DISH Four Tuner USB OTA Adapter Rumor

[dweber]

At Team Summit they had announced that the Air TV+ DVR, which would be a 4 tuner unit, would be available in November. But new product launch dates have a tendency to slide later.


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[navychop]

It might be simpler for Dish to allow 2 USB dual tuner dongles to be attached to the receiver. 2 + 2 = 4

Deja Vu all over again.


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[Nominal]

At Team Summit they had announced that the Air TV+ DVR, which would be a 4 tuner unit, would be available in November. But new product launch dates have a tendency to slide later.


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Exactly, what Scott described during the Team Summit coverage was a 4-tuner OTA AirTV branded DVR with a built-in hard drive, not a stand alone 4-tuner dongle that could be used with a Hopper. Think something like a Tivo Bolt OTA.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I wonder if it would be simpler for Dish to do a software mod to allow two dual tuner USB adapters...

I agree.

However I think the bigger issue is OTA takes a lot of bandwidth to process since the picture quality is better

 

[NYDutch]

I agree.

However I think the bigger issue is OTA takes a lot of bandwidth to process since the picture quality is better

Once the OTA signals hit the adapter, all processing is internal to the adapter and Hopper. No external bandwidth needed...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Once the OTA signals hit the adapter, all processing is internal to the adapter and Hopper. No external bandwidth needed...

Can the USB port handle it though? That is the question.


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[rvvaquero]

Can the USB port handle it though? That is the question.

Probably not without it's own cooling tower.

 

[TheKrell]

Exactly, what Scott described during the Team Summit coverage was a 4-tuner OTA AirTV branded DVR with a built-in hard drive, not a stand alone 4-tuner dongle that could be used with a Hopper. Think something like a Tivo Bolt OTA.

Fine. Call it the "Hopper 4". I don't really care whether it's internal or external.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

That would be AWESOME. Getting PTAT without the need of paying for locals on the satellite.would be a huge deal!

I would imagine since they would do it over the air, means all their rules about PTAT delays would be out the window since those channels are not covered over their satellite contracts.

Imagine the possibilities.

 

[charlesrshell]

That would be AWESOME. Getting PTAT without the need of paying for locals on the satellite.would be a huge deal!

I would imagine since they would do it over the air, means all their rules about PTAT delays would be out the window since those channels are not covered over their satellite contracts.

Imagine the possibilities.

Yes, OTA PTAT would be super nice. It has been posted that next day AutoHop OTA PTAT locals is working too without the DISH Satellite locals. I am working on rearranging my OTA locals between my two Hopper 3s and then give the wife some OJT. I will be canceling the Sat Locals in a couple of days.

 

[Peter Parker]

Exactly, what Scott described during the Team Summit coverage was a 4-tuner OTA AirTV branded DVR with a built-in hard drive, not a stand alone 4-tuner dongle that could be used with a Hopper. Think something like a Tivo Bolt OTA.

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[Nominal]

Next on to AIRTV. They show off the 3 new AIRTV products.

The show the AirTV dongle which will be available in July.
AirTV 2 will be coming for $100 in September.
AirTV Plus DVR will be available in November, with 4 tuners and a 1TB hard drive.

 

[Mark609]

4 tuners, are you kidding? I recommend they name it the GAL tuner - Get A Life.

Turn off the boob tube, go outside and garden, walk the dog, wash the cars........

 

[charlesrshell]

4 tuners, are you kidding? I recommend they name it the GAL tuner - Get A Life.

Turn off the boob tube, go outside and garden, walk the dog, wash the cars........

Are you kidding me!

 

[GPM]

With the way the disputes have been going and with football season about to start I can actually see where a 4 tuner OTA might be useful.

 

[navychop]

4 tuners, are you kidding? I recommend they name it the GAL tuner - Get A Life.

Turn off the boob tube, go outside and garden, walk the dog, wash the cars........

We've shot men for saying less than that!




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[glynnp]

4 tuners, are you kidding? I recommend they name it the GAL tuner - Get A Life.

Turn off the boob tube, go outside and garden, walk the dog, wash the cars........

Cars ?....who has cars ?

 

[MikeD-C05]

At Team Summit Dish announced a 4 Tuner for their Air TV. People are speculating that the 4 Tuner for the Air TV could possibly work on the Hopper receivers since the dual Air TV tuner works on the Hopper receivers. Personally, I don't believe that it will work on the Dish Hopper receivers. We will have to wait and see once it is released. I believe that the single Air TV tuner does not work on the Hopper receivers but the dual tuner does work.


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Add the Air Tv app to the hopper and you could use the air tv with the hopper. DISH makes both the hopper and the Air tv boxes, shouldn't be that hard of a stretch to come up with something that works together.

 

[NYDutch]

Can the USB port handle it though? That is the question.

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We know the USB ports can handle a dual tuner adapter and an EHD, so there's a chance it would handle two duals anyway. My H2 handles a single tuner adapter and a USB powered EHD ok.

 

[Foxbat]

Can the USB port handle it though? That is the question.

USB 2.0 is 480 Mbps. ATSC is maximum of ~19 Mbps, and since most US channels are ginsued into 3-8 streams, a sub-channel would be even less than that. So even four 19 Mbps streams should be able to be sent over USB.