Tech Chat Recap 11-10-08

**gpflepsen** · 11-11-2008 12:26 PM

Can the 21.0 learning remote be used to control my 622s? I would like to control the TVs (Samsung and Ölevia HDTVs) with the Dish remotes. I currently have two and three remotes at my two viewing locations, it'd be nice to eliminate all but one. Is the 21.0 UHF also?

**dfergie** · 11-11-2008 12:39 PM

I would think it would have to be UHF as it is the remote shipping with the new ViP222 and 722k's..

**abricko** · 11-11-2008 12:47 PM

Did I read that correctly? We get folder / some kind of organization for the external HDD? About time, when you toss on a BIG drive and you fill it up with programs (which you can because Dish's MPEG4 SQUEEZES PQ/File Size quite a bit) and it's hard know what you have because of the lack of ordering.

**BPeter** · 11-11-2008 12:56 PM

Makes me wonder if they messed with the Homeplug stuff to get it to work better with home networks, and now that is why my connection from receiver to receiver is having problems and suddenly many of us are getting a surprise "access charge" for not having a phone line connected.

**abricko** · 11-11-2008 12:57 PM

I understand and can live with this, I'd rather the USB / External drive to be as smooth/solid as possible. Now if they were smart and had put an eSATA port we wouldn't have this discussion. Adding the ability to record a program to the internal drive then place it into an AUTO-QUEUE to External would be nice.

Originally Posted by LER

I got this same answer from the engineers at Team Summit back in may. Basically there is not enough bandwidth on the USB 2 interface to allow recording. Partially because folks would expect all the trick-play functions, and multiple streams.

**kstuart** · 11-11-2008 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by abricko

I understand and can live with this, I'd rather the USB / External drive to be as smooth/solid as possible. Now if they were smart and had put an eSATA port we wouldn't have this discussion.

I've experimented with using eSATA with my HT-PC and have gone back to USB 2.0 ... as with any new technology, it is not as robust as the older technology, and tends to be flakey.

And, USB 2.0 external drives then to be more widely available and less expensive.

**Yes616** · 11-11-2008 03:07 PM

As was asked already but not answered..

Will the new remote work with an Olevia TV?

**rglore** · 11-11-2008 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Yes616

As was asked already but not answered..

Will the new remote work with an Olevia TV?

It has hundreds of new codes so should work, if not, then it can use the learning feature to mimic any remote.

**gpflepsen** · 11-11-2008 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Yes616

As was asked already but not answered..

Will the new remote work with an Olevia TV?

I'm sure it can be made to work with the Olevia via the learning function. You can teach it anything with the main remote. I'm wondering if the remote is compatible with the 622 UHF.