HD Installation Question

[kluever]

I've got 5 tv's hooked up right now. A 322 for two TV's. A 522 on two TV's, and my main TV room has an 811.

I have an HD in my bedroom currently hooked up to the 522, but of course, only getting HD via air right now.

Here's my problem. I want HD in my bedroom, but my wife won't part with the DVR in there. I would also like to have a DVR on my main TV.

Can I get another box (922 or 942) and put that in the main TV room, and then hookup the 811 and the 522 in the bedroom? That way I can watch HD in the bedroom through the 811 and my wife still has the DVR through the 522.

In short, can you hookup two boxes to 1 TV? Thanks for any help.

 

[dfergie]

Component in for the 811 and S-video in for the 522...

 

[kluever]

Will DISH charge me for two boxes hooked up? Also, do I need seperate feeds from the switch for each box hooked up to that TV?

 

[KKlare]

Depending on your TV model you can have many inputs or you can do it externally, but that is not recommended for HD because switchers are expensive for 3 coax or multiwire DVI.
I have my 921 on DVI, my 811 on component, and a 501 on s-video with RF to my son's room -- the best it can do. I also have DVD component and DVD+R s-video to the Toshiba.
Dish is not selling the 921 and you might not want it if they did. The 942 is only easily leased $250 by new customers, which you are not.
The 942 (HDMI or component and TV2 with composite+RF) could replace both 811 (DVI or component, s-video+composite, but no RF) and half of the 522 or a full 501-510. The only problems are sometimes software and the lack of s-video. The 921 has HD component or DVI and s-video+composite+RF but not at the same time.

Dish charges for each receiver beyond the first, for dual tuners without a phone line, for DVR sevice except 501/508/721, and for HD service of 811/942/921.

Dual tuner boxes require 2 feeds unless you have a Dish Pro separator fed from a DPP LNB or the DPP44. But you must know this if you are feeding 5 tuners already.

-Ken