Re: DishNet ViP722

In article <fvbpju11c5d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
wrote:

> DishNet documents the ViP722 somewhat unclearly.  But it seems that it
has
> two satellite tuners and one ATSC tuner integrated.  In one place they
say
> it is possible to record 2 programs from sattelite at the same time
while
> watching a third program being played back from disk.  What I cannot
figure
> out is if both recordings can be in HD at the same time, even though the
2nd
> tuner is normally used to output only SD to a 2nd TV.  I would think it
should
> since it would in theory just be recording the compressed bitstream. 
Then it
> would downconvert later for an SD output?
> 
> Can I watch an OTA ATSC program while recording 2 HD programs from
satellite?
> 
> Can I record one satellite program in HD, plus record one OTA ATSC
program in
> HD, while watching a different satellite program in HD?
> 
> Can I record all three of: 2 satellite HD programs plus 1 OTA ATSC HD
program
> at the same time?

You can record 3 HD sources at once, while watching a 4th program you 
have recorded.