First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

[Scott Greczkowski]

Jim to answer your question ... NO IT DOES NOT.

Your TV or Recorder decodes and displays that information and then can control the DTVPal to change channel as needed.

[Malouff]

Is this getting a little carried away ? Unless he sells the same stuff that the sponsors here sell, it should be okay....

And instead of killing links to sites, consider this: Maybe enough people follow the link and buy from them and they in turn become sponsors !

He doesn't sell anything related anymore.
It might have been ok if he still worked for Sling Media but he left voluntarily for Dash Navigation.

There is a link to his blog on the YouTube videos so you can find it there.

We were told not to post links unless they were for a sponsor and I edited my message accordingly.

Sorry, for the edit comment
It was not intended to be anything about sponsor linking.

I at first included a link and started looking at the videos myself and remembered that I shouldn't have given the link so I edited it.
I was use to just posting links without giving it a second thought.

I don't want to get banned over this so lets let it go.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Maloff again please see (I think you didn't see it)

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1402507-post97.html (First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter)

And that should help you out.

[Malouff]

Maloff again please see (I think you didn't see it)

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1402507-post97.html (First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter)

And that should help you out.

Scott I did miss that post you made so I will put the link back in and add it to my signature like I had it before.
Thank You for clearing up this linking confusion.
I know now not to link to people selling products but others are ok.

[Hall]

My point was, all these links were being removed and it seemed that it was only because they were hyperlinks.... For all I knew, there's a new rule, but turns out there's not. I don't think you'll get banned for doing it, so long as you stop once told to...

To be honest, it was starting to look like no links to any other sites were allowed !

[Hall]

Interesting that it has a R00 number (or in this case a R16 number). I wonder what possible use that could be. I'm thinking some future service distributed over ATSC that they can charge authorization for.

That concept didn't work out too well for US Digital....

[riffjim4069]

Jim to answer your question ... NO IT DOES NOT.

Your TV or Recorder decodes and displays that information and then can control the DTVPal to change channel as needed.

Thanks! Offhand, this feature makes no sense since any attached TVGOS device will no longer work after Feb 2009 since it cannot receive guide data. I can only assume GemStar wanted to charge some sort of license fee for the conversion process...although that too makes no sense the DTV Pal, to my knowledge, would not be running any TVGOS code. Overall, the DTV Pal looks like a much better product compared to others on the market. However, their TVTGOS implemention is hugely disappointing...

Will E* be offering a DTV Pal that does does digital-to-analog TVGOS conversion in a future model?

[Scott Greczkowski]

Will E* be offering a DTV Pal that does does digital-to-analog TVGOS conversion in a future model?

That I dont know but it could always be a feature of the TR50 which is a DVR and needs better guide data.

[Hall]

Because they want you to pay $$ for the guide data for the locals. It helps them upsell the local channel package.

Also, and other DVR makers seem to have the same thoughts, PSIP data isn't considered reliable enough or does it typically go out in the future far enough to be "useful" with DVRs.

[cosmo_kramer]

It was $59 and I used one of my coupons to knock $40 off that price.

I was able to pick up a Zenith DTT900 at a Radio Shack for $49. Their website said $59, but they rang up $49...