Dish Network Booth Preview

[Jeffro34tx]

Do we dare as WHEN an "actual" release date would be?

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Do we dare as WHEN an "actual" release date would be?

"Soon"....

 

[ripnbigc]

Good news on the enabling fee and our ability to use our own drives. Charlie pleeeeaaaase make it soon. Gotta 1T just waiting.

 

[Hall]

...the Dishnetwork info says the 625 is USB 1.1. I would hope it still might work even if it is slower.

For streaming, I think USB 1.1 might be sufficient. If you were copying a show or movie from one to the other, yes, then it would be painfully slow.

 

[GaryPen]

You may also use an internal drive, an enclosure is available for as little as $15 these days.

This is a great announcement. Looks like I'll need to bridge my 622

Is there an internal USB port?

 

[RandallA]

You place the internal hard drive inside the enclosure and it becomes an external USB drive.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Is there an internal USB port?

No. He is talking about just purchasing a regular internal hard drive and then putting an enclosure kit on it as opposed to paying too much for an "external" drive.

 

[jcrash]

Good news on the enabling fee and our ability to use our own drives. Charlie pleeeeaaaase make it soon. Gotta 1T just waiting.

Charlie said the 1TB models currently weren't compatible but they would issue a software fix at some point.

 

[ccg3]

625 and 522 only have usb 1.0 so if it would work it would be very slow.

 

[jcrash]

Questions I'd like asked:

1) Is the "mid-year" release date mentioned in the news conference for the new 22-1 receiver - i.e. any chance for a software release sometime soon that would enable external storage?

2) Any chance we can stream from one receiver to another with the Ethernet connection?

 

[PowerMax]

Questions I'd like asked:

1) Is the "mid-year" release date mentioned in the news conference for the new 22-1 receiver - i.e. any chance for a software release sometime soon that would enable external storage?

2) Any chance we can stream from one receiver to another with the Ethernet connection?

1) ?!?

2) I read somewhere (don't recall) that you should be able to between the VIP series receivers.

 

[PowerMax]

No. He is talking about just purchasing a regular internal hard drive and then putting an enclosure kit on it as opposed to paying too much for an "external" drive.

Correct, it is about 80 bucks cheaper last I checked and you can always "swap" drives out of the enclosure.

Great example of why your own enclosure is nice.

 

[gjh3260]

An oldie but goodie regarding programming........WHEN will the HD RSN's be available ?? :

"Soon" is not an acceptable response.

 

[nitstalker]

.They were still getting it set up but she said it will be beta tested by live customers....

Isnt that how everything is?

 

[navychop]

2) I read somewhere (don't recall) that you should be able to between the VIP series receivers.

Nope. Not yet.

 

[jcrash]

1) ?!?
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I was asking if there might be two phases of this external storage rollout. Maybe a software release for existing 622s could precede the hardware release of the new 22-1's.

 

[navychop]

Yes. It would be nice if they rolled it out in Feb, then the s/w update & 1TB fix in mid year. Get it on the street!

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Correct, it is about 80 bucks cheaper last I checked and you can always "swap" drives out of the enclosure.

Great example of why your own enclosure is nice.

If you'll read up a few posts, the VIP622 is NOT working with the 1TB drive at this time.

 

[BobaBird]

it will be beta tested by live customers

Thank you for that scoop!

 

[Allin4greeN]

...Great example of why your own enclosure is nice.

"The CinemaStar version of Hitachi's 1TB drive, which is slated to be released sometime in the second quarter of 2007, will have optimized capabilities for DVR recording applications, such as adaptive error recovery and "bedroom quiet" acoustics. All that extra space should be more than enough to deal with high-definition (HD) programming; 1TB can hold about 250 hours of HD video, which beats most of today's TiVos."

I'll take one these please :