Receivers are the heart of a satellite TV system. They perform more tasks than you can imagine. Here’s an overview of what they are and what they can do.

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Dish Network satellite TV not only has a superior all digital picture, it also features other great advances that the competition finds it hard to compete with. High Definition (HDTV) delivers the sharpest, clearest TV picture available anywhere, and the DVR (Digital Video Recorder) gives you unprecedented control of your TV viewing by letting you pause live TV, record without messy, unreliable, videotapes and more.

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I have a Dish DVR 522 and I wish to record my events to a DVD. However, my DVR is nowhere near a computer. There is a DVD Player in my TV. How can I record Events to a Blank DVD?

I wantn to save power at night so I want to turn my DVR OFF by pushing power button but I'd still like my TV shows to record if they start playing at night. Will they still get recorded?

The cable guy connected the coax cables in this order: 1) The cable into the house is connected to RF IN on cable box. 2) RF OUT on cable box is connected to VHF/UHF IN on VCR. 3) VHF/UHF OUT on VCR is connected to CABLE IN on TV. And he connected HDMI OUT on the cable box to HDMI IN on the TV. Viewing TV when I select the HDMI input works fine. Recording with the DVR works fine. However I’m not able to view TV nor record TV with my VCR when I select the cable input (Again, the cable input is where the coax cable finally ends.). Should I be able to view TV and record TV with my VCR using the signal on the coax cable and the aforementioned connection configuration?

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