Thread: Is HD Multi Room Viewing important to you?

In the past Dish has had the TV2 option on their DVR's that allow for a NTSC signal to be fed via coax to a second room/TV. That option is great if you have a standard definition set for TV2. But as more folks replace their old SD sets with new HDTV's I think more people will want to be able to view HD recordings in those other rooms without having to get a HD DVR.

Verizon FIOS and AT&T U-Verse have a HD Multi Room Viewing solution available now, but those services aren't available everywhere. DirecTV has said they will be offering that function in 2010, see
DirecTV's CEDIA booth was all about multi-room viewing

for more info on that (as mention in that link MRV is being testing now by folks). I haven't seen anything from Dish on HD MRV except for the 922 and their LCD TV with a built in Sling catcher as their MRV solution, if I've missed that announcment can someone provide info on it (Thanks).

So the question I have is how important to you would it be to have HD MRV capabilities, just wondering what the demand is for that functionality.

Multi-room HD is easy on Dish. Just get two ViP211 boxes. It's multi-room HD DVR that gets expensive.

HD MVR is very important to me.

Originally Posted by mdonnelly

Multi-room HD is easy on Dish. Just get two ViP211 boxes. It's multi-room HD DVR that gets expensive.

That's why I said "I think more people will want to be able to view HD recordings in those other rooms without having to get a HD DVR."

Its important to me. I like the idea of being able to watch shows off my DVR on my HD receiver in another room in the house. The Dish method has never worked for me do to the distance between the two TV's and both of mine are HD.

When I get a 2nd HDTV it will be very important.

Only if I don't need more then 1 receiver per house hold. If I still need a receiver in every room, Then they might as well be HD DVRs.
1 HD DVR to serve 4-6 rooms with about 500 hours of HD recording is all I'm interested in. The first guy who has one of those wins . Untill then I don't care one bit about it.

Originally Posted by Hemi 6.1

Only if I don't need more then 1 receiver per house hold. If I still need a receiver in every room, Then they might as well be HD DVRs.

So you have no problem spending the extra money on a HD DVR vs. a standard HD box, that's runs contray to your prior posts about how you always want to save money

I really love the 722k we have for two tv's, it allows up to have one less reciever in our bedroom wife enjoys being able to access DVR features without another reciever