Thread: FIRST LOOK: 622 Review!

Originally Posted by jsanders

What if you are subscribed to an HD package, or if you payed the $6/mo HD enabling fee, *and* you don't subscribe to locals.....

Do you see guide data for OTA digital channels under that scenario?

I can't answer this one, as before I activated the receiver the OTA channels were not in the guide, and after I activated the receiver it had guide data as I subscribe to locals.

Originally Posted by iKramerica

Scott, thanks.

I have a question. With the "Dish on Demand" so called feature, does that mean that on this receiver every time you press the PVR button you are not taken to you PVR list, but instead an option screen where you are presented a menu where the default is cancel?

This is quite annoying, as it requires multiple button presses every time you want to watch a PVR program.

I would love Dish to offer the ability to turn this on demand thing off via setup menus like you can turn a lot of things off. Who do we talk to about suggesting this? Or at least defining how much space the VOD can take up. I wouldn't mind if it only kept 10 movies or something small like that.

Also, have you been able to play with the Sound Syncing feature to see how it effects the output via the coax modulator? I would hate to think that one has to choose between being in sync on your 1 HD TV, or being in sync on all your SD TVs...

As for the this being a 962 with potential MPEG4 issues, do you have confidence the MPEG4 problems are at the uplink end, or are we taking a risk getting these early 962s reborn as 622s?

Thanks.

PS - that black screen on start thing before you finally get a picture, I get that on my 721 ever since the last software update. Grr. How is the 4x fast forward? is it smooth? My 721 went from smooth to unwatchabel at 4x with the last software update as well. 15x is watchable however. Just wondering if the 622 does 4x right or wrong.

IF it works like the 625 , you can hit the dvr button twice and it will take you directly to your recorded shows. It is two button pushes with the dvr button instead of hitting the dvr button and the number two button.

^^ I was about to mention that.. Once youre in the dvr screen, it even tells you to press it again to go to my recordings.. unlike the 625.

Excellent job Scott. This is great information about the 622. Thanks.

Excellent review Scott
Will definitely be placing my order for a 622 when I return from vacation.

Scott, your review is so complete that maybe it should be use for tonights(13FEB) TechFORUM! I had the chance to make a comparison of MPEG-2 against MPEG-4 being edited and felt that for the "HD" screen sizes below 30" does not hurt the visual perceptions, but on the 40" and 50" 'HD" monitors, the MPEG-4 did not appear to me to be as "vivid" nor "detailed. (Gamma or Res?). My bias remains with the model-811 that allows the additional of two(2) video inputs I found useful for external-security camera monitoring.

Hmm, those remotes look exactly like the remotes for my 522, as do the menues (minus DOD stuff) since the 291 update.

I did not see discrete "on" and "standby/off" button on the remotes, but recall reading that the 622 would have discrete on/off power capabilities... Are we required to obtain those discrete codes elsewhere?

Not having the the discrete commands on the included remote compicates createing macros to power-up & configure all my AV components triggered by the discrete on/off commands I was hoping the included remote would have (since I use my MX700 from the living room and Dish's remote from the dining room, both in viewing range of TV1).

I may have to connect the 622 directly to one of the extra component/RCA stereo inputs of my set, bypassing my reciever, in order to keep WAF at an acceptable level (she hates having to configure components "just to watch TV"). I could replace the Dish remote with another MX700, but that's too pricey an option.

Anyway, am I correct about the availability of discrete on/standby commands, or am I mistaken?

Great review Scott, Thanks

Originally Posted by jrfuda

Anyway, am I correct about the availability of discrete on/standby commands, or am I mistaken?

Since Scott said his Harmony remote that had 942 codes worked after he synced his remote addresses, I would imagine you could just copy a 942 file into your MX-700 and be able to operate the 622.

I copied the discrete codes from a 6000 for my 811, and it has worked great for over three years.

I plan on working on my 622 file for my MX-700 before next week (hopefully when my 622 arrives). If it's successful, I'll post the file to remotecentral.com unless someone beats me to it.

Anthony