ON Home Since you can pause a live show for up to one half hr. at no charge, does that in essense allow you to tape 1/2 shows for free?
Actually, the pause works up to the amount of free space on the disk for PTV subs and 30 minutes for non-PTV subs. You can record also, but until you subscribe, you will only be able to play back 10 minutes of the recorded program. See Some PTV Questions and Answers for more information about PTV.
Also I'm wondering if the unit allows you to go in and edit stop & start times on one touch, does it have one touch record & event timer? If so, how many events can you set to tape.
Well, it may not be like the one touch you're used to, but the Dishplayer supports VCR (and PTV) timers from the EPG. You can set up to 50 event timers on the Dishplayer. Currently, the Dishplayer event timers cannot be edited to the minute, but the end time can be extended in by 30, 60, or 120 minutes on new or existing timers.
I have found that oftimes the program or movie lasts longer than the time slot for the one touch record and I need to edit the start/stop times.
This is notably missing from the current release of the Dishplayer software, it's been promised that a new release will restore it. Currently, you can extend the end time of a timer by 30, 60, or 120 minutes.
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