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I am getting ready to switch to Dish Network and I am definitely going with a 622. I also think we may want a second DVR in case we are using all the tuners, but want to watch or record in a third room (i know... we watch a great deal of tv).
Currently, I am with Time Warner (awful) and I have a dual tuner HD DVR and a replaytv running from a media closet and being distributed to my HDTV via HDMI and the whole rest of the house though rf modulators. This setup gives me the ability to record three things at once and I still run into the occasional conflict. More importantly, I also run standard cable to each room giving the viewer the ability to either watch one of the dvr's or simply watch basic cable when the dvr's are busy.
I am concerned if I only have the 622, I will get most of my recordings, but my ability to channel surf in other rooms will be limited when these recordings are occurring. I do not want to have to get a separate box for each room as that could get expensive (I have 5 tv's). My thought is that if I got the 622 and another DVR with multi-room viewing totaling 5 tuners and 4 tv outputs, my problems would be mostly solved. My questions are:
1. Will this work?
2. Which DVR is best for a second unit?
3. If I keep both units together in my media closet using IR repeaters, will the remote controls conflict? Both IR and UHF? For instance Tivo lets you specify a certain remote number for each unit.
4. What will my charges be for the second unit? Will I have to pay both an additional unit fee and another DVR fee?
Hope this makes sense....
Currently, I am with Time Warner (awful) and I have a dual tuner HD DVR and a replaytv running from a media closet and being distributed to my HDTV via HDMI and the whole rest of the house though rf modulators. This setup gives me the ability to record three things at once and I still run into the occasional conflict. More importantly, I also run standard cable to each room giving the viewer the ability to either watch one of the dvr's or simply watch basic cable when the dvr's are busy.
I am concerned if I only have the 622, I will get most of my recordings, but my ability to channel surf in other rooms will be limited when these recordings are occurring. I do not want to have to get a separate box for each room as that could get expensive (I have 5 tv's). My thought is that if I got the 622 and another DVR with multi-room viewing totaling 5 tuners and 4 tv outputs, my problems would be mostly solved. My questions are:
1. Will this work?
2. Which DVR is best for a second unit?
3. If I keep both units together in my media closet using IR repeaters, will the remote controls conflict? Both IR and UHF? For instance Tivo lets you specify a certain remote number for each unit.
4. What will my charges be for the second unit? Will I have to pay both an additional unit fee and another DVR fee?
Hope this makes sense....