Thread: FIRST LOOK: 622 Review!

Thanks, Scott for the excellent review!

Of all the good things about this 622, the prospect of a better ATSC tuner is the best news of all, for me that is!

Does your 942 remote control the 622? Just wondering if I could get away without reprogramming my Harmony.

I am using my Harmony Remote with the 622 just fine. Didnt even need to reprogram the remote, just needed to change the remote address on the 622.

"What I found neat about this was this was the first time I have seen the Dish Home Screen blocking channels the receiver was not authorized before. I may be wrong but this is the only receiver I have seen do this."


Scott,

My 811 is doing this too. I have no AT package, just HD & Supers, & my Dish home screen looks exactly like yours.

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

I am using my Harmony Remote with the 622 just fine. Didnt even need to reprogram the remote, just needed to change the remote address on the 622.

Great! What should I change the remote address to? The address that my 942 is at now?

Originally Posted by 120inna55

Great! What should I change the remote address to? The address that my 942 is at now?

Yes. It maybe different on a 622, but I got a replacement 721 Friday and all I did was bring up the System Info screen on my 721. I then hit the record key on my Harmony remote, while it was set to operate the 721. This changed the address on the 721 to match my Harmony.

Yup, on my 942 I was using address 2 (and my harmony remote was also programmed to work with address 2)

To get the 622 to work with the harmony I pressed the System Info button on the front of the 622 then pressed the record button on the harmony remote which changed the address to the proper one. I then took the 622 remote and changed the remote address code on it, so now all the remotes control the 622.

Great job Scott! One quick question. Did you have any OTA channels where the guide info was missing on your 942? Does the 622 get guide info for all your OTA channels? I guess that was two questions,

Fabulous work, Scott. What patients you have to stop and document your procedure like you did.

You raise some interesting points in your review that affect the 622 future life-

What I read in your report about MP4 is what I have heard outside of the E* engineers and from those working on the fundamental MP4 technology. Your report confirms these suspicions and "outsider" reports. IT has me a bit concerned that the decoding technology may need updated and if so, MP4 may not really work "artifact free" in the 622. The good news is that if this turns out to be the case, as opposed to what you reported that IT is hoped the issues are with the encoder, not the decoder then at least those of us who lease the 622 can get it exchanged for little loss of $$$ if a newr model that really works with MP4 has to be released. Of course this is just negative speculation but considering all the reports about true MP4 picture quality, it needs to be considered. One thing is certain from your report that the mP2 and other DVR stuff is now nearly bug free on the 622 so it should be a very nice upgrade for first generation 921 users. I am now looking forward to it.

Dish ?'s I see you are using the exact configuration I have here and thank you again for showing the review with that so I can relate. However, do you now have plans to switch to a Dish 1000 and if so, what are your plans for the 61.5? My only concern is that if the WCBS is remaining only on the 61.5 as well as some other SD channel options, will it be easy to keep the Dish 1000 with the 61.5 for the install package we will be asked to switch to for the MP4 channels.