Sorry if this has been answered, but I am a pissed off Dish Network customer ready to dump them.
Is A New Genie Being Released?
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This depends on what you call New.
Currently they have the older Genie, HR34 out that has all but been discontinued, the MUCH better HR44 and the newest one the HR54, which is not available in ALL areas (that I know of)
However they are available in my area.
Unless you order it(HR54) from third party sources, like Amazon. You also have the H44 Genie Lite which you can upgrade later to DVR with the DVR Upgrade Kit(external eSATAp HDD supplied by Directv for $99.00).
They are most likely designing a new receiver/DVR that works with both Uverse & Directv. Here is a thought, what if they are working on a new STB that you can only get through them(AT&T). Any new STB can only come from their offices & hooked up only by their installers. No more buying a STB third party & calling in to activate it. It will not be a leased box, it'll be an "owned by AT&T" box. This would/could explain the possibility of the CE program ending in the future by AT&T.
I thought of that also. I wonder if anyone here or at other sites would even be able to get first looks at the latest boxes anymore. Maybe we will only know from tech sites like Engadget and The Verge, or only from AT&T press releases?
I thought of that also. I wonder if anyone here or at other sites would even be able to get first looks at the latest boxes anymore. Maybe we will only know from tech sites like Engadget and The Verge, or only from AT&T press releases?
AT&T could do a new policy of not letting their installers or Scott talk about their new boxes anymore at sites like these and the only way we will learn about them is through sites like Engadget and The Verge? Or through AT&T press releases?
The HR54 is being released nationwide this week on the 18th. Thats about as new as you are going to get right now.
Yeh, but will AT&T let you get your hands on that rumored SatelliteTV/IPTV hybrid box?
Now WHY would they do something like that when they are getting free advertisement from those on here and other Sat sites ?
Why would they tell a site like Engadget that they would be allowed ... if they wanted to take things in house more, it would do away with the info at places like Engadget and Verge, not add to them, where speculation runs rampant.
I still have my suspicions that AT&T wants to solely be a satellite TV & wireless company, & that they'll at least try to shed their POTS, DSL, & Uverse completely. If the new STB works with both Satellite & ANY internet connection(regardless of ISP), that should be the real clue.
purchase it from a retailer online. otherwise no.
but the 54 is NOT 4k, you must use a c61k or rvu
so why would it matter if you had a 4k tv?
Have a 4K TV. (Even though the HR54 does not do 4K Itself.)
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