Im thinking of switching from dish but im not sure, i cannot find anything as far as what there menu system what it looks like compared to dish's vip 722.

Any pics or links appreciated!

Im thinking of switching from dish but im not sure, i cannot find anything as far as what there menu system what it looks like compared to dish's vip 722.

Any pics or links appreciated!

There's an interactive demo here (http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageNR.jsp?assetId=P4380062).

Can you add an external hard drive to the D* system? Looks like they are showing the old dark blue guide instead of the lighter blue/white guide.

Can you add an external hard drive to the D* system? Looks like they are showing the old dark blue guide instead of the lighter blue/white guide.
You can add an external eSATA hard drive to the D* DVRs, but it replaces (disables) the internal drive.