I miss my PIP

[GLJones]

I just switched to DirecTV from BrightHouse Cable. I had the Brighthouse DVR with 2 tuners and now have the HR21. The one missing feature the Brighthouse DVR had that the DirecTV DVR doesn't have is the Picture-in-Picture using both tuners. Made it easy to watch 2 shows or monitor a station for the end of the commercial break while surfing on the other.

The added bonus was the ability to swap between tuners at will and dual buffers.

I LOVE my DirecTV service, would just like to see the PIP added to future DVRs.

Jerry

[harsh]

I LOVE my DirecTV service, would just like to see the PIP added to future DVRs.Neither PIP nor dual buffers is in the forecast for the current receivers.

[lparsons21]

I miss PIP too. I was with Dish.

But now I'm enjoying all these great channels in HD, so I guess that was a fair trade-off.

[Bugg77]

I've started a thread and posted in others wondering why D* didn't implement PIP, but apparently we are in the minority of users. I'm kind of shocked by that because I would think anyone with Sunday Ticket would want and use PIP. As far as I'm concerned it is much more useful than Dual Live Buffers.

[Grentz]

Ya, I miss DLB from my Tivo, but O well, I like HD more and some of the other features make up for some things that were annoying on Tivo.

You can always get PIP, 4 tuners, and Dual Buffers for $5 a month as well with a one time $199 up front fee :)

[MountainMan10]

Don't forget that carpal tunnel is thrown in for free and the fun juggling the remotes game.:D

[johnzim63]

Neither PIP nor dual buffers is in the forecast for the current receivers.
Very strange and unfortunate. I just don't get why a tech-forward company like D* makes some of their choices. If you're buying a brand new BMW, does it come with a modern sound system, or just an AM radio? Does the salesman say "Oh, well; we could have offered a better sound system, but chose not to." ??? :confused:

[hdtvfan0001]

Very strange and unfortunate. I just don't get why a tech-forward company like D* makes some of their choices. If you're buying a brand new BMW, does it come with a modern sound system, or just an AM radio? Does the salesman say "Oh, well; we could have offered a better sound system, but chose not to." ??? :confused:
In contrast, having seen PIP on my 40" Mitz screen for years, I really so little value in it myself. That's just my opinion, but I'm sure there are plenty of others who have no viable interest in PIP. I view PIP as an option, not an enhancement.

That said, having it available to those who want it makes some sense.

[bonscott87]

I can run PIP because I have multiple receivers. I've tried it a few times and I just get nothing out of PIP. And I watch a lot of sports. Most people think PIP is "cool" and use it once and never again. At least most people I've ever talked to about it going back 15-20 years when you had to pay *extra* to get a TV with PIP ability. :)

[joejhawk]

I just switched to DirecTV from BrightHouse Cable. I had the Brighthouse DVR with 2 tuners and now have the HR21. The one missing feature the Brighthouse DVR had that the DirecTV DVR doesn't have is the Picture-in-Picture using both tuners. Made it easy to watch 2 shows or monitor a station for the end of the commercial break while surfing on the other.

The added bonus was the ability to swap between tuners at will and dual buffers.

I LOVE my DirecTV service, would just like to see the PIP added to future DVRs.

Jerry

I agree, that is the only thing about BH that I miss. I used it a lot while watching sports, I could keep an eye on a secondary game and then swap and rewind if I noticed something happening. During football season I would keep one tuner on the Bucs game and use the other to swap between other games during commercials.

This box has come a long ways, but that is one feature that I really miss.

As far as the multiple receivers, on my TV if I am connected HDMI I do not have the ability to do PIP. But that is a function of the TV.

[ansky]

I have PIP on my Vizio TV. I have my HR20 hooked up to the HDMI connection and I have an OTA antenna hooked up to an AV input. So I can watch D* in one pane and OTA in another pane. I don't use it enough to justify paying for a second receiver, but it comes in handy during baseball season when I watch the game on one side of the screen and an OTA program on the other side of the screen.

[Grentz]

Don't forget that carpal tunnel is thrown in for free and the fun juggling the remotes game.:D

You can do it all from one remote! Just program in the second receiver for AV1 and you are good to go :)