I'm required to point out that the fast forward buttons do not allow you
to fast forward into the future. ;-)
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
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John Hermanson wrote:
> The Verizon FiOS dvr does that. There are 2 keys for fast forwarding (►
> and ►►) While playing, the single arrow jumps 10 seconds, the double
> arrow justs approx. 30 sec.) Does the same thing during live viewing.
> Record 2 shows while wathing a third. woah! Another feature I like is
> that when you are fast forwarding and get to the spot you want and hit
> play, it automatically steps back about 10 seconds (to account for the
> delay in your hitting play).
>
> We watch almost no broadcast TV. Brotherhood and Dexter on Showtime.
> Discovery (Survivorman & Man vs Wild, How it's made)
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> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>
>
> Moose wrote:
>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> * The VIP722 DVR is the reason to choose Dish over DirectTV or
>>>> cable.
>>>>
>>> We just got DISH ourselves. I agree about the DVR functionality.
>>> It rocks! No going back to the dark ages of Live-TV or a VCR.
>>> Being able to hit PAUSE or REWIND on demand.... Yah, modern
>>> technology is great.
>>>
>> At least what we agree on isn't photography related, so it's OK. :-)
>>
>> We watch everything time shifted. So the true, instant 30 second skip
>> and 10 second skip back buttons mean even less time spent skipping
>> commercials than before. From my research, none of the DirectTV or
>> cable DVRs do that, although I think you can hack TIVO. Apparently
>> they've been cowed into making skipping commercials hard by the TV/AD
>> industry.
>>
>> We watch a fair amount of TV, but are quite selective (by our
>> standards). So often there's nothing on to record, and sometimes
>> there's lots on at the same time. Also, for whatever reason, Dish
>> doesn't have the local PBS stations in HD. So the OTA tuner in the
>> DVR, in addition to the two satellite tuners, means we have PBS in HD
>> and can record three things at once, as long as one is OTA.
>> Fortunately, there is a large selection of OTA stations available
>> here. When I saw that, I decided to get coupon for an HD=>SD
>> converter as a back-up and possibly to give local stations on a
>> small, old SD set in the guest room.
>>
>> If we should ever need to record four things at once, the non-DVR
>> receiver on the bedroom TV has a feature I wasn't aware existed. It
>> blasts an IR signal powerful enough to bounce around the room and
>> operate the VCR stacked below it. I can set it to record a timed
>> event on the VCR. It turns itself on and onto the selected program,
>> turns the VCR Record on, then off. Just need to remember to leave the
>> VCR on with a tape in.
>>
>> Moose
>>
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