I'm thinking about dumping dish for a while, will my 942's ota tuner still work?

[cobalt]

I'm thinking about cutting off dish for a while. 95% of what we watch right now is on OTA. And it's hard to justify 70 bucks a month for something we don't use. I own the 942 and was wondering if it would still work as a ota pvr if I drop dish. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hoxxx]

I canceled E* about 2 weeks ago. I have a 921 and a 6000 that I use in bedrooms for the OTA HD feed. You need a satellite feed or else the searching for satellite screen wont go away. otherwise all is well. I still use the timers and record feature of the 921.

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[Sarcoptic]

What he is saying is you still need to leave the satellite feed hooked up to the box after cancelling. This will be the only way OTA works...

 

[KeithInDallas]

Does the Program Guide still populate after you cancel? Hoxxx, are your timers manual or do old timers continue to work?

 

[DVDDAD]

Does the Program Guide still populate after you cancel? Hoxxx, are your timers manual or do old timers continue to work?

No you won't have any program guide info. Manual timers (VCR style time based) will work, but because there is no guide info, there will not be any info for named based recording to work from. Otherwise as long as your box is still connected to the dish and can see the satellite, you are good to go.

 

[cobalt]

Cool. Thanks for all the great info. This forums members have never let me down, when I have a question.