getting my first dvr hooked up tommorrow
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i am getting a 722 now,thanks for the advice,everyone here has been really helpful
I have two 722's and I love them but as far as VOD, have been buying more from my Apple TV than Dish. Unless I want a 1080P event. Although do rent from both also use Quiricity on my Sony blue ray player. My biggest gripe with Netflix is most of what they have have seen months before either on blue ray rental or other sources.
He's not complaining. He is illustrating a point many have to the OP,and why if buying a DVR for the VOD you might be disappointed. Complaining is when you post that someone is complaining too much.
He's not complaining. He is illustrating a point many have to the OP,and why if buying a DVR for the VOD you might be disappointed. Complaining is when you post that someone is complaining too much.
i have thought about it and i have missed out on some things i wanted to watch, if i don't like the VOD i think being able to record will come in handy as well
Believe me.. once you get hooked on DVR ... there's no going back. Monday nights .. I've got Fox, NBC, and ABC 6 shows that need recording all on 2 by 2 (8 to 9, 9 to 10, 10 to 11, 2 shows each hour, different channels)
The biggest complaints about DVR ... which will hopefully clear up quickly now that Tivo/Dish have a settlment ... are the annoyances in FF/Rew and skip/pause functions (skip not working, going back too far for no understandable reason) .... and I would also point out .. get an EHD ... they are relatively cheap ... 60 bucks for a 1 gig external hard drive, 80 to 129 for a 2 gig (good on 722k/922).
The point isn't *if* you'll have an on board drive problem, but when. And I mean that to encompass both drive (or receiver) failure and drive going full (thanks sis, thanks wife, thanks junior, etc). Even for non-drive failures, some other receiver issue could take your receiver away.. and if you don't regularly back up to EHD you'll lose. (I just had a swap done on my 722k ... drive was fine, but the only way I could have kept a few shows that I've not had time to watch yet ... is by EHD!)
Anyway.. good luck on getting hooked..
you'll find using it in many different ways to help you squeeze those extra shows in when you're not able to normally watch. (can't wait till we see you posting you want a THREE Tuner DVR ... LOL)The biggest complaints about DVR ... which will hopefully clear up quickly now that Tivo/Dish have a settlment ... are the annoyances in FF/Rew and skip/pause functions (skip not working, going back too far for no understandable reason) .... and I would also point out .. get an EHD ... they are relatively cheap ... 60 bucks for a 1 gig external hard drive, 80 to 129 for a 2 gig (good on 722k/922).
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I think you meant 1 TB (1000 gigs) and 2 TB (2000 gigs). 1 or 2 gigs don't give you much capacity when you record HD
Believe me.. once you get hooked on DVR ... there's no going back. Monday nights .. I've got Fox, NBC, and ABC 6 shows that need recording all on 2 by 2 (8 to 9, 9 to 10, 10 to 11, 2 shows each hour, different channels)
The biggest complaints about DVR ... which will hopefully clear up quickly now that Tivo/Dish have a settlment ... are the annoyances in FF/Rew and skip/pause functions (skip not working, going back too far for no understandable reason) .... and I would also point out .. get an EHD ... they are relatively cheap ... 60 bucks for a 1 gig external hard drive, 80 to 129 for a 2 gig (good on 722k/922).
The point isn't *if* you'll have an on board drive problem, but when. And I mean that to encompass both drive (or receiver) failure and drive going full (thanks sis, thanks wife, thanks junior, etc). Even for non-drive failures, some other receiver issue could take your receiver away.. and if you don't regularly back up to EHD you'll lose. (I just had a swap done on my 722k ... drive was fine, but the only way I could have kept a few shows that I've not had time to watch yet ... is by EHD!)
Anyway.. good luck on getting hooked..
thanks for your help, i could use that dvr tonight because a new law and order svu comes on the same time as criminal minds suspect behavior
If you're still keeping the 322 and replacing the 211 with a 722(k), your 722 will need to be set to single mode after it's activated.
99 times out of 100 we hook up a 722 to two rooms and the receiver is set to dual mode by default. You may get an experienced tech who takes care of this anyway, but there is the possibility of getting a new or inexperienced tech who won't even think to set it to single mode.
Also, single mode will give you PIP if you choose to use it.
LOL yeah.. sometimes I still think its the days when I bought a 340 meg WD at 1 dollar a meg.. and THAT was the greatest deal of the day..I think you meant 1 TB (1000 gigs) and 2 TB (2000 gigs). 1 or 2 gigs don't give you much capacity when you record HD
You can still get PIP by putting the 722 in single mode, but it'll interrupt TV2 .
Love PIP during the NFL season when I can watch my team on one side of the screen and NFL Redzone on the other side. Plus their both in HD to boot.
Get 2 ehd's. One for each receiver. There is no additional fees for the 722, but it will cost $40 to activate the 211, but believe me it's worth it. I had a spare 400 gb drive laying around for several years. Finally hooked it up to the 211. Gives you all the freeze, back and forward features of a dvr and if you have ota reception you can record a Dish signal and an ota signal at the same time.
