3 versions of the 222

I don't recall that there was ever a 222z. There's a 211z though...

https://my.dish.com/support/receivers/overview

 

Is this idle curiosity or are you in the market for a ViP222?

I ask because I hear a rumor that DISH stopped authorizing "new" ViP222 receivers quite some time ago.

 

VIP 222 (no letter) 2 sat tuners, one OTA tuner
VIP 222K - 2 sat tuners, NO OTA tuners. It did have a slot to put an MT2 OTA tuner module in (2 OTA tuners).
Both models could provide 2 outputs, 1 HD and one SD. They had a 2 tuner SD RF output.
I had a VIP 222K with the MT2, have no idea where it is now, although I did find my remotes.

Never heard of any other VIP 222's

 

The differences are the OTA facilities as you've noted and that the ViP222k lacks the channel 3/4 modulator for TV1 and the S-VHS video output.

You do understand that DISH probably won't activate that receiver on your account, don't you?

So again, I ask whether this idle curiosity or you're contemplating acquiring the ViP222k.

Since you couldn't find an image:

 

Well actually - the VIP222K DID have a channel 3/4 modulator (in addition to the UHF ones) for use on Output 1. Output 2 was strictly UHF or SD composite A/V. Maybe that was with the MT2.

 

Yes, the TV1 output was incorporated into the optional MT2.

 

The CSRs know only what is in the scripts. Customer service isn't designed to be a historical research tool.

 

It is just above the round S-video connector. It is in between the component stack and the HDMI connector -- very much similar to the ViP222k but higher.

 

IIRC the 222 is essentially a 722 without a hard drive.
The original 222/722 were silver with one OTA tuner built in. (Not really sure about the orig 722 color but my 622 was silver)
The 222K/722K were black with the port on the rear for the MT2 dual OTA tuner module.
Of course Dish never allowed the 222's to have an optional USB connected hard drive because that would have made it functionally too close to the 722's which had a DVR fee that the 222's did not have $$$.

 

I question whether you could do three (or four on the K models) streams through USB 2.0.

 

Sure you can. USB2.0 is supposed to be able to do 480Mbps. What might get you into trouble is memory / CPU considerations.

 

Theoretical single datastream maximums aren't anywhere near the same thing as handling multiple video streams.

That too.