Dish Network 612 Dual Tuner Hd DVR Receiver

by Dish Network

Product Details

• Item Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00147GCLY
• Item model number: VIP612
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #30,545 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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  Electronics > Televisions & Video > Satellite Television > Receivers

• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 17, 2008

Product Description

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

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	C. J. Moody "Visionary" (Montana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Armin Karcher "Tools&Linux" (Berkeley,USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars do not get,,,it has HDMI hand shake issues, May 5, 2010

By	B. Atighechi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

I have been through 5 612s, and they all have handshake issues with my Pioneer elite sc-07 and my Yamaha YSP-3000. and when you call dish network, they have no idea what I am talking about. I also have a 622 receiver, that I have been happy with.....