My 622 was at the doorstep by the garage when I got home from work. Mother-in-law was home but I guess the UPS guy did not want to go to the front door.
I called tech support and was told that I could install myself and use on TV1 untill my install on the 21st (I need a DP44 for the dual tuner). I waited until after LOST to put the VIP622 into my equipment tower. Doing this will not cancel your install -- that is if you go thru Tech Support.
First, I do not have alot of area inside for breathing and I have glass doors on the front. I keep one cracked for ventilation. When the 622 first comes on you can really hear it. I can hear the cooling fan running most of the time and if I did not have doors on the front it might be disconcerning. However, occasionally you can not hear anything at all. I believe that if I can increase ventilation the fan will not run as much.
Second, the install went okay, but because I do not have a DP44 it took a few twist to get the 622 to work. Fortunately, a young lady by the name of Cynthia at Tech Support took very good care of me. By the way, the first guy I talked to at Tech Support recomended that I only talk to Tech Support to get this working. I had to syncronize the second remote and turn off TV2 then I had to runthe check switch modes twice in order to get the unit to work properly. All in all it took about 90 minutes. If I had the DP44 it would have been half that time.
You can resize the SD channels for 16x9 viewing. Works just like the 811. The picture from the VIP622 is definately brighter than the 811 -- so much so that I had to dial back my settings on my Pioneer. I purchased a HDMI to DVI connector for my DVI/DVI cable and it works great. I am going to have to get use to how bright the picture is.
My real delight is with the HD OTA tuner. Strengths are on average 10 points higher than I was getting before! I am getting channels I could not get before. This unit will lock steady without the in and out drift that the 811 exibited. Heck, this unit will lock at 52! Of course you get alot of macroblocking but at 60 the picture and sound is rock solid. Man, I am in heaven with this performance. I can wait till tomorow when I move my antenna and improve the performance.
Well, that is it for now, I am on the East coast and it is about 1:30AM and I have to be up at 6! I am looking forward to the 21st when I can use all the functions of the 622. For now I am going to go play with it. :devil:
I called tech support and was told that I could install myself and use on TV1 untill my install on the 21st (I need a DP44 for the dual tuner). I waited until after LOST to put the VIP622 into my equipment tower. Doing this will not cancel your install -- that is if you go thru Tech Support.
First, I do not have alot of area inside for breathing and I have glass doors on the front. I keep one cracked for ventilation. When the 622 first comes on you can really hear it. I can hear the cooling fan running most of the time and if I did not have doors on the front it might be disconcerning. However, occasionally you can not hear anything at all. I believe that if I can increase ventilation the fan will not run as much.
Second, the install went okay, but because I do not have a DP44 it took a few twist to get the 622 to work. Fortunately, a young lady by the name of Cynthia at Tech Support took very good care of me. By the way, the first guy I talked to at Tech Support recomended that I only talk to Tech Support to get this working. I had to syncronize the second remote and turn off TV2 then I had to runthe check switch modes twice in order to get the unit to work properly. All in all it took about 90 minutes. If I had the DP44 it would have been half that time.
You can resize the SD channels for 16x9 viewing. Works just like the 811. The picture from the VIP622 is definately brighter than the 811 -- so much so that I had to dial back my settings on my Pioneer. I purchased a HDMI to DVI connector for my DVI/DVI cable and it works great. I am going to have to get use to how bright the picture is.
My real delight is with the HD OTA tuner. Strengths are on average 10 points higher than I was getting before! I am getting channels I could not get before. This unit will lock steady without the in and out drift that the 811 exibited. Heck, this unit will lock at 52! Of course you get alot of macroblocking but at 60 the picture and sound is rock solid. Man, I am in heaven with this performance. I can wait till tomorow when I move my antenna and improve the performance.
Well, that is it for now, I am on the East coast and it is about 1:30AM and I have to be up at 6! I am looking forward to the 21st when I can use all the functions of the 622. For now I am going to go play with it. :devil: