Dish Network 612 Dual Tuner Hd DVR Receiver

by Dish Network

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 5 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00147GCLY
• Item model number: VIP612
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,992 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #15 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > Satellite Television > Receivers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 17, 2008

Product Description

See TV like never before, and never miss your favorite shows with this advanced high-definition DVR receiver. It features cutting-edge MPEG-4 technology and boasts a powerful hard drive that lets you record up to 200 hours of standard-definition and up to 30 hours of high-definition TV (or a combination of both.) The integrated DVR features ensure you never miss a moment: pause any programming, including live TV, create instant replays or skip through recorded programs with the touch of one button. One of Our Best HD DVRs Available Today ? Watch a program while recording another program, or record two live programs while watching a pre-recorded program ? Record up to 200 hours of standard-definition (SD), up to 30 hours of high-definition (HD) entertainment or a combination of the two1 ? View and record HD over-the-air digital broadcasts2 ? Supports Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound ? Convenient On-Screen Caller ID3 with call history ? Widescreen Electronic Program Guide with easy search features ? DishHOME Interactive TV for watching six screens at once and on-demand entertainment, games, shopping, news, sports, weather and customer serviceSINGLETUNERDUAL TUNERSINGLETUNERSINGLETUNERHDTVDVRDVRDVRDVRSINGLETUNERDUAL TUNERSINGLETUNERSINGLETUNERHDTVDVRDVRDVRDVR Photo by Ross Hoekman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DISH 612 HD/DVR Receiver, January 26, 2009

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C. J. Moody "Visionary" (Montana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dish Network 612 Dual Tuner Hd DVR Receiver (Electronics)

We own a Samsung PN50A550 Plasma HDTV. When you drive a "cadillac" you don't go cheap with the peripherals; you get good quality. Anyway, we have the DISH Total HD package; nothing but HD bliss. I ordered the 612 to replace the HD receiver that we had that wasn't a DVR as well. We couldn't be more pleased. Great HD/DVR receiver at an Amazon price. My wife loves being able to pause live TV and come back to it after breaks. She also loves to be able to instantly rewind show dialog that she didn't get the first time to hear it again. The DVR HD recording is flawless; no HD quality loss whatsoever. Highly recommend however please note the 612 is only good for one TV. DISH does have other HD receivers that will work for more than one TV in the house.
Should add that you can also rent on a monthly basis this receiver from DISH but at the low Amazon price that I was able to score this at I should have it paid for in a short time. The flip side is that if you rent and anything happens to it DISH will just exchange it. I'd rather own it and pocket the savings; why give it to someone else.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DVR or Furnace?, July 8, 2010

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Armin Karcher "Tools&Linux" (Berkeley,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dish Network 612 Dual Tuner Hd DVR Receiver (Electronics)

This thing puts out more heat than you can imagine. And it has a fan constantly running to keep it "cool". Forget having a quiet living room. This thing is far out the worst piece of AV equipment I have ever owned. Did I mention when you turn it "off" all it does is turn the front panel LEDs off. The fan is still going, the power is still being used, the heat is still there.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5-star so far, January 16, 2011

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Amazoniscool (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dish Network 612 Dual Tuner Hd DVR Receiver (Electronics)

I have only had this receiver for two days from a new DISH install, but I feel I must post a review here since I was apalled at the low ratings others left. I actually was looking for a diagram/picture of the rear panel layout before the system was installed to get an idea of what I would be getting when the system did arrive and saw it here. When I saw the low ratings and read them, I immediately felt that "buyer's remorse" feeling thinking I would be getting a horrible piece of equipment. When the installer showed up, I immediately asked him about reliability/performance of the unit, and he thought it was one that had the least complaints and one that had some of the better features to date. To the contrary of what most have stated here so far, I found the unit to work quite well. Maybe that will change with time, but so far I haven't noticed any of the deficiencies others have mentioned. The unit responds quickly, doesn't lose any frames that I can tell, hasn't locked up, nor has it rebooted at all. Another reviewer said the unit would shut off after 4 hours but it is supposed to do that under the default settings and that can be adjusted or turned off. As far as power usage, I don't think this unit is any worse than others that are out there. It would be nice to have it completely power down when it's off, but it does still need to be active to get updates such as the guide and record programs that are pending. I'm sure there is some room here for improvement with power management, but I wouldn't consider it a show stopper (pardon the pun) when compared the rest out there. I found the noise level to be hardly noticable from even a foot away from the unit, and I can't hear anything from it in the room even when everything is off and certainly not when the TV is on. I guess some people are just unlucky or overly picky about stuff (or from the competition?) Hope this review helps others dismiss some of the bad impressions I got when I read these reviews. Again, so far I find it to be decent product.