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Originally Posted by ctrain24

I've been reading through the threads trying to pick a HD box. I've narrowed it down between the Sonicview 8000HD and Nfusion HD. I currently have a Viewsat pro with the Dish 500 pro plus (110 and 119). Will I be able to get HD channels if I swap the VS pro for the SV8000HD or Nfusion HD? Also, I've read that the pvr on both those boxes only record live tv. Is this true?

Not sure what you meant by Live TV. This is just simple PVR, not like a TiVO. Of course you can only record what's on TV at that time. With a Dual-tuner receiver, you can watch one program while record another.

As for the original question, I would say go for the NFusion HD. Why? Because it's the only box that's also working on BEV. So you can find another dish and get BEV HD channels (quite a few).

Sonicview HD is a very good receiver though so if you don't like IKS, you can also get that

Oh, and yes, you can just swap out the receiver and get the HD channels on 110/119. There are more HD channels on other satellites as well.