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Originally Posted by MrZoid /forum/post/21461536
I'm a little disheartened. I never heard back from anyone today, so I called back and flat out canceled my installation.
Why they insist of reffering to a tuner as a DVR is beyond me. The rest of the industry calls it a tuner. I vocalized this to the account manager who completed the cancellation.
I have a few week window in which to cancel my DirecTV account without incurring any ETFs, so I don't have time to wait on a future piece of hardware either.
Although I'm happy with DirecTV, I'm thinking about switching from DirecTV to Dish because it is cheaper to become a new Dish customer than a continuing DirecTV customer. Has anyone regretted from switching from DirecTV to Dish? If so, what happened?
I've also seen posts about problems with Dish's DVRs, particularly the 612. Have the problems been cured? I know that there are also posts about DirecTV's DVRs, but mine have been fine.
I went from direct tv standard def to dish network high def because dish was cheaper.
What a difference.
My direct tv screen was so laggy that switching channels was a chore and my 612 is way better and I've had it 2 years maybe 3. It has frozen a few rimes but other then that it has ran perfect for me.
Very noisy fan though, but if that noisy fan means it is getting adaquetly cooled then im ok with that.
I switched from DirecTV to Dish a while back and absolutely love having the 20 something basic HD channels DirecTV was missing (and still is). Cost is also lower and new MRV system will be great. No regrets, and wish I had switched sooner. Of course Dish doesn't have anywhere near the sports content DirecTV does, so it all depends on the content you want. If you do switch, wait a few weeks until the new Hopper system is available.
I just did an online chat with Dish. I have two TVs, and I want two DVRs - a 722 and a 612. I was told that you have to connect two TVs to the 722. I questioned this, and the Dish rep insisted that you can't connect just one TV to the 722. Is this correct?
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Originally Posted by Cawdor /forum/post/21489794
I just did an online chat with Dish. I have two TVs, and I want two DVRs - a 722 and a 612. I was told that you have to connect two TVs to the 722. I questioned this, and the Dish rep insisted that you can't connect just one TV to the 722. Is this correct?
I've had 4 TVs connected to my 722 for 1 year, no kidding....
To the OP, you'll save a lot of money if you consider waiting a little while for the Hopper. It blows anything else Dish has ever had completely out of the water. Even though it only has 3 tuners instead of the 4 you want, it has a very neat trick up it's sleeve. It can record an entire transponder (the 4 major networks simultaneously) on a single tuner and does so automatically during primetime every day. That lessens the need for a lot of extra tuners for most people.
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Originally Posted by Cawdor /forum/post/21489794
I just did an online chat with Dish. I have two TVs, and I want two DVRs - a 722 and a 612. I was told that you have to connect two TVs to the 722. I questioned this, and the Dish rep insisted that you can't connect just one TV to the 722. Is this correct?
They have their reps trained to think DVR = tuner, instead of DVR = box with X number of tuners.
You have to stress to them that you have two HDTVs, and you want to be able to record and watch HD programming on both TVs. Only then will they begin to get it.
Once I did this I found out I would be saving minimally over DirecTV for less programming (although I would be getting E! and BBCA).
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Originally Posted by mdavej /forum/post/21490286
I've had 4 TVs connected to my 722 for 1 year, no kidding....
To the OP, you'll save a lot of money if you consider waiting a little while for the Hopper. It blows anything else Dish has ever had completely out of the water. Even though it only has 3 tuners instead of the 4 you want, it has a very neat trick up it's sleeve. It can record an entire transponder (the 4 major networks simultaneously) on a single tuner and does so automatically during primetime every day. That lessens the need for a lot of extra tuners for most people.
I've complained for a while that the major networks load up certain evening such that you can't record everything with a single DVR. This pretty much takes care of that.
Wonder if it'll allow you to add an even larger hard drive and extend the automatic prime time recordings beyond 8 days.
FWIW - I have 2 HDTV's connected to a single 622. One via HDMI, the other via Component Video + TOSLINK, with the receiver set to "single" mode. Granted, you can't watch 2 different things on the 2 TVs, but that's not an issue for me. If you want to watch 2 different programs in HD on 2 different HDTVs, you need 2 DVRs (that is, unless you wait for the Hopper).
and you can add an external hard drive, up to 2TB, and move anything you want to keep to it. You can add as many EHDs as you like, but you can only use one at a time.
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Originally Posted by bobby94928 /forum/post/21294610
When you change out the the HD you will be breaking seals that will cost you a ton of cash later when you turn the new one in. You will pay full price for the DVR. You can get an external hard drive and transfer all of your existing recordings over to it and then bring them back in on the new DVR. There is no charge to add the EHD except the price of the EHD. The EHD must be self powered, not USB powered. All you do is plug the EHD into the USB connection on the front or back of the DVR and it will ask to format. You say yes and it will set up just fine.
