Dish Network Retailer Chat Recap - July 10, 2007

[lakebum431]

But remember a wireless game adapter is going to be quite a bit slower than a wired connection. That may make a big difference when it comes down to downloading HD movies (at least I hope we will have options to download HD!!)

[Jason Whiddon]

But remember a wireless game adapter is going to be quite a bit slower than a wired connection. That may make a big difference when it comes down to downloading HD movies (at least I hope we will have options to download HD!!)

True, but thats my best option.

Nevermind, I just saw your post about the sling unit, pretty darn nice!

[riffjim4069]

Awesome! New channels. Now, how will this affect the picture quality of the HD channels we've loved for months/years?

It won't! I haven't been spending much time in front of the tube lately, but I just checked out all the DishHD channels and they honestly can't get any worse.

[Scott Greczkowski]

I thought you didnt have Dish anymore Jim.

Dishes MPEG4 HD channels look GREAT. Most of the channels that are up would look no different in 1920 x 1440 then they do now at 1440 x 1920 because they were all shot on HD Cam.

The MPEG2 stuff.... welll... you got a point there, but I dont feel they will be MPEG2 much longer (i.e. by the end of the year)

[chastulsa]

About the ext hard drive, once the data is removeable someone will be able to develope a program for us to view it on our computers or burn to DVD.

[digiblur]

True, but thats my best option.

Any wireless bridge should work just fine.

For most people, the wireless shouldn't be slower than hard wire. A 54mbps connection in a average home environment should yield around 20mbps connection. What speed is your download?

[digiblur]

About the ext hard drive, once the data is removeable someone will be able to develope a program for us to view it on our computers or burn to DVD.

Think about this... can you get your data off your 622's hard drive right now?

[Scott Greczkowski]

Most people have an internet speed of 3 MB/sec or below. So yeah speed should not be a concern using one of these.

[smokey982]

Are all 4 port switches basically the same, or does someone recommend a certain brand??

[ke4est]

Great Re-cap Scott!