--- Forwarded Message from Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]> ---

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>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:08:32 -0800
>Subject: Re: #7707 DISH Network
>From: Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information    Forum
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> We have been using the SCOLA system for a few years now and regularly record
> programming for faculty onto VHS tapes.  In an effort to go entirely
> digital, we are looking at DISH network as a cheaper alternative to SCOLA.
> Some quick research turned up some compatible Digital Video Recorders, but I
> am unsure whether you can schedule recording times (it appears not) or
> whether you can get the data from the DVR out into some other format that
> people can take with them.  Is anyone recording DISH network programming for
> faculty checkout?

I'm not familiar with how the DISH network works, but cable TV or video
signals can be recorded to hard disk using scheduling software bundled with
analog to digital converter cards, so you wouldn't need DISH to record
digitally; there is an analog to digital conversion process involved, but
given the likely source video quality, that may not be the weak link.

Bob



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