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I've heard that the 322 causes problems with a DVD recorder because it gets stuck on a screen that requires manual intervention. And according to the Dish site it's only for new lease customers. This would be a second receiver.

I want to use s-video and those seem to require expensive powered devices for splitting.

I should have said more than one complete set of outs. I need two sets of audio and s-video outs.

I want to hook up a Dish receiver to a DVD recorder. The recorder has three sets of inputs. I want to be able to watch Dish when the recorder is recording from one of the inputs that isn't connected to the Dish receiver.

Will NBR ever be available for timer events in the non-DVR receiver?

Are we talking about the same thing? The 301 receiver manual says "You can set an automatic event timer for a program listed with start and stop times in the Porgram Guide. A manual event timer allows you to set custom start and stop times for a timer."

I have Tivo and have never used the Dish guide. Now I'm getting a second receiver and hooking that up to a DVD recorder. So I'll have to start using the Dish event timers. Tivo is quite good at keeping up with shows whose start and end times often change. Is the Dish guide good at keeping up...

Does it matter if I get a receiver with a blue card or does it have to be yellow?

I'm seeing a lot of 301 receivers on eBay that say 'ROM 10 Rev A23'. Is that something that hackers are looking for?

Thanks for the great advice. Is there any significant difference between the 301 and 311 that I should know about?

I have a 301 receiver connected to a legacy 500 twin LNBF. It's my understanding that hooking up a second cable to the LNBF will enable me to add a second receiver. I want to get the receiver off eBay to save money. I'm not familiar with which models are suitable. I assume that the 301 and...