Re: DishNet ViP722

<phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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?

Yes
>
> Can I record one satellite program in HD, plus record one OTA ATSC
program
in
> HD, while watching a different satellite program in HD?

Yes
>
> Can I record all three of: 2 satellite HD programs plus 1 OTA ATSC HD
program
> at the same time?

Yes.  And, at the same time, watch a program already recorded from the
hard
drive, SD or HD.  So you are recording 3 HD programs, two from satellite,
and one from OTA, while watching something else from the Hard Drive.
Its an amazing machine.  It kicks sand in the face of every other DVR that
I
know of.  Plus you can add an external
hard drive, up to 750gb, without losing the use of the built-in hard
drive.
I'm using mine in single mode, by the way.  The above features may not be
available in dual mode, but who cares?

Deke
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