Question about Dish's HD DVR

[Peter Parker]

If you receive stations via OTA on your box, you can record something on the OTA in HD, something on Tuner1 in HD and something else on Tuner 2 in HD. You can then watch any recorded event on TV1 and another event on TV2.

5 things at once... Not bad from one box!

He simply has to set up 3 simultaneous timers. As long as one and only one is OTA it works.Again you are using Tuner 1 nd Tuner 2 as well as the OTA tuner. This is different from TV 1 and TV . either TV can use either satellite tuner.

 

[docpadds]

I record and watch HD at the same time often. In fact I can record 3 channels (with the OTA) in HD and still watch HD on the DVR. Dish did a great job with the DVR.

It never fails to amaze me when on a Monday or Tuesday I have 3 shows recordinging, all HD from the sat and ota. At that same time its doing that i am watching an entirely different show on TV1 that i recorded a week earlier and TV2 is showing a recorded show from another day in the bedroom.

So record 3 at a time and playback 2 others at the same time.... simply amazing, thats some serious data transfer going on there.

-Jonathan

 

[stardust3]

It never fails to amaze me when on a Monday or Tuesday I have 3 shows recordinging, all HD from the sat and ota. At that same time its doing that i am watching an entirely different show on TV1 that i recorded a week earlier and TV2 is showing a recorded show from another day in the bedroom.

So record 3 at a time and playback 2 others at the same time.... simply amazing, thats some serious data transfer going on there.

-Jonathan

Are you in single or dual mode?

 

[Peter Parker]

Are you in single or dual mode?

I don't think that matters for this. Dual mode allows you to watch separate programs on the two TVs---and disables PiP---but you are not using different TVs you ar using the different tuners. I know no one believes me but those are totally different concepts and the reference to TV 1 and T V 2 instead o the separate tuners is confusing things.

 

[docpadds]

Are you in single or dual mode?

Dual mode, i keep the kids TV heavily restricted. They have their own favourites and ratings locks etc...

Personally i like single mode but then i loose the ability to keep them locked down.

 

[docpadds]

I don't think that matters for this. Dual mode allows you to watch separate programs on the two TVs---and disables PiP---but you are noy using different TVs you ar using the different tuners. I know no one believes me but those are totally different concepts and the reference to TV 1 and T V 2 instead o the separe tuners is confusing things.

Agreed. TV1 and TV2 are outputs, Tuners 1/2 and OTA are inputs, is how i would see it. So i can record from all three inputs simultaneously and then watch two different recorded shows on the two outputs.

I beleive you 100% on the separation of these items.