This morning SatelliteGuys.US has received some updated information about the 722. The most interesting being that ONLY the 722 will be able to do HD VOD in the future. (I guess the 622 does not have a big enough reserved partition to handle HD VOD)
Updated 722 Information
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Nearly double the recording space would be very nice! Have there been any announcements about upgrades from 622 to 722?
I bet that this is just another way to get people to upgrade to the 722. If they really wanted to I bet they could find a way to make the 622 do HD VOD. Just seems to be another DISH ploy to get us to spend more money.
Shawn
Shawn
This morning SatelliteGuys.US has received some updated information about the 722. The most interesting being that ONLY the 722 will be able to do HD VOD in the future. (I guess the 622 does not have a big enough reserved partition to handle HD VOD)
Did they change their mind's and decide to give more space to us, or are they counting the VOD space in those number of hours?
The agreement with their VOD providers does not allow for them to allow VOD content to be stored on external hard drives.
In addition VOD content only has a limited life on the drive, if you buy a VOD it is downloaded to your machine and is deleted automatically after 24 - 48 hours. If its stored on an external drive then it can't automatically be deleted as required by the VOD providers and movie studios.
In addition VOD content only has a limited life on the drive, if you buy a VOD it is downloaded to your machine and is deleted automatically after 24 - 48 hours. If its stored on an external drive then it can't automatically be deleted as required by the VOD providers and movie studios.
No reason there can't be a choice. I.e. If you choose HD VOD, you loose 10 hours of HD recording space. 2 Hours, if you choose VOD via the internet only. They could even use the same software on both boxes so the 722 would have even more space available for customer's recordings if they choose. Seems to me E* is making it harder on itself by creating different software versions for different receivers. Using the same code base (as they did with 50x series) is more cost efficient and will ultimately lead to a better product since more users can give feedback. Otherwise, I fear the 622 will be orphaned in the same way that the 921 was after the 942 came out.
I don't mind the fact that you will need a 722 to get VOD. I can probably live without VOD for the time being. My fear is that they start updating the software on the 722 regularly and start forgetting about the 622.
Oh well, I suppose the 622 wasn't going to last forever...
Oh well, I suppose the 622 wasn't going to last forever...
Save for the hard drive; aren't they the same box?
Why not allow customers to upgrade internally to a larger HD for the 722s features...
Okay; support nightmare; never mind
Cheers,
Their similar, not the same. It is suppose to also be some newer generation chips as well.
Ok, lemme see now - the 722 has a larger drive in order to accomodate expensive HD VOD that will only stay on the drive for a day or two. IMHO, this hardly makes for a compelling case to upgrade to the 722 from the 622 - particularly in light of the upcoming External Storage feature.
Just my two cents.
--Doug
Just my two cents.
--Doug
I haven't had my 622 a year and half yet and it's already be obsoleted? How much are they going to hit us high-end subs for the 722? Any nice deals? Otherwise, I'm waiting for a while. I haven't used VOD once yet anyway...
Right...sorry for not being clear on my point. VOD or HD VOD - not a big deal to me really since their pricing of VOD is beyond what I'm willing to pay...
Thanks for the info too, Scott!
Thanks for the info too, Scott!
I check what's available on VOD once a week or so and the price is absurd. I can wait for it to hit PPV or the last-chance channel, or the premium movie channels rather than pay what they want for VOD...
The major difference between the 622 and the 722 is : COLOR! The 622 is metalic silver and the 722 is coal black.
