are watching you can also press the record button and it records the rest of the show you are watching.
Now, one really cool feature is if you set the DVR to record a progam becuase you want to see it later and then you come in say 15 minutes ( or any amount of time after it staets) and the show is still recording. You can go back to the start and start watching it while it is still recroding the rest of it.
Only bad thing about dish 622 or 722 you can only have two picture streams concurrently, only one of which can be HD. Meaning if you are watching one show you can only be recording one other diffrent show. You can be watching the show you are recording though.
I remember cable (low quality PQ as it were) you could record and watch completley independent. The same is true with fiber optics AT&T's uVerse . you can record up to 4 different shows simutaneoously ( only one HD)
If you have the single DVR records 612. You only have one picture stream and you can record what you are watching only.
The 625 DCR is new and says: "The DISH Player-DVR 625 has two tuners to support two televisions, providing the unique ability to record two shows simultaneously while watching a third recorded program. In addition, you can view separate programming on two televisions." There also appears to be a similar new 522 that has 2 tuners. And if you wait just a little whie they are coming out with a 922
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/09/dish-network-vip-922-hd-dvr-hands-on-and-video/
As far as archiving recorded shows , you can attach an external hard drive ( 40 gB to 750 gB as specificed by DishNetwork although some people say that 1 TB will work; when I asked Dish they said no) and you can transfer recorded shows to the hard drive. it takes about 7 minute per hour of HD recording to transfer, but you can watch TY while transferring. Once transferred you can play the show directly off of the hard drive. There is a one time charge of $39.99 to activate hard drive USB attachment option and the cost is per account so if you have two DVRs there is only one charge.
I am still trying to detrmine the capacity of 750gB but it appears to be about 470 hours SD or 70 hours HD. HD is a little over 10gB per recroded hour and SD is about 1.5 gB per recorded hour
Record On!
MidCow2
Update on Plasma. I check prewiring last night in the front wall there were four 4-wire blue sheath cables up front and 2 4-wire blue shetah cables and one black RG75 in the back of the room. So I take out my wire stripper, my test jumper clips and my volt ohm meter. I have red, green,back , white wires so I decide to use white and black in one of the blue sheathed cables. Stip the black and white and connect via test alligator cli jumper cable. Go to the front and pick one of the four blue sheath and also strip white and black. Test with Volt-Ohmn and Volilla hit the right wire pair the first time. Now that is luck. So bottom line, that means I can relocate SVS sub to the back of the room and that means a wider ( 70") Tv table will fit in front with the 7002s at each and which means a 60" plasma will work
later I will drill hole in wall plate and connect RCA plugs to front and back wall.
