First Portable DVR in the U.S.

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[~Tech Angel~] Echostar has announced that they will release the first portable DVR (a spinoff of the Archos AV700) in the U.S. later on this summer. The product will be called the PocketDish and will store audio, photos and TV content. It will be able to download a full-length movie from an EchoStar DVR in less than ten minutes. With up to a 40 GB hard drive, it can store 180 hours of standard tv or 25 hours of HD content. It will come in three different screen sizes, 2-inch, 4-inch, and 7-inch...

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[Kaptainsatellite.com] » 2005 » January Kaptains Satellite TV Blog: Beginning January, Dish Network introduced newest high-definition satellite television receiver, the DISH Player-DVR 942. Its uniqueness is based on the combination high-definition (HD) and digital video recording (DVR) together with the multi-room capability. It will become available for a purchase in first quarter of 2005, for an announced introductory MSRP of $749 (dish antenna and installation for new customers included).

[Kaptainsatellite.com] » News Kaptains Satellite TV Blog: Chuck Dolan, chairman of Cablevision, has still high hopes for Voom and HDTV services, even after he was forced to sell Voom satellite to its rival EchoStar. Dolan is now heading a group that wants to purchase the remaining assets of Voom, a Satellite TV Service project he enforced at Cablevision that cost over $1 billion and had only 26.000 subscribers signed up. He wants to use these assets to continue the Voom HDTV service with almost 40 high definition channels. (more…)

[Satellite-tv.ws] Dish Network Satellite TV: 04/16/05: Many former cable subscribers simply got fed up with constant rate increases and the old fuzzy picture they used to get with cable. I used to have cable myself; but switched to the Dish Network Satellite TV service several years ago and am very happy with the service. The picture quality is way superior with satellite, you get alot more programming channels to choose from and it's alot cheaper than cable. As both a subscriber and sales affiliate of the DISH Network satellite offer, I highly recommend Dish Network as providing a superior television entertainment experience!

[Quick-savings.com] Lower Bills Blog: Satellite TV Archives: "The DISH Player DVR gives customers the flexibility to attend their son's or daughter's soccer game while their DVR is at home recording their favorite shows," said John Scarborough, senior vice president of Marketing for EchoStar. "Once at home, they can skip the TV commercials or conduct their own instant replays. With a DVR, you can live your life, then you watch TV."

[Engadget.com] Engadget - www.engadget.com: Supposedly Archos is teaming up with EchoStar on the AV700, a new portable video player with a 7-inch LCD screen that'll let you copy over TV shows or movies that are stored on your DVR-enabled DISH

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Posted at May 27, 2005 11:15 AM