Still, Iceberg quoted 8 hours of OTA recordings, which if the meter is based on MPEG2, should have reduced his remaining time by at least 8 hours, not 4.5 like it did.
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They dropped the fee last Feb. If you log onto your account, you will see that you will see that you don't have an ehd activated. That's because they dropped the fee and no longer need to track if it is activated.
Minor correction there: all HD on either arc is MPEG4. SD on EA is also MPEG-4. WA SD and all OTA is MPEG2.
the only thing I can think of is one station was the "main" channel of a 3 channel mux (720p) and the other was my local CBS which has no subchannels and 1080i
This is on WA by the way
The Dish DVR reports time based on the disk available and based on older MPEG-2 recording rates. That is nearly twice the space required by MPEG-4, like 4000 MB/hr vs 2000 MB/hr now in HD. Most people feel better working in hours but the real measure is megabytes or gigabytes. For reference a DVD is 4 GB and that is 2 hours in SP mode of MPEG-2, which runs at a constant rate, so don't expect more or less of a DVD.
OTA recording have shrunk slightly because many channels run sub-channels, which reduces the bandwidth available for the main channel--the one you are likely recording. A full OTA HD channel would be more like 7000 MB/hr. SD-like sub-channels are likely 1000 MB/hr or less.
I have a few Dish, HBO and like recordings that are only 1500 MB/hr but most are 1800 to 2200. They used to be 3000 to 4000. TCM is unconverted to HD from SD and runs to the low side of the recording range. Those recordings with letterbox are less because the black/empty space compresses very well.
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OTA recording have shrunk slightly because many channels run sub-channels, which reduces the bandwidth available for the main channel--the one you are likely recording. A full OTA HD channel would be more like 7000 MB/hr. SD-like sub-channels are likely 1000 MB/hr or less.
I have a few Dish, HBO and like recordings that are only 1500 MB/hr but most are 1800 to 2200. They used to be 3000 to 4000. TCM is unconverted to HD from SD and runs to the low side of the recording range. Those recordings with letterbox are less because the black/empty space compresses very well.
-Ken
Its interesting...I removed a 1/2 hour MPEG4 program and the "HD" number went up by like 9 minutes
I removed the 4 hour OTA program and "HD" went up only 1 hour 40 minutes or so
its just weird....
I removed the 4 hour OTA program and "HD" went up only 1 hour 40 minutes or so
its just weird....
I am having a problem with my replacement 722 seeing my hard drive. It was connected to the old receiver with no problems. I had paid $39.00 a few years ago. I get an error code "850". Dish techs tell me that there is no problem. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Loyd
Loyd
this is an old link but the dish tech portal says this
obviously the 1TB is wrong. Did you try removing the drive and reinserting it?
If you could please PM the receiver and smart card number along with your account number, I would be able to help.
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