Dish Network Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Broadcast technology === For years DISH used standard [[MPEG-2]] for broadcasting, but the addition of bandwidth-intensive HDTV called for a change to the [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] system. DISH announced that, from February 1, 2006, all new HDTV channels would be available in H.264 format only, while maintaining the current lineup as MPEG-2. The company intended to convert the entire platform to H.264 to provide more channels to subscribers. In 2007, DISH Network reduced the resolution of 1080-line channels from 1920x1080 to 1440x1080. Reducing the horizontal resolution and/or data rate of HD video is known as [[HD Lite]] and is done by other TV providers as well.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in [[digital video recorder]] (DVR) were available to subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mydish.com/upgrades/products/receivers |title=Dish's Current Offered Receivers |publisher=DISH}}</ref> The DISH Network ViP722 HD DVR replacement for the ViP622 received generally positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-video-recorders-dvrs/Dish-network-vip622-hd/4505-6474_7-31778299.html |title=Dish Network ViP622 HD DVR Digital Video Recorder (DVR) reviews |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=December 19, 2008 |date=October 4, 2006 |author=David Katzmaier |author2=John P. Falcone}}</ref> It could record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, or 55 hours of high-definition (HD). These [[set-top box]]es (STBs) allow for HD on the primary TV and SD on the secondary TV (TV2) without a secondary box on TV2. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page