Wise Observer

Ever wonder what’s inside the deals when Dish Network retailers
claims they are giving off satellite TV systems or DVR systems
for free?

When you see the statements ‘Free satellite TV
systems’; in the Dish
Network or DirecTV promotions, it actually refers to the
satellite TV receiver. Working up with the 18″-satellite dish,
satellite TV receiver are used to decode the digital satellite
signals and turn it into viewable TV image for the viewer. Dish
Network currently offers two types of satellite TV receivers for
free in their promotion deals: DISH 322 and DISH 311. Both
systems from provide the latest digital receivers and all
digital programming at the lowest possible cost.

DISH 311

DISH 311 is Dish Network’s entry-level feature-rich satellite
receiver. It uses the DISH Home Interactive User Interface and
offers interactive features that improve viewer’s TV picture and
audio quality. DISH 311 supports various Dish Network program
features, functions supported includes DISH Interactive
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and interactive capabilities,
favorites lists features, themes lists, program browse, parental
control locks. With DISH 311, you can also get Infrared (IR)
4-component universal remote control that can be programmed to
operate up to three additional electronic components, such as
TVs, VCRs and DVD players.

DISH 322

DISH 322 features two tuners for independent satellite TV
viewing on two separate televisions. This means you can get up
to two rooms connected with just one DISH 322 system. Besides
double tuners, other supported features of DISH 322 include
interactive features thru 4DISH Home Interactive TV, programming
listing information thru On-screen Electronic Program Guide
(EPG) with access to up to two days of programming
listings/information, parental control locks, themes lists,
favorites lists, program browse, one-touch channel return,
closed-caption support and alternate audio selections.

Digital Video Recording (DVR) system is often included as one
of the free gifts when you order your Dish Network deals. The
DVR is actually a recording device that records TV programs into
a built-in hard disk drive in digital format for later viewing.
It gives the freedom for you to record, pause, rewind, and fast
forward TV shows. Dish Network currently offers a lot of
different DVR models with different features and functions.
Consumers often get confuse on the differences between these
different models of Dish Network DVRs. To ease this problem,
let’s have a brief overview on the Dish Network DVR systems.

DISH Player-DVR 510.

The DVR 510 is the only DVR model that will be given to you for
free. Combined with the functions of a normal Dish Network
receivers, DVR 510 is capable of recording up to 100 hours of
programming on a 120 GB hard-drive and has the ability to pause
live TV, record standard definition Dish Network programming,
skip recorded commercials and create instant replays. It has the
ability to fast forward and rewind in four speeds (4x, 15x, 30x,
300x). You can also skip forward up to 30 seconds and skip
backward up to 10 seconds. There is a one-touch record
management feature and the option to use the manual or automatic
record timers. The DVR 510 also gives you easy access to the
Extended Electronic Program Guide that lets you view up to nine
days of programming and allows you to search by names, subjects,
or actors (all stored onto the hard drive).

DISH Player-DVR 522.

Along with all the features that the DVR 510 has, the DVR 522
has two satellite tuners in one. This dual tuner gives you the
power to record two programs simultaneously, watch a live
program while recording another, or even watch a pre-recorded
program while recording two live programs. Other features of DVR
522 include basic custom program controls such like parental
locks, program information, picture-in-guide view, On Demand
Weather, favorite lists, and much more. Further more, Dish
Network DVR 522 comes with 2 platinum plus remotes and had
Picture-In-Picture (PIP) capabilities.

DISH Player-DVR 625

Unlike DVR 510, DISH Player DVR 625will charge you $19.99 as an
initial fee. DISH Player-DVR 625 is an advanced dual tuner, two
TV output satellite receiver and integrated digital video
recorder (DVR). DISH Player-DVR 625’s dual tuners and two TV
outputs provide the unique ability to record two shows
simultaneously as well as allow for independent viewing of live
satellite TV programming and recorded events when connected to
two televisions. DVR 625 allows its user to do name based
recording, where you can pick any show and the DVR will find all
new episodes and record them regardless of any changes in
program length or broadcast schedule! Other DVR 625’s main
features include Dual satellite tuners that provide several
multi-room viewing options, Picture-In-Picture (PIP) functions,
basic DVR functions that allows you to pause live TV, play,
stop, fast forward, fast reverse, skip forward, up to 100 hours
of 100% digital video recording on a 120 gigabyte hard drive,
and get up to 9-day extended Electronic Programming Guide

There are many things in life that we take for granted. When is the last time you were truly thankful for air, water or even a warm meal? For many people, our lives are so full of blessing that we forget about all of the simple things that make our lives to much easier and better. I recently thought about just how different our lives would be without one simple thing: chairs.

Can you imagine life without any chairs? I certainly cannot. Think about all the places you rely on chairs to make your life comfortable and easy. Remember, for example, the many years you spent in school. Other than perhaps story time in kindergarden, your time in school was spent sitting in chairs to learn. Our lives would be very different if we had to make it through math, science and english classes sitting on the floor. Or think about the lunch room. Can you imagine eating lunch on the floor with all your friends each day?

When I thought about the blessing that chairs are to our lives, I couldn’t help but think about restaurants. In some countries in the world it is common to sit on the floor to eat. Can you imagine going out for a fancy dinner with your family or friends and having to sit in your nice suit or dress on the floor? Of course not. Think of what would happen if you went to attend a formal party or wedding reception and discovered that you would be seated on the floor, without chairs, for the entire evening. I bet your time at the party would not last as long as you were expecting.

If you love going to the movies as much as I do then you appreciate the comfort of the theature chairs that you sit in each time you enjoy a new film. Picture yourself going to the movie theature for the next great film and having to sit in a mass of strangers on the floor in front of the screen. Sound strange? I agree. Next time you head into a theature and sit in the chairs smile and be thankful.

Probably the place that I take having great chairs for granted in is my home. There is nothing better than coming home and enjoying the newspaper in your favorite rocking chair or reading a book in a recliner. Can you imagine your home without chairs? Mine would be quite empty and very uncomfortable.

Once you start thinking about all of the places that you enjoy sitting on chairs it isn’t hard to imagine how different our lives would be without them. So sit down in one of your favorite chairs, enjoy it, and be very thankful you have it today.

Triston Huntsmin loves to make people aware of the simple things that make our lives easier. If he has convinced you to be grateful for your chairs, check out www.finechairs.info to learn more about one of the things we take for granted.