Topic 'Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners' in forum 'Verizon FIOS TV' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27202276 en Sat, 18 May 2013 03:40:54 EDT Sat, 18 May 2013 03:40:54 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27246691 said by majortom64:

said by bgtimber75 See ProfileNot that I wouldn't get a 6 tuner DVR if one was available to me but as of right now my Tivo Elite is a god send.

I have two TiVo Premiere Elites and I am really happy with them. I would love shared scheduling and shared MyShows, but I can live without them.

I am also very happy with my 4-tuner TiVo Premiere Elite on Fios.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27246691 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:10:24 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27245778 said by bgtimber75 See ProfileNot that I wouldn't get a 6 tuner DVR if one was available to me but as of right now my Tivo Elite is a god send.
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I have two TiVo Premiere Elites and I am really happy with them. I would love shared scheduling and shared MyShows, but I can live without them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27245778 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:53:01 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27228163 said by matthewh16:

Dish does NOT have 6 tuners!

It's 2 user-controlled tuners just like fios, plus a 3rd that tunes to a single transponder that ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX are broadcast on, so it can "record" all 4 shows at once by tuning to the one transponder. Thats where the other "4" tuners come from, they're virtual tuners, connected to one physical, non-user-controlled tuner.

Also, this third tuner is only active during prime-time, recording 3 hours of programming from the 4 major networks, and storing it for 8 days, afterwhich its deleted whether you want it to be or not.

i hope the new FIOS ones dont have stupid restrictions like that, the key aspect about this, isnt "how can i watch all that content" it frees up the issues we have now where firstly we have to constantly add overrun to programs so we dont miss the final seconds/minute, when you have shows on the same night this can cause conflicts unless its all on the same channel

plus i occasionally find myself having to finagle the timeslots because of some new show i see advertised that i wanna check out but i already have another series in that same time, so now im looking at the guide to find if they're re-aired later that night, its just a pain, more freedom to record what we want when we want isnt hurting anyone]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27228163 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:43:27 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27214449 said by bjrrtx:

I had the crazy idea to put my DVR on a less-watch TV and put just a STB on my primary TV, that way I could watch one show at the primary TV while the DVR in the other room was recording two. I might still try this, depending on what shows I get interested in this coming fall season. Having multiple tuners can be a problem though, because then as someone said you have to have the time to watch all of that recorded content.

?..and you could even use the remote app on a tablet or pc to program the dvr's, never having to leave the room,'
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said by PJL:

Who has the time to watch all of this recorded content from six tuners? Just wondering......

The idea is to have a large selection to choose from when you sit down to watch TV. I have two TiVo Elites and a couple of two tuner TiVos. I record alot of stuff but probably only watch 20% to 25% of what I record. I want to have a large selection to choose from since I have no idea what I will be in the mood to watch when I sit down to watch TV shows. It's the same reason I have a bunch of movies on my server. I never know what I will be in the mood to watch when I sit down to watch a movie.

The more content I have available to choose from, the more likely I will have something to watch for the mood I am in. One moment I might fell like watching a certain title, and two hours later the mood is gone, and I want to watch some completely different content.

Makes sense. That's what I use VOD for I guess.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209619 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:01:12 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209497 said by PJL:

Who has the time to watch all of this recorded content from six tuners? Just wondering......

The idea is to have a large selection to choose from when you sit down to watch TV. I have two TiVo Elites and a couple of two tuner TiVos. I record alot of stuff but probably only watch 20% to 25% of what I record. I want to have a large selection to choose from since I have no idea what I will be in the mood to watch when I sit down to watch TV shows. It's the same reason I have a bunch of movies on my server. I never know what I will be in the mood to watch when I sit down to watch a movie.

The more content I have available to choose from, the more likely I will have something to watch for the mood I am in. One moment I might fell like watching a certain title, and two hours later the mood is gone, and I want to watch some completely different content.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209497 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:18:57 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209222 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209222 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:11:39 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209116 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209116 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:45:27 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209051
Point is, you're not limited by the box - you can add the tuner(s) that you want, and can also add storage if you want.

For a "whole house" solution - any Xbox 360 on any TV. Done. No extra fees for the "guide" info, nor for extra TVs.

It's not for everyone though. It does require some tweaking.

Personally, I've enjoyed my rather "simple" experimental box for quite some time now. It covers the basics for me, and has been largely stable.

VERY interesting about the Dish tuners.. thanks for that info matthewh16.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27209051 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:25:09 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208947 said by billhere:

Verizon offers many of the network shows on VOD. And the shows are available for several weeks, not just 8 days.

But can u FF thru all the commercials on every show ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208947 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:55:35 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208935 said by matthewh16:

Also, this third tuner is only active during prime-time, recording 3 hours of programming from the 4 major networks, and storing it for 8 days, afterwhich its deleted whether you want it to be or not.

What about sunday when PT is 4 hours ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208935 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:52:37 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208934 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208934 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:52:11 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208852
DirecTV did not offer a 4 tuner unit until recently.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208852 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:32:06 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208405 said by Thinkdiff:

For most people, it probably doesn't matter that they sort of cheat.. it's effectively 6 tuners at a time when the majority of people would be using them.

I know, but it just seems a little too close to false advertising to me, but I guess the fine print covers that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27208405 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:26:15 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27207280
Personally, I don't watch any network TV shows, so it'd just be a useless 2-tuner DVR for me. I'll stick with my TiVo elite :)
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It's 2 user-controlled tuners just like fios, plus a 3rd that tunes to a single transponder that ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX are broadcast on, so it can "record" all 4 shows at once by tuning to the one transponder. Thats where the other "4" tuners come from, they're virtual tuners, connected to one physical, non-user-controlled tuner.

Also, this third tuner is only active during prime-time, recording 3 hours of programming from the 4 major networks, and storing it for 8 days, afterwhich its deleted whether you want it to be or not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27207038 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:26:21 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27206518
Until DirecTVs HR-34 was released this year (which has 5 tuners), its predecessors (HR24, HR2x, etc.) had only 2 tuners.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27206518 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:58:08 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27203032 said by Thinkdiff:

Seems like it's coming... sometime:
»Changes in set-top boxes coming

"Sometime" is right... I wouldn't count on it coming for another 3 years ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27203032 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:41:33 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27202982 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27202982 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:08:30 EDT Re: Dish Network DVR with 6 tuners http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27202780 --
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directv has 4 tuner DVRs if i remember for a few years too

unless the price of just adding 2-3 more DVRs on Fios costs the same as those 4 and 6 tuner DVRs]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Dish-Network-DVR-with-6-tuners-27202276 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:10:30 EDT