Hard drive with Dish 211K for RV?
I'm considering buying a hard drive to use with my dish receiver for rewind and record purposes in my RV. Who uses them and how well do they work and with the receivers? Also which one did you buy and...
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Despite what Dish says on their web site, the small, portable hard drives powered through the USB port work just fine - have been using one for a long time without any problems. There is a one-time activation fee for the HD and DVR functions ($10, if I recall). The 211 series receivers are single-tuner receivers, so you cannot watch a second channel while you're recording a program on the first. You can, however, watch a program you've already recorded while the receiver is recording a program from a live broadcast. We've been very happy with the setup.
I haven't tried it, but Dish says you can remove the hard drive for playback on other devices (such as a PC), but I haven't tried it. After it's been formatted by the Dish receiver, it cannot be used for other purposes (such as PC backup) unless you reformat/partition the HD for PC use again.
Rob
I haven't tried it, but Dish says you can remove the hard drive for playback on other devices (such as a PC), but I haven't tried it. After it's been formatted by the Dish receiver, it cannot be used for other purposes (such as PC backup) unless you reformat/partition the HD for PC use again.
Rob
