Wife requests a DVR. Suggestions?

[Indy]

Here we are in premier week and I can not program the VCR for my wife to catch the new network shows. I have Dish with the top 120 pack and the HD packs.

We are talking SD not HD for the DVR. My wife just wants a one button solution to record her favorite shows on network TV and Dish for time shifting at a minimal cost.

I am holding out for the HD solution at a latter date to trade my 811 and 6000. So for now let's leave that consideration off the table and only consider SD solutions for the DVR.

Claude, anything in the backroom at the store I may be interested in?:up
Suggestions?

 

[Juan]

Get a 501 or 508 on ebay...no dvr fees!!!!

 

[Jordan420]

Log on to the dish network website & see what they are offering you

get dish->offers->best equipment offers
or
upgrade equip.->Dish n it up & see what receiver offer they have

 

[RedWings]

Why does the 625 require a DVR fee while a 508 doesn't?

 

[Indy]

I found a 508 on Ebay. Looks interesting if the price ends up right.

 

[iafirebuff]

I had a 510 for a couple of years, and now a 622. You will LOVE a DVR. I consider them a MUST!

 

[thiggin2]

I like my 721. You can watch a live show while recording another or record 2 live shows while watching a prerecorded one. Also there is no DVR fee either. The only down side is you need to run a second cable.

 

[Pepper]

I know you said no HD but the 622 can't be beat, ~200 hours available for SD recordings.

 

[Neutron]

If SD is all you want to record, then get a 625. You'll get Name Based Recording (similar to what the Tivo does) vs the 5xx series that does not do NBR.

 

[skyviewmark]

I like my 721. You can watch a live show while recording another or record 2 live shows while watching a prerecorded one. Also there is no DVR fee either. The only down side is you need to run a second cable.

No need for second cable on a 721.. DPP technology works great. A single cable and a separator will have it going..

-Mark

 

[datwell]

I know you said no HD but the 622 can't be beat, ~200 hours available for SD recordings.

YES!!!!

--Doug

 

[Indy]

I agree about the 622. The thing that irks me is the lease part of the upgrade. I like owning my hardware and not being in a contract with Dish.

Not that I am really complaining of the terms, I am just waiting to see what they will do for the HD holdouts when the Mpeg 2 HD goes dark.

Been on board with Dish from day one back in 1994? The only time I scaled back was when Voom was Voom DBS and I put Dish on the $5 per month account vacation mode for six months.

 

[andrews777]

Do they do the repairs if it is leased? If so, it wouldn't be too bad as your second receiver since the lease fee covers the "second receiver fee" you would otherwise pay.

Brad

 

[iafirebuff]

You will have to pay for repairs outside of the warranty unless you have the protection plan.

 

[Neutron]

No need for second cable on a 721.. DPP technology works great. A single cable and a separator will have it going..

-Mark

The 721 is not Dish Pro Plus technology, so you will need a second cable no matter what.

 

[BobaBird]

No, skyviewmark had it right. To make his answer complete, the other end of a single cable install would have to have a DPP switch, either a DPP Twin or DPP44.

 

[Derwin0]

The 721 is not Dish Pro Plus technology, so you will need a second cable no matter what.

Incorrect. The 721 is just not labeled DishProPlus. But it is DishProPlus though.
I've been using a DPP-44 & Seperator on it for as long as the DPP-44 has been out.

 

[Clancy]

The 625 works good. Not to expensive. Good pictures.
Later, spend more money for their best HD receiver, a model that has at this time not been developed .

 

[RandallA]

The 625 works good. Not to expensive. Good pictures.
Later, spend more money for their best HD receiver, a model that has at this time not been developed .

You mean the 622 receiver that is being "beta tested".

 

[Clancy]

You mean the 622 receiver that is being "beta tested".

Very funny. You should be on the stage.
The next one leaving town. :

I mean an eventual not as yet developed HD receiver.
It is probably on the board as we speak.
It will have everything that all y'all want in a HD receiver.

By the way, just what would that be anyways?