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Dish Network DVR-921 HD DVR Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the more-dots-to-stare-at dept.

cblount writes "The Dish Network DVR-921 is the first home satellite receiver capable of recording and time shifting HDTV signals both from satellite and local Over-The-Air broadcasts. The first comprehensive review has been posted at DBSTalk.Com."

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  1. Tivo by drivelikejehu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There was an article in the local paper this morning about the troubles tivo has been having, what with all the cable & dish companies offering PVR's... I wonder how long it'll be til my lifetime tivo service is worthless :(

  2. What about the flag? by jdreed1024 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Well, the article is dead with only 8 comments, so I can't RTFA (not that anyone does), but what I want to know is what about the broadcast flag? Will this still timeshift programs that have the "this is not the program you want to record" flag set?

    IIRC, the flag also tells you how long recorded copies can exist for - will this pay attention to that field? Will I be able to time-shift a show, but only by 60 or 90 minutes?

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    1. Re:What about the flag? by Stigmata669 · · Score: 4, Informative

      That's why you should buy a HDTV pci card now. I have an MIT MyHD MDP-120 which displays and records beautiful full rez HDTV. The drivers are a little sketchy (no linux support :( ) but it has none of these silly broadcast flag limitations.

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  3. Link to product line by Bram+Stolk · · Score: 4, Informative

    The review site is unreachable, but the
    Dish Network DVR product line is here:
    http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/products /receiv ers/dvr/index.shtml

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  4. Dish PVRs Suck by wonderdog · · Score: 4, Informative

    Been a DishNetwork sub for 8 years now, and a Dish PVR user for a little over a year. I also have a TiVo (2 yrs old). There simply is no comparison. Going from the TiVO to Dish's PVR is like going from XP/OSX back to Windows 1.0. The interface is so horrible in comparison. It just plain sucks. AND the damn thing's buggy (I have to cold reboot it once every coupla weeks). AND it does weird things (stops buffering the current show if you play a recorded event, eg). And you can't easily add HD space.

    I was all set to switch to DTV when their HD TiVo combo comes out... Problem is DirectTV may be owned by Rupert soon. Yech! Hate the idea of feeding money to that monster. Support The Evil Empire, or buy (vastly) inferior tech. Arg.

    If only Dish would use TiVo instead of torturing their customers with their horribly inadequate PVR skillz.