A new review from PC Magazine on the new VIP722 DVR From Dish Network just reaffirms my opinion of Dish Network’s DVR’s in general. I have the VIP622 myself and I just love it.
The 722 has some advantages over the 622 but they are not worth the $200 for an existing customer like myself to upgrade. Besides, I really don’t have a need for the new features anyway.
I guess the most notable new feature is the increased hard drive capacity. The 722 will hold 350 hours of standard-definition programming and 55 hours of HD programming while my 622 only holds 200 hours of standard and 35 hours of HD programming. I don’t know about you, but for me the 622 holds more than I will ever need. I don’t watch that much TV!
I’ve been completely satisfied with my Dish Network DVR so far. I’ve had it about a year and so far the only problem I have had with it is that it has failed to feed a signal to my TV a couple of times when I turned it on. Just unplugging it and plugging it back in solves that problem — I kind of DVR “reboot” if you will.
If you want to read PC Magazine’s full review, check it out here.
January 27th, 2008 - 3:29 am
Dont Hard boot your DVR. Its bad for the componants, and not necessary. The problem you are having on tv2 is a signal lock, or lack there of. SImply change the channel up or down on TV2, than back to the VIP Broadcast channel. For example: If TV2 is set to channel 73, change to 74, than back to 73. Should fix the prob
I have 3 TV2′s piped around the house, and sometimes have the same issue.
On another note, 100 bucks will buy you an 500gb external drive that plugs right in to the VIP622. This will give more capacity than the 722 for less money.
January 27th, 2008 - 10:13 am
Thanks for the tip. I’m only feeding one TV from the DVR, so I don’t know if that tip applies in my case.
I may try playing around with it next time it happens and see if it helps anyway.