Dish Network's new VIP222K now in stores

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Echostar’s new VIP222K high definition receiver has been released just in time for Christmas and in time for the February 2009 cut-off of all analog over the air television signals.

The new receiver comes with an off-air digital tuner cartridge, allowing viewing of either digital local off air signals or Dish Network standard or high definition satellite broadcast signals on 2 separate televisions.
The new digital tuner is important because after February 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in digital only and will require either a digital television, or a digital tuner in order to continue receiving them on older analog televisions.



Independently watch programming on two TVs – one HDTV and one SDTV

TV1 viewing location
• Connect to an HDTV to view SD and HD DISH Network
programming and HD over the air digital broadcasts¹
• Supports four output resolutions: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i
- SD content is upconverted for use with HD outputs
- HD content is downconverted for use with SD outputs

TV2 viewing location
• Connect to an SDTV to view SD and down-converted
HD programming
- RCA-type audio/video outputs and an Agile modulated
output to distribute programming to a remote TV location
• Output resolution is 480i

• Two satellite tuners allow you to select from two viewing options
• Single Mode: Picture-In-Picture (PIP) available on any TV
• Dual Mode: Independently view programming on two televisions


REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
• 2 satellite tuner inputs
• Optional over-the-air module with 1 ATSC antenna input that provides 2 digital broadcast tuners and a channel 3/4 modulated output
• 1 telephone jack
• 1 USB 2.0 port (for future use)
• 1 Ethernet port (for future use)
• 3-prong power cord

TV1 A/V CONNECTIONS
• 1 HDMI digital audio/video output
• 1 set of Component (Y Pr Pb) HD video outputs
• 1 S-Video output
• 1 set RCA-type audio/video outputs
• Channel 3/4 modulated output
• 1 optical digital output for Dolby Digital and PCM
Digital audio

TV2 A/V CONNECTIONS
• 1 Agile modulated coaxial output to distribute programming to a remote TV location
• 1 set RCA-type audio/video outputs

REMOTE CONTROL
• 1 universal infrared 4-component learning remote control with two-way capability for “TV1” (main TV location).
• 1 universal infrared and UHF Pro 4-component learning remote control with two-way capability for “TV2” (second TV location).
• Multiple wizards, including system remote control, replacement remote control and replacement receiver.
• Remote-to-remote device code learning.
• Remote control stores receiver settings, including remote control address and device codes.

SPECIFICATIONS
• Size (approx.): 3.5” H x 16” W x 12.5” D
• Weight (approx.): 9 lbs.
• Color: Black
Over-The-Air-Module
• Optional over-the-air module with 1 ATSC
antenna input that provides 2 digital
broadcast tuners and a channel 3/4
modulated output
• In Dual Mode, view 1 live over-the-air
channel at the TV1 location and 1 live
over-the-air channel at the TV2 location
• Channel 3-4 modulated output for TV1

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Kingo Gondo wrote:
"Viper" wrote in message
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Nice. i was looking at the screen shots of the menu and it looks NICE.
Nice and sleek. I like the channel logos on the guide. The remote looks
nice to. Built in mouse touch pad. I guess that receiver will be
1000.00. Dish keeps telling me that if I want a Vip 622 I would have to
pay 549.00 to buy the receiver because I can not lease any more
receivers. So if the Vip622 is 549 then this ViP922 will be about
1000.00 or more.

Why arent you allowed to lease any more?



Dish has a 4 tuner limit for leases... Which means 2 dual tuner
receivers. And if you have 3 HD tvs and want to watch 1 channel and
record another on any one of them, you need 3 receivers since the
second output is SD