SatelliteGuys - Retailer Chat Recap: April 22nd 2008

[urizen65]

Now talking about HD Locals and all of them which were launched over the past few weeks.

Scheduled to launch this week for SD Locals are:

Burlington, VT
Greensboro, NC
Greensville, SC
Huntsville, AL
Jackson, MS
Knoxville, TN
Mobile, AL
Providence, RI

Thats now 54 cities with HD locals.

Here are some cities which are scheduled to have HD locals by this summer. Some of them may be here sooner then that but here they are...

Norfolk, VA
Porland, ME
Hartford, CT
Buffalo, NY
Memphis, TN
Abilene, TX
Des Moines, IA
Omaho, NE
Ft. Myers FL
Grand Rapids, MI

Chiller SD launches tomorrow in AT250 on Channel 199.

And thats it for programming now going to Marketing... (I wont bore you with that unless they say something funny)

I live in Jackson, Ms and we already have SD locals. is that a typo, and they are going to add HD locals tomorrow, or this week?

 

[dlsnyder]

And now the best part of the show...

Leslie Harper with Tech News.

Leslie announces that external receivers can be moved between 622's and 722's and the 612! Your not locked into one receiver now!

Leslie says that they will be showing off a DPP33 switch at Team Summit plus a new Dish for "Eastern" customers.

TV2 IR Solution is coming soon, plus some cool new remote controls! (COOL!)

Tech Forum May 12th on Channel 101 at 9pm.

And that does it for Tech News

I hope you meant external hard drives here...

 

[whitewolf8214]

Thank You Scott for taking the time to do this and give us all the info great job:up

 

[whitewolf8214]

i wonder what a card swap is?mine dont have a card

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I live in Jackson, Ms and we already have SD locals. is that a typo, and they are going to add HD locals tomorrow, or this week?

Yes sorry HD locals. Typo on my part.

 

[Mr Tony]

card swap is when they swap the cards in the receiver

Some receivers its built in but you will do a "swap"...you'll insert a new card into the receiver

 

[wainwright]

Leslie announces that external receivers can be moved between 622's and 722's and the 612! Your not locked into one receiver now!

Scott,

I presume that you mean external HARD DRIVEs?

 

[whitewolf8214]

I hope you meant external hard drives here...

Any word on what the DPP33 is and what it will be used for?

 

[dlsnyder]

Yes, I was wondering about that too. I have a 508 that still has a card, but my 622 does not. It has a slot, which I presume can accept a card to override the internal one.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

i wonder what a card swap is?mine dont have a card

You will be sent a new card, there is an empty slot now for a card (the other card is built into the motherboard)

When you put the new card in, it disables the built in smartcard on the motherboard.

 

[whitewolf8214]

card swap is when they swap the cards in the receiver

Some receivers its built in but you will do a "swap"...you'll insert a new card into the receiver

Thanks Iceberg since I was wondering about the ones that don't have a card like mine:up

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Any word on what the DPP33 is and what it will be used for?

New Dish Pro Plus Switch.

 

[pdxsam]

And now the best part of the show...

Leslie announces that external receivers can be moved between 622's and 722's and the 612! Your not locked into one receiver now!

Hmmm maybe that's why I got a weird message from my 622 last weekend when I moved it. I reconnected the drive and it said it was the first time it was connected and it needed to be authorized. I said ok.. it didn't delete anything off the drive and was up and running.

I thought it weird that the drive had been on that 622 since they enabled external drives but it needed to be authorized. If that's what happened it makes sense now.

 

[whitewolf8214]

You will be sent a new card, there is an empty slot now for a card (the other card is built into the motherboard)

When you put the new card in, it disables the built in smartcard on the motherboard.

Thanks Scott

 

[urizen65]

Yes sorry HD locals. Typo on my part.

awesome! thanks for the news!

 

[kennya]

Why the card swap in the first place? It seems I remember reading something on it, but I can't find anythig.

 

[tsduke]

Hmmm maybe that's why I got a weird message from my 622 last weekend when I moved it. I reconnected the drive and it said it was the first time it was connected and it needed to be authorized. I said ok.. it didn't delete anything off the drive and was up and running.

I thought it weird that the drive had been on that 622 since they enabled external drives but it needed to be authorized. If that's what happened it makes sense now.

But there hasn't been a software update for the 622 or 722 since February.

 

[rich88]

Any word on what the DPP33 is and what it will be used for?

DPP 44 = 4 satellites, work up to 4 receivers/8 rooms

DPP 33 = 3 satellites, work up to 3 receivers/6 rooms

 

[ndcart]

Any Idea when I Get Channel 3 KTBS in Shreveport Back?

I too would like an update on this.

 

[whitewolf8214]

DPP 44 = 4 satellites, work up to 8 rooms

DPP 33 = 3 satellites, work up to 6 rooms

Thanks rich