Photos From Dish Network Booth

[BFG]

and they can't seem to put the dots anywhere near the major city

but for my state it looks like

Miami
WPB (yippie ) or it could be naples
Orlando
Tampa
Jacksonville
Tallahasse

[kb7oeb]

CNET says there is no fee since it uses the free TVGOS. They say its basically an ota only 622.


EchoStar TR-50: HD DVR for the antenna crowd - CES 2008 - Consumer Electronics Show - CNET.com

There is a video but it won't play for me

Video: EchoStar TR-50 DVR - CNET Reviews

[VinceT3]

and they can't seem to put the dots anywhere near the major city

but for my state it looks like

Miami
WPB (yippie ) or it could be naples
Orlando
Tampa
Jacksonville
Tallahasse

they better add WPB!! Otherwise I may go media center or myth tv and xetremehd at some point..

[digiblur]

Here is a closeup of the 100 HD Locals map... for what it is worth...

Someone needs US geography lessons, eh?

[digiblur]

CNET says there is no fee since it uses the free TVGOS. They say its basically an ota only 622.


EchoStar TR-50: HD DVR for the antenna crowd - CES 2008 - Consumer Electronics Show - CNET.com

There is a video but it won't play for me

Video: EchoStar TR-50 DVR - CNET Reviews

Cool video...looks like a nice unit. Wonder how far they will go with the hard drive nonsense. Let us swap the hard drives...let us pull the content off the box if we want. No need to encrypt on this one or lock it down. As you can record OTA stuff with many other devices for PC's.

Now that would be a must have box! QAM256 anyone?

[jerryez]

and they can't seem to put the dots anywhere near the major city

but for my state it looks like

Miami
WPB (yippie ) or it could be naples
Orlando
Tampa
Jacksonville
Tallahasse

I know that we should be a part of Alabama, but they have a dot over Pensacola, FLORIDA( the last time I checked, we were in Florida). You must be a politicain, since most of the state funding seems to go to South Florida.

[RedSavina]

Cool video...looks like a nice unit. Wonder how far they will go with the hard drive nonsense. Let us swap the hard drives...let us pull the content off the box if we want. No need to encrypt on this one or lock it down. As you can record OTA stuff with many other devices for PC's.

Now that would be a must have box! QAM256 anyone?

Looks like it could also be used by the FTA crowd to record via the FTA box's modulated RF output. That is assuming it supports manual timers (preferably with IR blaster support). Even if it does not support manual timers, it looks like it could be used for trick play.

There are other ways to achieve this, but if the box is fee-free and affordable it could be a good choice for some.

I just hope the OTA tuner is better than the one in my 622 that seems to lack sensitivity.

[Tyralak]

The TR-50 would be a nice solution for recording two OTA's at the same time. Wonder how much?

Not sure, but this to me is one of the most exciting announcements. It's partially cashing in on the emerging STB market for those who are OTA only users, and at the same time sending a shot right over Tivo's bow when it comes to stand alone DVRs. At least where OTA only is concerned. Think about it. Someone who would be ust sing OTA, and might concider Tivo, would have the option of a good, two tuner DVR with NO FEE. Possibly an attractive option.

[digiblur]

My eyes lit up when I saw that box. I know a few people that would be interested in this box if it is done right.

Even though I have an HTPC with 2 satellite tuners, 3 OTA/QAM tuners, and over a TB of hard drive space, I still would like to play with this unit.

I'd be glad to beta test this unit for them

[MikeD-C05]

I could see using the TR 50 for my back tv, instead of the 622 since we don't use it that much for tv viewing. Then I could eliminate one dvr fee and one additional receiver fee and save about 11.98 a month. Then I could sell the extra 622 . I might even use one on my living room tv too , then I could record three ota stations at the same time using my 722 and the Tr 50. According to the video and report there won't be any monthly fee since they use Tv guide information . Now that I know that many of the same features as my sat 722 will be in this box including external hard drive support , I have to have one. I just hope that they don't charge to much for the box.