The Dish Network User Interface Thread
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I couldn't care less about the actual UI from the old days. I'm having more fun laughing at some of the programming in the listings. Beat the Geeks? I remember how much that show sucked. It's like a trip down bad TV memory lane. Lol
The model 721 interface was ahead of its time.
I also remember them when they turned into Gold on eBay with the L054 factory software.
Hahaha
I also remember them when they turned into Gold on eBay with the L054 factory software.
Hahaha
As long as you guys are talking about old school interfaces, I came across this at a customer's today
Good to hear ya with the memories of the DishPVR 721, Claude! For someone who don't want a Hopper forced upon them, they may want E* to revive the 721!
Cool find! Now back to the regularly-scheduled user interface talk programming!
I still got 25 or so of those brand new
I'm keeping this one just for nostalgia! Right next to my Dish UHF Pro kit I picked up on a job that had never been used.
I still have the first receiver I ever installed. A model 1000.
Installed it for a little old lady. Installed in 1999 and swapped it for a 311 in 2008 just so I could have it.
WOW! You are very lucky that you still have the very first Dish Network receiver! (the Model 1000)
The first receiver was the 2000. The 1000 was the first el cheapo receiver they launched...so cheap it didn't even have buttons on the front panel! It evolved into the 2700 that had 2 buttons on the front, ch -/+ and you had to hold both down to power on and off.
The first receiver was the 2000. The 1000 was the first el cheapo receiver they launched...so cheap it didn't even have buttons on the front panel! It evolved into the 2700 that had 2 buttons on the front, ch -/+ and you had to hold both down to power on and off.
I apologize if I thought that the 1000 was the first, it was mixing up a bit of receiver history on my part, hehe.
And now, I will show you the OpenTV Dish Interactive guide, from December of 2002. The program shown was the lovely Remote Control Help program on channel 101 (for me it will always be HELP or DNFYI), hosted by none other than Marnie Brooks and Pete! The photo of the guide that I posted was from an old DishPVR 501 satellite system user's guide, and funny enough, I have a photo of Marnie and Pete as my profile photo! rofl
The first receiver was the 2000. The 1000 was the first el cheapo receiver they launched...so cheap it didn't even have buttons on the front panel! It evolved into the 2700 that had 2 buttons on the front, ch -/+ and you had to hold both down to power on and off.
Yea and they where not even true buttons. It was a lever that pressed 2 micro switches on the circuit board.
All the commercial places who has 2800’s had huge buttons pushed out
One would think the 1000 came before the 2000 lol.
Yep, can't tell you how many of those I pulled out that looked like they had been in the deep fryer.
That would be the 1000, it was back when people had to buy their equipment and it was launched as a low cost, second room receiver. Nothing but an LED and IR receiver on the front of it, remote wasn't even universal to control a TV. I think they were $99 and this would have been around 1999/2000
Yeah we had one at the Wendy’s I worked at in high school to tune Muzak. FM1 during the day... HotFM at night
