Why can't they just port 942 software to 921?

[KingsFan]

Maybe this has already been addressed, but why can't they just port the obviously superior 942 software over to the 921? (removing the multi-room capabilities of course). It make no sense for a company to maintain the large number of software baselines that E* does.

 

[MikeD-C05]

The 921 is discontinued and after the mpeg4 transition early next year for hd subs, I doubt there will be any 921s out there. It really doesn't make sense to try to "fix " the software anylonger. I just hope they finish fixing the 942 software so it will be easy to Port the software to the new mpeg4 replacement ; the 962.

 

[KingsFan]

As a current 921 user that transition may come too late as I've just about had my fill of lockups, missed timers, 0 sec recordings, etc.


But, my main point is why are they maintaining a separate software baseline for each box they have? Why don't they have a single baseline and concentrate their efforts on perfecting it?

 

[jergenf]

Maybe this has already been addressed, but why can't they just port the obviously superior 942 software over to the 921? (removing the multi-room capabilities of course). It make no sense for a company to maintain the large number of software baselines that E* does.

The 921 has different hardware than the 942, even though they have simular capabilities. Therefore the drivers would be totally different. Also the 942 is better both from a hardware and software perspective because it evolved from the 921 so many of the bottlenecks were improved in the next revision.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Actually, I think the 942 evolved from the 522/625, NOT the 921.

The 921 came from the 721, which did NOT come from the 501/508/510.

SO, what we have are three different familys of Dish DVR, soon to be one - the 962, evolved from the 942.