DishHD/OTA

[bastafidli]

I just switched to DishHD ($29.99 a month) and I have learned something I didn't know before so for the benefit for the others like me I want to share it.

I receive lots of OTA channels and I was planning on getting HDHR to record these and HD PVR to record the DishHD. The installer showed me (and did it for me) that it is possible to let the STB (VP211) map the OTA channels to the same line up as the DishHD channels. This way I do not have to switch between OTA and DishHD as I was doing before with me previous STB (JVC 311). I might have been able to do it even before I just didn't know about such option. This also of course means that I do not need HDHR anymore since I can use the HD PVR only to record whichever channel from the the VP211 lineup (I do realize that I can record/watch only 1 channel).

Also, just a remainder. Even after I switched to DishHD, I got to keep the Cinemax for 1 + 1 year for 1 cent promotion (http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-...word1=cinemax). This gives me 5 Cinemax I believe now in HD channels for basically free.

[stanger89]

I'd still recommend the HDHR since the time on the VIP211 and HD PVR is rather valuable (cost money), and the time on the HDHR is essentially free.

[paulbeers]

Originally Posted by stanger89

I'd still recommend the HDHR since the time on the VIP211 and HD PVR is rather valuable (cost money), and the time on the HDHR is essentially free.

I'm with Stanger. This is going to be my setup here (as soon as my HD PVR shows up). I am only going to use the HD-PVR to record HD non-OTA channels. I have HDHomerun already so that makes more sense anyway, but even if I didn't I would be buying one. Most of the stuff I record is available thru OTA and the single HD-PVR wouldn't be enough anyway and I would not want to miss recording something on DiscoveryHD or ESPNHD, just because my HD-PVR was busy recording something I could have pulled down thru OTA.

[bastafidli]

Well, we do not record anything now at all and watch mainly DVDs and here and there live TV. The only thing we might be interested in recording is some stuff that is one-time deal, such as sporting events and such. Also I want to use the HD PVR to transfer some of the tapes into digital. It seems to me that this is the most economical and future proof way of doing it. Get only one one device that is able to do it all.