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| Dish Network 625 DVR Dual Tuner (2 TV) Satellite Receiver Video Recorder Dish Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Dish Network
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $200.00 (50%)
New (4) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $180.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 14120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16
MPN: 625
Model: 625
UPC: 010000088052
ASIN: B000IQUQXM
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No swap when you use it on 2 tvs September 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Its great to be able to record things when you want but this model only has 2 tuners so unless you want both tvs to be watching the same thing there is no way to make use of the swap and pip buttons if you have it connected to another tv. It holds a pretty decent amount of video though up to 150 hours. It only has 1 USB input. Its kind of big so you would expect that it has a place to plug in your tvs power cord into it but it doesnt. You can pause but thats about the only good thing since you cant swap to skip commercials.
 Closest thing to reliable a DVR can be -this DVR is enough reason to dump the cable company and the junk Motorola DVR June 27, 2008
Imagine if a DVR could be as easy, straightforward and reliable as a Blackberry and this is it.
This DVR responds quickly to instructions and never lags (delay) when you push a button like the Motorola's from the cable company's are famous for.
Just like the Blackberry thumbwheel, this thing is easy to use.
The menu paths are intuitive so when you initiate a task, you start with the first function then likely just keep pressing the "Select" button to finish your task, just like the Blackberry thumbwheel.
Now, lets remember this is a DVR receiving a signal from miles in the sky and reacts crisply, while the Motorola DVRs connected to "fast" cable lag and stall and while you're sitting there pressing the buttons in frustration....
ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS EXPLODE ONTO THE SCREEN AT ONCE, THOROUGHLY CONVERTING YOUR LOYALTY INTO HATRED FOR CABLE TV !!!
Leave the cable company just for this DVR.
 What to do with an old DVR 625 without a dish network subscription March 19, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Without a Dish Network subscription there are still a few things you can do with an old DVR 625. I found that you can watch the videos stored on the DVR without a service card. It cannot be used to record, watch TV inputs or USB memory stick. You can take the 235 G hard drive out and copy all the recorded shows to your own PC. Just remove the hard drive from the DVR and connect it to a desktop computer. The Dish Network uses a Linux hard disk format called Ext. (Dish Network uses Linux to run its unit if that helps.) You will have to Mount the three unnamed partitions to see them with Windows. Just use the Windows disk manager to see the DVR hard disk. A special program like Ext2fsd can be used to label the partitions. As far as I know the rest of the DVR 625 unit is useless without a subscription. I just kept the 235 gig HD in my desktop computer and trashed the rest of the DVR 625 unit.
The reason I am a Dish subscriber is this unit. July 6, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I believe in stable rates, good selection, low cost, and no compromises on features. The Dish network covers me on this, and the DVR unit I have from them only cements my goodwill with them.
I have tried the Cablevision DVR, for about two weeks, and I've used a friend's DirecTV unit as well. I don't claim to be well-versed in all DVRs and I know they are all different in user interface, if not basic function. Dish's 622/625 unit is superior to these three systems' DVR offerings in function and UI.
The 625 can accept two lines for Picture-in-Picture, or if you have to dishes already, you can split one signal and run the split signal into the back. This is a nice feature for people who want to minimize cable runs in the house.
The PiP function is remarkable: it will do aspect-preserved scaled side-by-side, as well as two inset sizes that can be moved to nine preset locations (think Brady Bunch). The DVR records both signals, as part of the "pause live TV" functionality. Basically it keeps two two-hour buffers rolling, which is nice because, well, let's say you're watching the game and your wife wants to watch HGTV, because she's a woman who likes to tweak your home. Instead of switching channels, swap the PiP focus to HGTV and pause your game. During a commercial, you can swap back to the game, unpause, and stay with the action. Nice, smart.
The recording timers can be set to early-start and/or late-stop, so if you think something will run late or start early, or if your programming drifts (local stations especially), this will help catch opening sequences and surprise endings.
One of the best features is the menu. The unit, and almost all new Dish units, are continually upgraded to provide better features. Searching can be done by description keyword (exact or somewhat wildcarded) or title keyword (exact or somewhat wildcarded); results are quick and thorough. The timers can be set with priorities to bump less-important shows for more-important ones; while it won't find the next airing automatically, you can see the skipped events and restore one to keep filling up your DVR.
The list goes on and on, but the best feature of all is the skip forward. It will skip 30 seconds forward, or back 10. So, with some practice, you can blip-blip past just about every commercial in the program. The skipping function is much better than Cablevision's, and although I haven't tried DirecTV's, I can't imagine it being *better*. This, my friends, is how everyone should be watching "24", "Survivor", and "House": saved to disk, commercials skipped. Time-shifting at its absolute best.
In closing, look, I'll be the first to say I haven't seen all the DVR options available, but if my year-old daughter can accidentally program Univision Noticias, you know the interface is easy to access and use. Clear, powerful, and Dish has probably the best technical support of any service I've ever experienced, and that included cable, telephone, cell phone, electric and gas, water, and the State of New Jersey. Try it, buy it, love it.
-Fred
I own two DVR: 625 DVR Dual Tuner and (2) the 160 hour replaytv April 8, 2007
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
I Own 160 H replaytv model (for about 4 years). And recently I got another DVR that comes with DISH (the 625 DVR Dual Tuner model). I see a review from Daniel in Dec.. Daneil, maybe the replaytv model is the perfect one you are looking for (although there are a few problems with it too). My experience comparing these two DVR below.
I gace the DISH unit one star, amybe because of how unhappy I am with in comparrison to the replaytv unit. I would still recommend either of these DVR's over a VCR anyday. I am however planning on dumping the DISH unit when I can, and get a second replytv (I need extra tuners).
BTW: (adding to below): the replaytv unit did have one annoying problem: It went thru a time when the audio would cut out on several of my favorite shows,, lasted a few months.. I believe the automatic updates eventually fixed it..
The replaytv unit is vastly superior in every way (well, except I wish the replay unit had more than one tuner). The only other problem I have (which affects both units) is the electronic listings are wrong enough to be annoying.
Once you get a DVR, you will never go back to a VCR. I suggest you get at least 160 hours (more if more than one person will be using it).. Reasons will become clear with use (IE: you tend to save the last 3 or 4 shows of everything, so if you go on vacation (etc) they will be there waITING FOR YOU.
THE DISH DVR: (BOO):
There are too many crappy issues with the DISH unit to even remember them all (here are a few I can think of ):
When you hit pause (and go away).. It will start playing again by itself, so you miss your show (which is the point of the DVR in the first place).. And, it will not let you rewind when it starts playing automatically. It probably fills up the hard drive.. but there is no way to "not" fill up the hard drive because of the way the thing records shows for you (FIFO style). When you pause to see something the pause bar that pops up (to let you know you pauded presumably?) covers about a third of the screen (enough to cause you to miss 100 percent of whatever it was you wanted to see). NOTE that you can hit the arrow to go into slomo (from pause), but it skips away from what you want to see (so you are still screwed here). Trust me on this, Im not even sure a kid would have the patience to find something to see in slomo with this thing. When you record your shows, replayTV lets you organize stuff in whatever manner that suits you (very convenient after setup).. The DISH unit puts the most recent recordings in a list, with newest first. Sounds like no big deal, wait till you have over a hundred, and if you were able to compare this against the replay unit, you would understand.
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