[mythtv-users] I am thinking of going to DISH

Tim Litwiller timlitw at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 00:39:09 UTC 2007


I was thinking DISH because you can get Internet thru Wildblue on the same
dish.  As far as I know DiectTV doesn't have a TV & Internet option on the
same dish anymore.

> So to work with Mythtv with 2 tuners what do I need?  The Dish 322
> > receiver has connections and remotes for 2 tv's but one is rf - so do I
> > ask for 2 of the 311 receivers.
>
> That would be the most straightforward method, as you are correct that
> the second channel of a 322 is RF only. There are ways to get from IR to
> RF but they are complicated and expensive.
>
> I'm using a MyBlaster to control a 311, and it was extremely fast and
> easy to set up, but the LIRC method is known to work as well.
>
> Some DirecTV receivers can be directly controlled by a serial connection.
>
> BEWW
>
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