Tech Chat Recap 11-10-08

[Uther Pendragon]

That's Dish way to milk money from our pockets.

Moooo. I feel like a cow.

[BigDon]

Is that a picture of Dish's new OTA only DVR? Wasn't it called the TR50? Any stats on that?

Don

[Smith, P.]

Moooo. I feel like a cow.

Umm, I thought you're a man.
Mmmm, now I try imaging you as a bull in the position.

[kstuart]

Not a bad tech chat. I give it a thumb up.

It was pure tech the way it should be... The Sling stuff went on a little long but it was still good.

It was the first Higgins report that I was actually able to sit through to the end.

The "click to setup a DVR timer for the show being advertised" is a great idea. Helps both the customer and the programmers.

[TheKrell]

Drat it, I missed it all too.

DVR Conversion
*Connect a compatible external hard drive after 11/19:
-- USB 2.0
-- 50 GB to 750 GB
-- External Power supply (not via USB) (for drive)
* Call to pay one-time DVR EHD fee

Note if you have a ViP series dvr you will still have to pay the $39.99 archive fee to turn on the ViP 211 series archiving...

Clear as mud! So... If we've already paid the $40 archive fee, then we still have to pay another $40 for the DVR Conversion. But suppose we have not paid that $40 archiving fee, buy a 211, and convert it to a DVR with the DVR Conversion fee. Isn't that automatically an external archive? Or do we have to pay $80? And then what about the monthly fee?

[tigerfan33]

Better late than never for the old HD pak going to MPEG4 FINALLY!!!!!

My god I could not even watch Megadeth on HDNet last night the macroblocking was HORRIBLE.

Yep. Great news indeed. No more MPEG2 hd after Dec 1!!!!!!

[8arrett]

It was the first Higgins report that I was actually able to sit through to the end.

The "click to setup a DVR timer for the show being advertised" is a great idea. Helps both the customer and the programmers.

I wonder if this would be for ViP only receivers or also for the old 508s??? Thoughts?



P.S.: I totally agree on the Higgins report! Unfortunately, I only saw the last few minutes. Thanks to all who posted screen shots and audio clips!!!!!

[DWS44]

SO...if I want to hook an EHD to my 211 for DVR functions, I have to pay $80 ($40 "one-time" DVR EHD fee + $40 archive fee) ?!?

[kstuart]

SO...if I want to hook an EHD to my 211 for DVR functions, I have to pay $80 ($40 "one-time" DVR EHD fee + $40 archive fee) ?!?

No.

$40 for any and all ViP non-DVRs (such as 211)

$40 for any and all ViP DVRs

entirely separate.

[dfergie]

Had some glitches... adding more content and working on the text part Thanks