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It has a HDMI 1.3 transmitter.

I saw the ViP922K last summer, but I understand Dish Network made a number of improvements to the interface over the past 3-5 months. Since it looks like we are nearing release, could someone not under NDA post screenshots of the EPG, channel bar, and various other menus to show the current...

Perhaps because Microsoft has done it before? Microsoft legal has sought a change of venue on multiple occasions, and given the i4i result, I think they'd do anything possible to avoid another case in the Eastern District of Texas. In any case, the Court ruled on the motion yesterday.

TiVo shipped its first boxes with built-in tuners back in May, 1999 -- ten years ago. TiVo has never required an external box to record, they just gave users that option. All DirecTV TiVos shipped with built-in digital tuners, and all newer standalone TiVos ship with built-in ATSC and QAM...

This is not what the judge said. Folsom said Echostar would still be held in contempt if the new software was non-infringing. That may seem like a minor distinction, but an important one as far as the law is concerned. This part of the ruling only makes sense when you understand that Folsom...

Some might find this amusing: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection Blog Archive Dish Researching Hostile TiVo Takeover?

The BCM4500 is a satellite receiver and irrelevant. Broadcom's DVR SoCs are the 73xx and 740x. The Dish Network 522/625 use the BCM7320 and the 921 uses the BCM7021. The hardware itself may not infringe, but it is difficult (if not impossible) to write non-infringing software for these SoCs...

PID filtering <> infringement. That is just one element of the claim. Dish Network will need to look elsewhere to avoid infringement. Patents exist for almost every electronic version of every prior invention. We've had TV listings in magazines and newspapers for decades. But display the...

TiVo may recover some lost revenues with this suit, but they will never recover the lost time. Even a modest licensing fee of $1.25/mo (on 4-7 million DVRs) would have allowed for significant increases in R&D across a number of years, thereby allowing TiVo to implement new features and other...

"PID filtering" represents only one element of the claim. That alone does not make for infringement. Every element of the patent claim has to be met for infringement. I do agree that legal interpretation strengthens the TiVo patents, since that function is essential for all software running...

If the Dish Network DVRs had general purpose Intel or CPUs, then a workaround could be found with minimal effort. But these DVRs are constrained by SoCs with performance comparable to 133-300MHz Celeron processors. They are only able to power a Linux-based DVR because they have accelerated...

This is the agreement TiVo has in place with DirecTV. When the customer orders a next-generation DirecTV DVR, they'll be given the option to choose the DirecTV software or the TiVo software. DirecTV is expected to pay roughly $2/mo (out of its pocket) for any customer that wants the TiVo...

If you were experiencing any reboots / lockups before, please report on whether you see the same issues with 1.06 installed.

The new software is supposed to address the stability issues experienced by some customers. It's also supposed to make several usability enhancements, including picture-in-guide. Edit: Not all changes made it into this release, apparently. The update does address the timer scheduling issue...

All true2way boxes use the existing M-CARDs. There are no new cards for these boxes. There are three basic differences that separate the new boxes from existing CableCard products like the TiVo and Moxi. They have: (1) a bidirectional receiver for two-way communication with the cable company...

No one is talking about sending 1080p60. Not even Broadcom. Broadcom advocates the feature as a way to output 1080p24 content at 1080p60. They support the deinterlace of 1080i into 1080p, which they claim is better than you get in some older 1080p TVs. The BCM7410 and BCM7420 will support a...

Yes. Moxi's primary advantages over the TivoHD are: 16:9 interface with high resolution graphics can display small guide at bottom of screen plug-and-play support for any external drive, not just the WD My Expander much larger liveTV buffer on-screen widgets Some disadvantages to Moxi: no dual...

The good news is that some cable providers are improving their software for true2way, recognizing that this equipment won't be limited by the memory constraints of the existing hardware. For example, Comcast's true2way software can take advantage of 16:9 screens, unlike their current software...

Tribune isn't perfect by any means, but you really haven't experienced a bad (unreliable) guide until you've tried a FiOS DVR. New episodes of shows on ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC/TNT/FX are regularly labeled as repeats, with repeats labeled as new episodes. When there are back-to-back episodes, the FiOS...

As you probably know, the BCM7400 in the 722k/922 does not support 1080p60. Broadcom announced its first DVR SoCs with full 1080p60 support back in January, but you won't see them in any Dish Network or DirecTV DVRs until 2010. Those solutions are just vaporware at this point.

Remember...the Echostar T2200S won't use the Dish Network DVR software, it will use whatever true2way (java) software is offered by the cable company. No cable company currently offers DVR software comparable to the Dish Network DVR software. Any DVR that relies on the Verizon FiOS guide is...

The 722k is based on the Broadcom BCM7400 DVR SoC, which is rated at twice the performance of the BCM7038 (and BCM7412) in the ViP722. FCC documents confirm the ViP922 is based on the same SoC. As the first shipping product with the BCM7400, there are bound to be some growing pains from...

Sure. All outputs are active simultaneously on the DTVPal DVR. On a related subject...Has anyone tested to see if their Dish UHF remote will change channels on the DTVPal DVR (while covering up the IR transmitter)? In other words, does the DTVPal DVR have a UHF receiver?

I'm not really familiar with the offerings in the UK, but I just Google'd and the answer appears to be yes. From this link:

I don't know about a $9.99/mo plan besides that mentioned on this forum, but the "Echostar Terrestrial Digital" receiver is a product sold for digital TV in the UK.