Can I use this to record more than one show at a time, and will it work with DISH? If yes, is the hook up simple with DISH?
61206
I don't know about using with DISH. I have mine connected to cable (Comcast). It can only record one show at a time.
61207
you can only record one show at a time. don't if it will work with dish. if it does you have to hook it up between tv & dish equipment. when programed channel numbers will be different.
1320152
Not sure I checked with directv before I bought dish to make sure it worked with my box. Some of the newer dvr HD boxes wont work as per directv, just double check with directv before you buy it.
566493
Yes. You can program it to record a show or a series for every day at a specified time or once a week at a specified time.I hope this helps.
2250234
Hello, I have the same set up as you. With this box I can only record the local stations. If there is a show that cable offers on their basic plan I can not record it unless it is in the area. I was hoping that this unit would pick up the unscrambled channels which are about 75 stations, from the cable line, but it does not do that for me.
429111
Yes, I record off of mine all the time. However, do not set it up to record (with the timer) from the DVR with a Premium Channel like HBO; any other channel works okay.
184577
You don't wanna do that. Even if you could get it to work, it wouldn't select channels by itself, you'd have to manually change the channel on the digital converter box to whatever you want to record next. Plus, it'd all be low-def. To record from a rooftop antenna to a DVR, you need a DVR with an ATSC tuner -- or, preferably, several ATSC tuners so you can record multiple channels at once. Since everybody using a rooftop antenna can't live without such a DVR, there are zillions to choose from -- NOT! I dunno what's wrong with this market, but finding such a DVR is ridiculously difficult. I have two. The first and best is the Channel Master CM-7000PAL, which has two tuners and therefore can record two programs at once in full HD. The other is a Magnavox MDR515H which only has one tuner and only records in low-def, although it's still widescreen and a very good fidelity low-def so it's quite watchable. It also can record on a rewritable DVD which would be nice when the HD fills up, but being low-def it has 250 hours of space on the HD so it'll never fill up. Last I heard, one or both of these models are NLA -- but that *might* be because they've introduced new and better models. Channel Master, for example, was supposed to introduce a 3-tuner model. I'm sorry the options aren't better. I'd very much like to find out why the market for ATSC DVR's is suppressed and throttle somebody.
1217273
No, it doesn't provide that kind of service. You can only record over-the-air shows from an antenna. There's a new model, but I believe it works the same way - its tuners only accept antenna inputs.
256760
My guess is that you will not be able to do that. The unit does not have a built in tuner so must be connected to a satellite dish with a component cable in the "line 1 or line 2" out in order to get it to function in the record or playback mode. That was the only way I could get it to work. It looks like other people have been able to get it to work that way, but I did not have a smart TV, just an HD one so my unit would not work that way.
357418
Yes it will. I assume you are using a cable or dish service. When you hook it up to your cable box or decoder it will ask if you want it to scan for all channels when done you will be able to record either. By the way you do not need a cable box just a card and decoder if your company offers that. The TiVo unit has several tuners inside.
708683
I have only used it to record TV shows that i have already recorded to my regular DVR machine. I dont know if it would be possible to record live feed TV...
1177407
yes you can record 2 shows at one time but then you can't watch live show, but you can watch a recorded one while recording 2
1199640
It works with the DISH Hopper. You can even watch the shows saved on it without transferring them back to the Hopper. It uses USB 2.0.
1861670
TiVo does not make a unit for Dish or Directv. They do for cable. I use mine for over the air and supplement it with Netflix. I dropped Directv after ten years and am very happy with my current setup. TiVo is a quality product.
44273
To use it OTA you must purchase a Dish MT2 OTA Module, $40.00 from Amazon. There is a square hole in the back of the receiver that the module plugs into. It simply slides in, no tools required. With the module you can record two channels on dish and two channels OTA simultaneously. The VIP722k with the OTA module makes a really nice unit. Purchasing the unit from Amazon is less than 1/2 the price from Dish and it is exactly the same unit. Hope this helps.
2097883
It will record two programs at the same time. Obviously on two different channels. We do it all the time.
1225814
I have never had a Dish Satellite Network installed. I believe that the Dish Network offers a DVR-R with some of their packages. I don't know why it wouldn't work.
2193996
If you want to be able to record one program while watching another, you sort of need a tuner. I am using my converter box that I saved when I switched to HDTV.