HDTV Receiver Features

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Updated 9/19/11

Model 6000 811 DVR921 DVR942 411 / ViP211 ViP222 ViP622 / 722 ViP612 ViP222k ViP722k ViP922
Satellite tuners 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
8PSK tuning 6000u or with
8PSK module
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
MPEG-4 NO NO NO (6) NO yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
OTA tuner opt 8VSB module yes yes (1) yes (1, 2) yes (3) yes(3) yes (1, 2, 3) yes (1, 2, 3) yes (1, 3, 7) yes (1, 3, 7) yes (1, 3, 7)
OTA guide data Major 3 No charge w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub w/LIL sub
Simultaneous Recording     Any 2 tuners All 3 tuners     All 3 tuners All 3 tuners   All 4 tuners All 4 tuners
EPG displays... 1.5 hours 1.5 hours 1.5 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 1, 1.5 or 3 hours 3 hours
HD Channel Mapdown         yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
RF out     yes, mono yes, MTS
TV2 only (--?)
yes, mono yes
MTS TV2 only
yes, MTS
TV1 & TV2
yes, MTS yes, MTS
TV1 & TV2
yes, MTS
TV1 & TV2
yes, MTS
TV1 & TV2
Component out yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
15-pin RGB yes                    
DISHwire     Cancelled USB2 -/RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45 RJ45  
Digital Video type   DVI-D DVI-I HDMI (4) HDMI HDMI HDMI HDMI HDMI HDMI HDMI
HD output resolution 1080i
720p
1080i
720p
480p
1080i
720p
480p
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
1080i
720p
480p
480i
3D             722     yes yes
HD and SD outputs
active simultaneously
  yes   yes yes   yes yes yes yes yes
All HD outputs
active simultaneously
  yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Downconvert/Upconvert yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Native resolution pass-thru option             Coming        
Aspect control, partial zoom yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ yes yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ (--?) yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ yes, w/PZ
Anamorphic 480i     yes yes (5)   (--?) yes TV1 SD out yes SD out yes TV1 SD out yes TV1 SD out (--?)
HD PiP       yes   yes yes   ?? yes yes
Closed Caption on HD outs   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Notes:

  1. Can record only from DTV, not analog.
  2. Tuner not available to TV2 for live viewing, however TV2 can view recorded OTA programs.
  3. Digital only, no analog.
  4. HDMI to DVI 8' cable provided, also a DVI to HDMI adapter. An HDMI-HDMI cable is required if audio is needed from the HDMI output.
  5. In Single Mode, 16:9 material on TV2 output appears tall and skinny rather than letterboxed.
  6. It is unclear whether the 921's internal card slots could be utilized, or even would be given Dish's stance against the user opening the receiver case.
  7. Optional 2-tuner OTA MT2 module accessible from TV2

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Compare to DirecTV HDTV receivers (DBSTalk.com)


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