I am a DirecTv subscriber but seriously looking at Dish.
The 625 DVR is very interesting and I like the one box option for two TVs. My question that I can't seem to get a straight answer on is how this can work in my home and what I can/can't record.
My potential set up is like this:
one 625 in dual mode to run 2 TV's in different parts of the house, with getting local channels over the sat recvr.
My question is can I be watching ABC on one TV, History Ch on the other TV and recording Discovery channel on the DVR?
I have been told no, if I am watching two shows I can't record a third on the DVR. I would need to stop watching one and record one.
I have been told yes, but it is a work around. The work around is to turn off one TV. Start recording Discovery channl on the DVR and then watch the History channel on that same TV. I then can go to the second TV and start watching ABC (again, from the sat recvr) where upon I will be presented with an error meeage saying it can't record. If I just ignore the error message I can watch whatever I want to on the second TV, just no live rewind. Yet, at least I get to record 2 shows from the other TV set.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The 625 DVR is very interesting and I like the one box option for two TVs. My question that I can't seem to get a straight answer on is how this can work in my home and what I can/can't record.
My potential set up is like this:
one 625 in dual mode to run 2 TV's in different parts of the house, with getting local channels over the sat recvr.
My question is can I be watching ABC on one TV, History Ch on the other TV and recording Discovery channel on the DVR?
I have been told no, if I am watching two shows I can't record a third on the DVR. I would need to stop watching one and record one.
I have been told yes, but it is a work around. The work around is to turn off one TV. Start recording Discovery channl on the DVR and then watch the History channel on that same TV. I then can go to the second TV and start watching ABC (again, from the sat recvr) where upon I will be presented with an error meeage saying it can't record. If I just ignore the error message I can watch whatever I want to on the second TV, just no live rewind. Yet, at least I get to record 2 shows from the other TV set.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!