What size is the HD in he 622? I just hooked up a 360Gig EHD on my 211 and it only shows 33 hours of HD space. Seems kind of low, close to what the 622 shows.
HD size on 622?
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OTA (MPEG-2) HD may take more space than Dish guesses. Standard MPEG-4 HD may take half of the quoted. Check the number of MB in (VIP722 etc.) DVR+4(My Media)+2(Send to Device) and "round up" by a few MB. I use 700-900 MB/hr for MPEG-2 SD, 1800-2500 MB/hr for MPEG-4 HD, 4000-6000 MB/hr OTA MPEG-2 HD. It will also tell you the number of GB available on the external but not the internal.
-Ken
-Ken
I've attached it to a 211, how do I check the size in MB? On my 622, most of my HD movies are about 3500-5000MB in size
How do you send the program to the disk? There is your chance to see the size, unless Dish did that completely differently on the 211 compared to the 6x2/722 series. On the send-to-device page the sizes are shown instead of the duration. Oh, that's right you are not transferring, you are recording to. On the Manage-Device screen, where you select the replay, you should see the "rounded" size in MB.
Interestingly a DVD is 4GB or 2 hours in SP, of course that is MPEG-2. My mix of SD and HD averages very close to 2GB/hr.
-Ken
Interestingly a DVD is 4GB or 2 hours in SP, of course that is MPEG-2. My mix of SD and HD averages very close to 2GB/hr.
-Ken
+1!:up
WAY more recording possible on my 622 & 722 on EA as opposed to when I had WA.
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The number displayed by the receiver is a worst case estimate. I've seen an hour of HD range from 8GB (full bit-rate OTA) to as little as 2GB (SyFy HD). Even when you restrict the comparison to one codec there is still a wide range - 5GB for the local ABC affiliate via Dish locals and 2GB for SyFy - both MPEG-4.10.
