Re: DishNet ViP722

phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 1 May 2008 17:49:51 GMT phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | On Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:20 GMT Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | | In article <fvbpju11c5d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
> | 
> | Thanks.  Now the next thing I need to figure out is if it lets me have
channel
> | sets to surf through.  I'm the type of person that prefers to just see
what is
> | on each channel.  But with a hundred plus channels, that doesn't work.
 Most
> | channels I'd never watch, anyway.  But someone else gave a link
supposedly to
> | the user manual on it, so I should check that out.
> 
> It does not explicitly say how many favorites lists it supports.  But
the
> menu illustration hints that at least 6 are possible.  That would meet
my
> needs.  This will be something I need to confirm if I decide to switch
to
> DishNet.
> 


Dunno if there's a correlation, but my 622 box supports up to six fave 
lists.

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jer
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