First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

[Smith, P.]

also it become a pain in same place to follow three or four PAL's threads

[A guy who read the manual]

also it become a pain in same place to follow three or four PAL's threads

Agreed By the way, while I appreciated Scott's great review and I'm happy to be posting here, I'd like to also be posting over at the longest-running TR-40/DTVPal thread at avsforum.com. But I can't; see the reason
here

.

So far no one has reached me with a suggestion or explanation. (But thanks to partsman_ba for trying to get me some help!)

[Scott Greczkowski]

I just got word from Dish that the MSRP on the DTVPal is $59.99 and will indeed be available next week.

In addition there are plans for a $40 box but that box has been delayed.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Another confirmation on the price from Dish, this one in a Denver post article.

“Chapman said his company would stock Dish Network's converter box when it's available. The Douglas County-based company said earlier this year that it would offer a $40 box, but those plans have been delayed. According to company spokeswoman Francie Bauer, Dish is offering a different box, the DTVPal, for $59.99, which will be available next week.”

Confusion over TV conversion - The Denver Post

[A guy who read the manual]

I've updated the summary again:

What we know and don't know about DTVPal availability

Let's hope that at the next update (after the "live retailer chat," maybe?) the "know" section can get larger than the "don't know" section.

UPDATE: (due to Scott's posts made while I was typing the above)
Thanks for the confirmation, Scott, but since the $60 DTVPal soon and $40 box delayed indefinitely has been assumed to be the case since the "Charlie Chat," it won't change anything in my summary of the availability situation.

[navychop]

And the coupon can still be used with the $59.99 box?

[A guy who read the manual]

And the coupon can still be used with the $59.99 box?

I don't see how
DTVPal.com

could justify displaying the coupon so prominently if it won't work on the DTVPal.

[TalkingRat]

Thanks for the update! I had seen the Denver article, but Dish has given out conflicting information all week long. With so many Dish retailers knowing nothing, do I believe they will have it in stock "next week?" SolidSignal doesn't seem to think so.

"Later" is not the response I expected when Dish said they would clear up all confusion. We still have nothing on how this mystery second box will be different, other than price.

[A guy who read the manual]

There's a pretty good update at this
link

.

Someone finally got though to someone high enough up at DISH that he (sort of) knew what he was talking about.

Note that being able to buy at dishnetwork.com probably means at dtvpal.com, because dtvpal.com acutally is located at dishnetwork.com/dtvpal/

[Smith, P.]

Seems to me they're follow same selling practice - get from early rush ppl max $$$ then lower price for next category of buyers.
One thing their sales dept screwed - initial announce; it was a big mistake ( perhaps personal ?) to claim the $40 price in public.