I thought it was $40? Or has that changed?There is a $50 one time charge for Dish to authorize the use of an external hard drive. This is linked to your Dish account.
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You can run both Wallys on one charge, waived or not.Play nice and they will wave the EHD fee. I had it waved on both of my Wallys.
Thx for all of that but will a single Wally record and play another channel at the same time?
Depends on what you mean by playThx for all of that but will a single Wally record and play another channel at the same time?
Not true, Wallys have two tuners and if you add a dongle it has three tuners albeit two for sat and one for OTA.Depends on what you mean by play
The Wally is a single tuner unit.
The second tuner is only activated when a multi-satellite LNBF dish like the 1000.2 or .4 is used.Not true, Wallys have two tuners and if you add a dongle it has three tuners albeit two for sat and one for OTA.
It is a dual tuner when feed a signal that can provide dual tuner functionality (either DPP or DPH). Without the DVR option the second tuner can download guide/software updates, not much more. Once the fee is paid and the DVR functionality activated that opens the doors to the DVR functions you know about.I assume the dual satellite tuner is only if you have the DVR option added?
Also worth mentioning that the Wally supports both the old single tuner OTA adapter and the newer dual tuner, so you could theoretically record two OTA and two satellite feeds at once.Not true, Wallys have two tuners and if you add a dongle it has three tuners albeit two for sat and one for OTA.
OK now it makes sense. My relative has a Wally in an out building and no DVR attached so that is why I thought it was only a single tuner unit. (There is a DPP Twin and DP Single set up as a poor mans D1000)It is a dual tuner when feed a signal that can provide dual tuner functionality (either DPP or DPH). Without the DVR option the second tuner can download guide/software updates, not much more. Once the fee is paid and the DVR functionality activated that opens the doors to the DVR functions you know about.
Correction, the dongle has 2 OTA tuners for a total of 4 tuners, 2 Sat and 2 OTA.Not true, Wallys have two tuners and if you add a dongle it has three tuners albeit two for sat and one for OTA.
I think you can record 2 sat channels, 2 OTA channels, and watch a previously recorded program all at once. You may be able to get on-demand stuff going too.Ok, to sum it up, with the correct dish type and a attached HDD the Wally can:
1. Record a show while watching another channel, or 2. play a recorded show while recording another, is that correct?
Yes1. Record a show while watching another channel
Even better, you can watch a recording while the two tuners in the background record two separate shows. Same applies if you are watching On demand/Netflix.2. play a recorded show while recording another, is that correct?