Just switched to Dish: First impressions and a few questions

**ONUOsFan** · 11-09-2009 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by bebop

No screensaver. I turn off my tv if I'm going to be gone for 40 minutes or more! What kind of HDTV do you have?

It wasn't a planned thing - paused it "for a minute," and then got distracted by the kids, etc... I have a DLP - I don't normally pause it for that long, but I think it was only a few minutes before the screensaver came on with the HR20 - just thought I'd ask...

**ONUOsFan** · 11-09-2009 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by space86

8 HD channels are currently uplinked, may go live this week

So, what are they? Sorry, I'm looking at the uplink center, but I don't think I know how to read it...?

**jdmacor** · 11-09-2009 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by ONUOsFan

So, what are they? Sorry, I'm looking at the uplink center, but I don't think I know how to read it...?

We don't really know. The channels are showing something, but it is scrambled. Speculation on what they are has varied.

**bebop** · 11-09-2009 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by ONUOsFan

It wasn't a planned thing - paused it "for a minute," and then got distracted by the kids, etc... I have a DLP - I don't normally pause it for that long, but I think it was only a few minutes before the screensaver came on with the HR20 - just thought I'd ask...

Apparently DLP doesn't have burn-in issues, so it's more an issue of what you choose to leave on the screen.

HDTV Quality - Burn In - DLP HDTV Has No Burn In

**Poke** · 11-09-2009 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by juan

make sure that the box is set 1080I The default is 480p

Yeah sounds simple but gets overlooked all the time.

**ONUOsFan** · 11-10-2009 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by bebop

Apparently DLP doesn't have burn-in issues, so it's more an issue of what you choose to leave on the screen.

HDTV Quality - Burn In - DLP HDTV Has No Burn In

I know this

It was one of the reasons I got a DLP at the time. Was just asking out of curiosity...

Originally Posted by Poke

Yeah sounds simple but gets overlooked all the time.

Trust me, I would have noticed if that was the issue and figured it out, even if the tech hadn't already done it when he set it up.

**Z06_Pilot** · 11-11-2009 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by bebop

Apparently DLP doesn't have burn-in issues, so it's more an issue of what you choose to leave on the screen.

HDTV Quality - Burn In - DLP HDTV Has No Burn In

correct! I have left something in pause mode for an hour or more(same as OP, got distracted by something and took awhile to come back).

very nice DLP feature indeed

**Harmeister** · 11-11-2009 09:22 AM

There is a screen saver that will kick in eventually, but I don't know if there is a way to set the timer on it. And by eventually, I'm talking in the realm of several hours.

**ONUOsFan** · 11-12-2009 02:00 PM

So, after having been installed now for almost a week, I've come to some conclusions:

1. HD picture quality varies greatly channel to channel, and some are far worse than DirecTV - at least when they're moving... block city. However, most are fine and I'm probably the only one watching my TV that will ever notice, not to mention that 85% or so of what I watch I get OTA anyway, so it's not an issue.

2. Dish's software people don't think that anyone might ever watch a recorded program while it's still on. We typically let a show go just long enough so that we can skip all commercials (15 min. for an hour show, etc) and then start to watch it while it's still recording. There are two problems I've found with this (or maybe I just don't know what I'm doing?): First, if I click on View, it takes me to the program live, wherever it is at that point. This is pointless - I wouldn't bother to record a show if I just wanted to jump into it in the middle, and it can be a real bummer if it's a reality show with "results" at the end or a game. Second, if I start to watch a program while it's still being recorded by hitting "start over" and don't finish it, the "resume" option is not there when I go back to finish it. I have to start at the beginning and FF to get to where I was. Very annoying.

Having said that (and what I said in my previous posts), I still think I definitely made the right decision. I'm getting more for my money, both in terms of total channels and HD channels - at least with my package - not to mention available tuners. And even if I wasn't , all the channels and PQ in the world are no good if you can't watch what you have, and my ability to do that on my HR20's was spotty at best for the last three months, with multiple issues across both of my boxes (and one replacement unit), especially with recordings.

**jcoppola** · 11-12-2009 03:22 PM

Just hit the DVR button twice, it will bring up a list of recorded programs plus at the top of the list the one you are recording. From here when you select it you will get the option to play from the begining.