Just received this email from Echostar on if the Dish 942 was MPeg-4 Complaint and if not, when a DishNetwork DVR would be available with MPeg-4:
"Thank you for your e-mail. The migration of any services to MPEG4 will
be made far enough in the future that it will allow us to create a
transition plan for customers to receive any new services offered on
MPEG-4. At this point, no announcements have been made about this plan.
However, it should be of comfort to DISH Network customers that the
company has historically accommodated its customers during any similar
transitions, dating back as the transition from QPSK to 8PSK on our
model 6000s. At that time, we implemented a plan that allowed an
affordable upgrade path for existing customers with no disruption of
services."
Lets hope the email notice above gives us some comfort that DishNetwork will offer fair upgrade pricing from the Dish 942 when they come out with MPeg-4 DVR's!
"Thank you for your e-mail. The migration of any services to MPEG4 will
be made far enough in the future that it will allow us to create a
transition plan for customers to receive any new services offered on
MPEG-4. At this point, no announcements have been made about this plan.
However, it should be of comfort to DISH Network customers that the
company has historically accommodated its customers during any similar
transitions, dating back as the transition from QPSK to 8PSK on our
model 6000s. At that time, we implemented a plan that allowed an
affordable upgrade path for existing customers with no disruption of
services."
Lets hope the email notice above gives us some comfort that DishNetwork will offer fair upgrade pricing from the Dish 942 when they come out with MPeg-4 DVR's!