Thread: FIRST LOOK: 622 Review!

Scott, I'm only on page 5...maybe somebody said this, but that interactive Channel 101 is on my 942, and I assume all OpenTV receivers. It's under the service menu on DISH Home.

Not that anyone would WANT to see it, but it's there.

Oh, and bummer they haven't added a Closed Caption button. That's the only thing I don't like about my 942. I had to add a freakin' macro button. My old TV had a "CC on Mute" feature. I didn't use the speakers on my TV, so in essence, I had a one button CC on/off. That's great when combined with a DVR..."What did he say?".

Sorry if some of these are noob or repeats... (BTW nice review)

1. What's the point of the 2nd TV outputs, I really don't get the praticality of it, if there is any? Is there a missing piece to this? Will we eventually be able to have this streamed to a regular set in another room without a receiver? Right now I'm picturing some long arse composite cables.

2. How are the menus? Do they respond well? How about setting up recordings? Sometimes I want to trash my D* HD Tivo when I accidentally press the wrong button and I have to wait forever for it to come back.

I'm thinking of switching from D* but I have some reservations of course... trying to build a case.

D* just feels like it's going nowhere soon and I'm a little bitter my 1K HD Tivo is going to be an expensive paperweight when they do switch over.

1. Slingbox, or yes, long composite cables. They do come in long lengths, you know. Impact Accoustics makes a nice 100' Composite+LRAudio cable you could run.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3713&CatId=769

2. He said they were light speed in responding. D* HD Tivo is notiriously slow in the menu department. The last dish receiver I used (and still do) that had slow menus was the 6000. My 721 has fast enough menus, and the newest receivers are much faster.

See if Dish will give you the $200 rebate as a "compitive upgrader," though they may want you to send them your expensive HD Tivo box, which you could sell for a lot more.

To me, it's a no brainer if you own the HD Tivo box. Sell it for lots, cover the total cost of switching to Dish, and have Cable Modem installed as well, then get rid of your phone company with VoIP. In the future, you'll be ready for whatever cable throws at you, and won't have any real money invested in Dish equipment at that point...

Very great review. I have been looking for 622review for a long time.
Currently, I am using Comcast, which I think is ia cheap temoprary solution (only $10 for DVR+HD+no_contract).
I am hearing some people said the DISH PQ is worse than comcast, since they compress it. Anyone compared DISH PQ to comcast?
Also, is all VOOM channels in real HD all the time? Or, they are just upconversion, or only at certain time of the time like ABC/CBS/NBC?
Also, I am hearing rumor that in April, we can get 622 in under $100.. If that's the case, I may wait for it since it is only just 2 more months, and I can save $200

Thanks

Can someone tell me the difference between DISH1000 and maybe DISH500?
I am living in Bay Area, CA. Will I be in the area to receive localHD (NBC/ABC/CBS/FOX) via dish? or do I need to have a seperate antenna to receive OTA? IF I need to get the seperate antenna, do I need to buy it myself or the installer will install it free for me? I currently don't have any dish setup, so I will be a new user. I do hope they will setup everything for me.

also, I am hearng people saying that DISH1000 will be quite heavy and probably can't be mounted on the roof, and need a 10foot pole?

Dish has a good offer FINALLY for current subscribers $299. Anyone know the distance the second tv can be from the 622 receiver?
I'm wondering if I can turn off the receiver in the bedroom and use the 622 for the family room and the bedroom.

Thanks for the great review Scott. Now I know that I REALLY want one, but as you wrote, the current HD content is not all that compelling (paraphrase). It is not worth it to me right now to buy one, or to lease one for that matter if it requires an 18 month commitment. I might be interested in buying a gently used 942 for use as a whole-house SD DVR. I wonder if they would allow me to keep the same "old" HD pack if I activated it on my current account with the 811 on it?

I would lease one for $99 when they are available in April, you can't go wrong with that deal no matter how lousy the HD programming is.

Scott, there is a challenge - a question for you ( the 622 ) - could you connect it to your network and see if it will grab IP from your home DHCP service for start ?
Next step will be run Sniffer (Ethereal for example ) and gather all packets from/to the DVR.