722 record HD using TV2 tuner?

[mjstraw]

I know the TV2 outputs are SD, but what about recording? Is the TV2 tuner HD and can you record HD using TV2?

Mark

 

[generj]

If it is an HD program, it will record in HD. If you look at the daily schedule, menu - 7, it will indicate what is and isn't HD.

 

[jlo]

those are agile tuners, so the sat in #2 can be feed your tv 1, or sat in #2 can be feeding tv2, etc. all of the decoding, compression and recording happens within the rcvr before it gets sent to the ouputs for tv 1 or 2. it wont matter what tuner you record on. so yes, "tv2" can record hd, and it can do it while tv1 records hd too :up

 

[mjstraw]

force SD

Thanks, that's what I suspected based on what I've experienced - albeit for a short time, new customer.

Follow-up. Is there any way to force the 722 to record in SD even if it's an HD program (to save disk space)?

Mark

 

[navychop]

Look at it this way: The tuners and the outputs are entirely independent of each other. The two satellite tuners and the OTA tuner can all record HD. So you could record 3 HD programs at the same time. Then watch in HD on the TV connected to the TV1 output, and in SD on the TV2 output.

Many HD channels have an SD counterpart. I'd suggest selecting the channel carefully, and ensuring you don't have your system set up to revert to recording in HD when available anyway. Seems counterproductive though. If you need more space, get one or more external hard drives and move programs to them.

 

[garys]

Thanks, that's what I suspected based on what I've experienced - albeit for a short time, new customer.

Follow-up. Is there any way to force the 722 to record in SD even if it's an HD program (to save disk space)?

Mark

If space is the problem, you may be better served to connect a External Hard Drive. True sd uses a lot less space, but it is never going to look as good as HD.