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    First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

    Comparison of DTVPAL, TR-40 CRA, and DTVPAL plus I obtained a TR-40 CRA and DTVpal+ from mail order. The TR40 had software version F105TCGH-N, boot version 1813TCGH. The dtvpal+ had software version F106TCHB-N, boot version 1813TCHB. Recent retail store sales still had the DTVPAL F101TCGH-N...
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    First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

    DTVpal Plus There's now another new version of the DTVPal, for $10 more than the standard one. They're calling it the DTVPal Plus, and calling it the second generation of DTVPal. According to the web site it just has a better tuner. No mention of the flawed timer problem. Their web site says...
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    First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

    REVIEW: DTVpal versus RCA I have both an RCA and a DTVpal, so for those of you who are reading up to decide if the DTVpal is for you, here's my observations. Summary: DTVpal well worth the $10 extra over the RCA, but not without a few things that weren't thought out completely. First, on...
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    First Look: Dish Network's DTVPal Digital Converter

    Pabeader is correct, there is very sophisticated error correction built into the over-the-air DTV protocol. (google 'ATSC forward error correction'. Each 188 byte mpeg frame for DTV gets 20 bytes of parity bytes - compare to ethernet's 1500-9500 data bytes and only 4 bytes error code, and that's...