Re: DishNet ViP722

On Thu, 01 May 2008 14:58:02 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| 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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|> | | 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.

Can you put any OTA ATSC SUBchannel in the favorites?  Would they have a
number "dot" number _or_ number "dash" number format that way?

The thing I wonder about this box is that it only has 2 inputs.  Yet
DishNET
has more than 2 satellites.

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