Where is USB External Storage for the 942/ViP622?
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I called about when and if we will ever see this function and was told not before Q4. Wasn't it supposed to be this summer? I am convinced we will never see this feature.
Brian
I called about when and if we will ever see this function and was told not before Q4. Wasn't it supposed to be this summer? I am convinced we will never see this feature.
Brian
In the meantime, can you take programs recorded on the 622 and record to another DVR? If so, how?
If there's a thread on this, please let me know.
If there's a thread on this, please let me know.
DISH makes money on Programming, not on hardware. It suits DISH best if everyone keeps paying their bills and keeps the receiver they have. The only reason DISH wants anyone to upgrade their hardware is to sell them more programming (HD, DVR service).
Are you being funny?
I hope I didn't infer that DISH would never make different model receivers after the 622. DISH would rather the NEW receivers go to NEW customers or to customers currently using the 500 series.
What do you think the mark-up on a receiver is compared to the mark-up on programming?
Yes, I realize that programming is the cash cow. Dishes history of hardware however is filled with new features coming only to the new receivers. I had to move from the 721 to the 942 to the 622 as a perfect example.
So, yes, I was being funny but based on reality.
Well the updating of receivers is only getting started as Charlie wants to get rid of mpeg2. :up
But I truly believe DISH doesn't want you to trash the receiver you currently have to get a new feature or 2. If a current receiver could be upgraded to do mpeg4 or HD, DISH would much rather go that route. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if the mpeg2 only receivers don't see another feature added as they move subs to mpeg4.
DISH's biggest problem is their software division SUCKS. Features are slow to materialize and consistent release schedules have disappeared. If I were Charlie I would have lost a boot by now.
If I thought there were releasing external storage this summer I would pick one of these up from fry's:
http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=2519&adid=4448973&subid=15954456&type=
http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=2519&adid=4448973&subid=15954456&type=
Yes, as a matter of fact, I have plugged two different hard disks into the USB port, drives I use at work, and the 622 says that they are unrecognized.
Saw an ad for a 500gb USB for $129....lowest price I've seen yet for that amount of storage. Wish they'd get with it on the external recording...
