Dish DVR and R5000 mod

[theinv]

Have anyone here mod their dish DVR VIP622 with R-5000?

I am thinking of doing so but not sure how this works especially when external storage will come to 622 soon on 08/15. The R-5000 uses USB to archive files, right? If that's the case, will it have conflict with Dishnetwork's upcoming support for USB storage? I believe that there is only one USB port on the back of 622.

BTW, is it legal to mod a receiver?

 

[smooth28la]

I have the mod for a year now.

With the external drive enabled, I don't know how valuable it is since hard drives are fairly cheap compared to the cost of D-VHS tapes.

 

[boba]

Have anyone here mod their dish DVR VIP622 with R-5000?

I am thinking of doing so but not sure how this works especially when external storage will come to 622 soon on 08/15. The R-5000 uses USB to archive files, right? If that's the case, will it have conflict with Dishnetwork's upcoming support for USB storage? I believe that there is only one USB port on the back of 622.

BTW, is it legal to mod a receiver?

Not if your leasing DISH owns the receiver.

 

[theinv]

I have the mod for a year now.

With the external drive enabled, I don't know how valuable it is since hard drives are fairly cheap compared to the cost of D-VHS tapes.

Are you saying that the R5000 mod only allow you to record video to D-VHS tape and not to hard drives?

 

[Jim5506]

R5000 allows you to feed the raw satellite signal directly to your PC where it is saved to the HD. It has nothing to do with D-VHS.