To elaborate, a 622 will give you:
- 2 satellite tuners, both of which can tune and/or record HD or SD channels.
- 1 OTA tuner, which can tune and/or record DIGITAL OTA channels (i.e. using a regular TV antenna). Some of those channels may be HD, depending on your location.
It then outputs at the same time to 1 HD TV set and 1 SD TV set, each of which can be watching a different tuner and/or a different recording.
New customers get the 622 free.
Then you can also get the DVR Advantage programming package, which includes:
- Locals
- One DVR without additional DVR fee
- America's Top 200 package
for $49.99 per month. $10 per month additional for America's Top 250. $10 per month additional for Premium packages (Showtime, etc.). $20 per month additional for DishHD.
If it is convenient, I would wait until June 1st, when DVR Advantage is simplified and from what garbled reports say, cheaper for HBO.