Are you certain about the ability to use an EHD between receivers? I was under the impression that the EHD & receiver are 'married' and if you try to view the programming on the EHD on another receiver, it corrupts it, so it won't work on anything then...
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Are you certain about the ability to use an EHD between receivers? I was under the impression that the EHD & receiver are 'married' and if you try to view the programming on the EHD on another receiver, it corrupts it, so it won't work on anything then...
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Are you certain about the ability to use an EHD between receivers? I was under the impression that the EHD & receiver are 'married' and if you try to view the programming on the EHD on another receiver, it corrupts it, so it won't work on anything then...
mrdjman, you must be thinking of DirecTV. Dish doesn't work that way. No problems moving your drive around, with one exception, the 211k. It needs a dedicated drive.
Hmm...I thought sure it was Dish...oh well...so much the better. I wonder, though, if we will be able then to use the EHD with the newly announced receiver - that'd be peachy.... I have the 722 now (which I'm happy with...but wouldn't mind having the new toy).
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Originally Posted by mrdjman /forum/post/21503312
Hmm...I thought sure it was Dish...oh well...so much the better. I wonder, though, if we will be able then to use the EHD with the newly announced receiver - that'd be peachy.... I have the 722 now (which I'm happy with...but wouldn't mind having the new toy).
Hmm...I thought sure it was Dish...oh well...so much the better. I wonder, though, if we will be able then to use the EHD with the newly announced receiver - that'd be peachy.... I have the 722 now (which I'm happy with...but wouldn't mind having the new toy).
I found out the painful way that ViP622 EHD files may NOT be recognized by a ViP722.
Recently, my 622 died - Dish sent me a new 722 as a replacement. I was saving my 622 'goodie' files on a 500 Gb WD 'My DVR Expander", which supposedly was tailor-made for Dish recordings. Later, I tried to access a file and the 722 claimed 'no external disk found'.
Despite a Dish blurb printed in '07 states that EHD files are compatible between 622 and 722, Dish tech folks acknowledged that was not exactly the case - that they were working on a s/w fix which will be available sometime. Since they said these DVRs were compatible in terms of EHDs - how long does a s/w fix take? It's been about 5 years since they stated they were Okey-dokey with EHDs! I'm not too happy since it looks like I've lost about 80 'goodies' including some PPVs.
Dish offered to send me a 622 to see if I could recover my EHD files, but they wanted the 722 back and charge me 'only' $200 for the use of the 622. I escalated this BS up but, the management wouldn't budge on their 'offer'.
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Originally Posted by journeydog /forum/post/21540942
I found out the painful way that ViP622 EHD files may NOT be recognized by a ViP722.
Recently, my 622 died - Dish sent me a new 722 as a replacement. I was saving my 622 'goodie' files on a 500 Gb WD 'My DVR Expander", which supposedly was tailor-made for Dish recordings. Later, I tried to access a file and the 722 claimed 'no external disk found'.
Despite a Dish blurb printed in '07 states that EHD files are compatible between 622 and 722, Dish tech folks acknowledged that was not exactly the case - that they were working on a s/w fix which will be available sometime. Since they said these DVRs were compatible in terms of EHDs - how long does a s/w fix take? It's been about 5 years since they stated they were Okey-dokey with EHDs! I'm not too happy since it looks like I've lost about 80 'goodies' including some PPVs.
Dish offered to send me a 622 to see if I could recover my EHD files, but they wanted the 722 back and charge me 'only' $200 for the use of the 622. I escalated this BS up but, the management wouldn't budge on their 'offer'.
Sometimes there are glitches, so you might need to reboot the receiver or disconnect and reconnect the hard drive, but otherwise no problems that I am aware of... The only other difficult is if they disable the old receiver before adding the new one... Sometimes that has caused problems I think.
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Originally Posted by HDMe2 /forum/post/21541276
Sometimes there are glitches, so you might need to reboot the receiver or disconnect and reconnect the hard drive, but otherwise no problems that I am aware of... The only other difficult is if they disable the old receiver before adding the new one... Sometimes that has caused problems I think.
Did all that stuff...many times over. Even thought about throwing red chicken feathers over my left shoulder and turn counter clockwise 17 times...but no luck...still dead. Maybe bad HD...also have a 250 Gb WD "My Book" on line and it seems to be working - even able to recover the files that the 622 wrote long ago. Possible formatting problem with the full WD "My DVR Expander"500G HD.
To re-state: Dish tech folks said they are aware of a s/w compatibility problem between some 622 EHD formated transfers and the lack of being able to correctly transfer any of the 622-formatted files to a 722 for playback...said "They are working the problem and will have a s/w fix soon." If that tech doesn't have a clue...who am I supposed to believe?
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