dish tv question- timer/programmerfor basic tuner?

I see on the basic tuner set top that there is no programability timer function. Is anyone aware of a hendheld remote control that will take the place of the timer/programability aspect to allow one to use a vcr (what's that?) or dvdr for recording multiiple shows/events? As it stands (from what I understand) you currently have the ability to set the tuner to one channel, leave it on and then set the recording device to a start/ stop record time. Thoughts? Thanks Pat

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patrick mitchel
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which dish box model are you taking about?

nearly all allow you to VCR record...........

box changes channel automatically, and tells VCR to record.

although you REALLY should get a DVR like a 522 or 625.

it will change how yyou watch tv forever, record or watch 2 shows at the same time zip thru commercials and ends messing with tapes

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hallerb

which dish box model are you taking about?

nearly all allow you to VCR record...........

box changes channel automatically, and tells VCR to record.

although you REALLY should get a DVR like a 522 or 625.

it will change how yyou watch tv forever, record or watch 2 shows at the same time zip thru commercials and ends messing with tapes Hello; It's the dish 311 receiver. Don't see on the online brochure where it says anything about timer/event progammability. Regards Pat

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patrick mitchel

Yeah, yeah, it would be nice. But I'll be damned if I'll pay extra for something that doesn't cost them any extra to provide. I'll happily pay the difference in the actual cost of the receiver, which should be about 50 bucks, based on how cheap hard drives are now. (I actually have a 522 sitting in corner that I bought at Goodwill for ten bucks, to extract the 120gb hard drive from, but haven't had the heart to kill it yet.)

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aemeijers

the DVR fee is 5 bucks a month, try it for a couple months then tell me its not woorth the money, or buy a 501, 508, or 721 that has no DVR fee

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hallerb

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