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Dish Network Receivers And Dvr Systems 101: Know More About Your Satellite Tv Systems

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Ever wonder what's inside the deals when Dish Network retailersclaims they are giving off satellite TV systems or DVR systemsfor free?

When you see the statements 'Free satellite TVsystems'; in the DishNetwork or DirecTV promotions, it actually refers to thesatellite TV receiver. Working up with the 18"-satellite dish,satellite TV receiver are used to decode the digital satellitesignals and turn it into viewable TV image for the viewer. DishNetwork currently offers two types of satellite TV receivers forfree in their promotion deals: DISH 322 and DISH 311. Bothsystems from provide the latest digital receivers and alldigital programming at the lowest possible cost.

DISH 311



DISH 311 is Dish Network's entry-level feature-rich satellitereceiver. It uses the DISH Home Interactive User Interface andoffers interactive features that improve viewer's TV picture andaudio quality. DISH 311 supports various Dish Network programfeatures, functions supported includes DISH InteractiveElectronic Program Guide (EPG) and interactive capabilities,favorites lists features, themes lists, program browse, parentalcontrol locks. With DISH 311, you can also get Infrared (IR)4-component universal remote control that can be programmed tooperate up to three additional electronic components, such asTVs, VCRs and DVD players.



DISH 322



DISH 322 features two tuners for independent satellite TVviewing on two separate televisions. This means you can get upto two rooms connected with just one DISH 322 system. Besidesdouble tuners, other supported features of DISH 322 includeinteractive features thru 4DISH Home Interactive TV, programminglisting information thru On-screen Electronic Program Guide(EPG) with access to up to two days of programminglistings/information, parental control locks, themes lists,favorites lists, program browse, one-touch channel return,closed-caption support and alternate audio selections.



Digital Video Recording (DVR) system is often included as oneof the free gifts when you order your Dish Network deals. TheDVR is actually a recording device that records TV programs intoa built-in hard disk drive in digital format for later viewing.It gives the freedom for you to record, pause, rewind, and fastforward TV shows. Dish Network currently offers a lot ofdifferent DVR models with different features and functions.Consumers often get confuse on the differences between thesedifferent models of Dish Network DVRs. To ease this problem,let's have a brief overview on the Dish Network DVR systems.



DISH Player-DVR 510.



The DVR 510 is the only DVR model that will be given to you

forfree. Combined with the functions of a normal Dish Networkreceivers, DVR 510 is capable of recording up to 100 hours ofprogramming on a 120 GB hard-drive and has the ability to pauselive TV, record standard definition Dish Network programming,skip recorded commercials and create instant replays. It has theability to fast forward and rewind in four speeds (4x, 15x, 30x,300x). You can also skip forward up to 30 seconds and skipbackward up to 10 seconds. There is a one-touch recordmanagement feature and the option to use the manual or automaticrecord timers. The DVR 510 also gives you easy access to theExtended Electronic Program Guide that lets you view up to ninedays of programming and allows you to search by names, subjects,or actors (all stored onto the hard drive).



DISH Player-DVR 522.





Along with all the features that the DVR 510 has, the DVR 522has two satellite tuners in one. This dual tuner gives you thepower to record two programs simultaneously, watch a liveprogram while recording another, or even watch a pre-recordedprogram while recording two live programs. Other features of DVR522 include basic custom program controls such like parentallocks, program information, picture-in-guide view, On DemandWeather, favorite lists, and much more. Further more, DishNetwork DVR 522 comes with 2 platinum plus remotes and hadPicture-In-Picture (PIP) capabilities.



DISH Player-DVR 625





Unlike DVR 510, DISH Player DVR 625will charge you $19.99 as aninitial fee. DISH Player-DVR 625 is an advanced dual tuner, twoTV output satellite receiver and integrated digital videorecorder (DVR). DISH Player-DVR 625's dual tuners and two TVoutputs provide the unique ability to record two showssimultaneously as well as allow for independent viewing of livesatellite TV programming and recorded events when connected totwo televisions. DVR 625 allows its user to do name basedrecording, where you can pick any show and the DVR will find allnew episodes and record them regardless of any changes inprogram length or broadcast schedule! Other DVR 625's mainfeatures include Dual satellite tuners that provide severalmulti-room viewing options, Picture-In-Picture (PIP) functions,basic DVR functions that allows you to pause live TV, play,stop, fast forward, fast reverse, skip forward, up to 100 hoursof 100% digital video recording on a 120 gigabyte hard drive,and get up to 9-day extended Electronic Programming Guide



About the author:

The author, Mithchel Richmond, is one of the expert writter inconsumer guides for homeelectronics such as satellite TV systems. For more info onDish Network deals,kindly visit his latest website: http://www.sunsatellites.com.


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