New Dish 922 Spec Sheet

**JimP** · 12-30-2009 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Lt Disher

Why do people insist on this ageist prejudice? I read this site daily. I have seen only a very few positive comments from anyone about the touchpad remote. I am assuming that this board has a reasonable distribution of ages. In fact, Scott, the moderator, was one of the most vocal against the touchpad remote. He is certainly a young man. I think that if you re-read every post here about the touchpad remote, you might more correctly say that people, old and YOUNG, would have gone batty with the button free remote.

.....chill man or you won't live long enough for it to matter to you.

**Scott Greczkowski** · 12-30-2009 07:37 AM

Got some new information on the 922 which I will be posting in a little bit... and again there is no mention of the Web Browser feature. So it looks like Web Browsing could be gone from the 922.

The browser they had wasnt bad, but with no keyboard it was klunky to use and because it didn't support most mime types (flash, java, silverlight, etc.) it made the browser useless anyways.

I also found out that the 922 will be made available on February 1st, 2010.

**ToddG** · 12-30-2009 09:35 AM

Scott,

Do you think Dish will make the 922 available to existing customers on Feb 1st?

Thanks

**satjay** · 12-30-2009 01:26 PM

Scott, got a question, in your view with web browing most likely not be a feature, to make this investment in the reciver, as a customer would you say the main feature would be the sling feature over the current Dish recievers, would the guide, layout or Dishonline be an improving feature over the current recievers??

**MikeD-C05** · 12-30-2009 03:00 PM

So without the web browser what is so different about the 922 vs the 722k except the $10.00 dvr fee and the new menus and guide with channels Logos? Oh the sling would be nice if you could sling the picture from the 922 in HD to another hd tv in your house. But I doubt they will allow us to do that even if we bought sling catchers ourself for each additional hd tv in our house.

**Scott Greczkowski** · 12-30-2009 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by ToddG

Scott,

Do you think Dish will make the 922 available to existing customers on Feb 1st?

Thanks

Yes I think they will make it. Over the past two months the 922 has turned into an great receiver.

**Scott Greczkowski** · 12-30-2009 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by satjay

Scott, got a question, in your view with web browing most likely not be a feature, to make this investment in the reciver, as a customer would you say the main feature would be the sling feature over the current Dish recievers, would the guide, layout or Dishonline be an improving feature over the current recievers??

Got to be honest I only used the web browsing a few times, and it was a bad experience all around. I am not going to miss it, although I hope they continue to work on it and roll out the Web Browsing feature at a later date.

I would love to read my facebook and check twitter through my HDTV.

Sling is the main feature, but the new UI is amazing and clean. Also the fact that it has a 1TB drive is also a huge feature. Yeah they have started filling it up with movies and stuff, but still lots of room for your stuff. The 922 will give folks a nearly true VOD feel with hundreds of things to watch instantly at your fingertips.

**MikeD-C05** · 12-30-2009 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

Got to be honest I only used the web browsing a few times, and it was a bad experience all around. I am not going to miss it, although I hope they continue to work on it and roll out the Web Browsing feature at a later date.

I would love to read my facebook and check twitter through my HDTV.

Sling is the main feature, but the new UI is amazing and clean. Also the fact that it has a 1TB drive is also a huge feature. Yeah they have started filling it up with movies and stuff, but still lots of room for your stuff. The 922 will give folks a nearly true VOD feel with hundreds of things to watch instantly at your fingertips.

For a high price of course.

**lakebum431** · 12-30-2009 09:03 PM

If they way they are doing DishONLINE now has any indication then there will likely be a decent amount of stuff available for free. The question is how easy is it going to be to find stuff.