First Look - Dish Booth & 922

[Uther Pendragon]

I asked the last question on the Scottie Chat today. However, due to stage fright and totally stressing out I don't think I asked what I meant to or really know exactly what I asked.

What I wanted to ask was if you have the slingloaded 922 hooked up at home is there any possible way to hook up your laptop to a tv somewhere else, say at a hotel room, and watch your 922 remotely on that tv?

I realize you can watch your home 922 at a hotel on your laptop but how about on a hotel tv?

Most hotel TVs only use the cable systems analog channels. Cable converter boxes changes the digital channels to RF analog that outputs to channel 3 or 4. So the laptop would have to have a digital to RF converter to hook to most current hotel TVs. Even a digital TV would require to laptop to do some form of conversion from ethernet or wireless 802.11.

 

[hdaddikt]

Many manufacturers, almost all decent ones, make their devices universal friendly. Most commonly they have extended codesets for discrete power and inputs, many have IR inputs on the back, some are controllable via RS-232, etc.

Yes, there's always that device that's a pain to control, but this shouldn't be it. Dish has been great so far with control...discrete power and 16 different IR addresses.

Plus the cursor style makes no sense.

I agree with regards to codesets, as well as access via 232 ports. I was thinking more of button placement or other touch control methods, again more to do with ergonomics and ease of use.

 

[Andrewwski]

Yes, that means that the box should have the ability to respond to arrow presses and such instead of the touchpad.

However, it also must be viable. If one needs to hold down an arrow to move a cursor to another button, that's just plain silly. But who would want to use a touchpad to do so either? Pressing buttons makes much more sense.

 

[jacmyoung]

Why are people having problem figuring out how touchpad works? Ever used a laptop? Each of them has a touchpad.

 

[Tyralak]

This thing looks like it trumps even Tivo

That's not hard to do.

 

[Tyralak]

No number buttons on the remote.

 

[HDRoberts]

Why are people having problem figuring out how touchpad works? Ever used a laptop? Each of them has a touchpad.

We know how it works! Thing is, we think it will be a pain in the rear to have to hit the 'keypad' button, than have to individually select the numbers for the channel we want to watch.

Practical example: I am now typing with my onscreen Windows keyboard an can confirm using a touchpad to select numbers/letters instead of just typing!!

 

[BoisePaul]

We know how it works! Thing is, we think it will be a pain in the rear to have to hit the 'keypad' button, than have to individually select the numbers for the channel we want to watch.

Practical example: I am now typing with my onscreen Windows keyboard an can confirm using a touchpad to select numbers/letters instead of just typing!!

Now come on - nobody needs physical buttons/keys anymore. Haven't you heard about the Macbook Wheel?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faEbTXXCJro&feature=related"]MacBook Wheel[/ame]

Okay, so it's a joke, but still...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

For those wondering, you do NOT need to use the touchpad. I was told you can use a standard Dish Network remote with the unit as well (or a universal remote).

To go through the menus you just use the arrow keys and select button.

This one seems very well thought out.

 

[ChrisK114]

Do we have any idea how much this thing will cost for customers? I have D* right now but this does make E* a little more appealing.

 

[HDRoberts]

For those wondering, you do NOT need to use the touchpad. I was told you can use a standard Dish Network remote with the unit as well (or a universal remote).

To go through the menus you just use the arrow keys and select button.

This one seems very well thought out.

Thank god. That was the one thing that would hold me back. Hopefully it will have the "EPG channel surf" as well working with the old remotes/harmony (where you hit the right arrow and can scroll through the channels).

 

[SpaceCase]

For those wondering, you do NOT need to use the touchpad. I was told you can use a standard Dish Network remote with the unit as well (or a universal remote).

To go through the menus you just use the arrow keys and select button.

This one seems very well thought out.

WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheTony]

For those wondering, you do NOT need to use the touchpad. I was told you can use a standard Dish Network remote with the unit as well (or a universal remote).

To go through the menus you just use the arrow keys and select button.

This one seems very well thought out.

I figured standard remote should work, at least for the menu/guide navigation.

Unless they made the arrow buttons touch sensitive, where the touchpad/trigger would help is in the browser.

 

[jcrandall]

Some more pics of the 922 interface specifically.

 

[hdaddikt]

Why are people having problem figuring out how touchpad works? Ever used a laptop? Each of them has a touchpad.

The discussion of 'touchpad' came up with regards to the adoption of the new functions with a universal remote. Make the original remote too unique in how it's used, and programming a universal could be real problem.
Given that, I don't find touchpads that convenient compared to a mouse (which still does not help the 'universal remote' problem).

 

[jcrandall]

Pics of the 922 box and remote.

 

[jcrandall]

Lastly, there will be an add on 15" LCD TV that operates similiar to the TV2 concept on most dish receivers, but this one receives it's signal via G wifi.

 

[HDRoberts]

Any work on price for that 15" LCD "Sling Monitor"?

Also, is it battery powered (if so, what's the battery life), or is it AC exclusively?

 

[jcrandall]

No word on price, but knowing Dish, it will be about $100 more than it should, so I would guess $300.

It is AC only.

 

[HDRoberts]

No word on price, but knowing Dish, it will be about $100 more than it should, so I would guess $300.

It is AC only.

Too bad, I was hoping for a TV I could carry into the can.

$300, if you ask me, wouldn't be the worst price, though. I might consider to go back and forth between my kitchen and home office.