echostar TR-50 finalist- best of CES at CNet

[goldengoose]

Ive seen some indicate it has a built in digital tuner.

Where my in laws live--- they have cable and we just hooked it up to their new digital TV with no set top box required. Would this work as a DVR for them?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Far as I can tell it is an ota digital tuner with an analog tuner also. It can record two things at the same time. I don't know if it can do cable at all.

 

[bhawley]

How will it get the guide info?

 

[TheKrell]

But I think the story is wrong. It does not have a HDMI output. I am 99% certain of that. Cuz I sure didn't see it when I looked around the back of it.

masterdeals posted a close-up of the back here which clearly shows HDMI. Were you guys actually at the same show?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

PSIP Data for the guide and pssoble guide over ethernet (via the internet)

I am just finishing up a video on the TR50, keep checking the CES forum and I will post when its up.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

masterdeals posted a close-up of the back here which clearly shows HDMI. Were you guys actually at the same show?

Chill out dude. I stand corrected. I didn't get a shot of the back of it; and apparently forgot it had HDMI. Sorry.

 

[HokieEngineer]

Guide info will come from PSIP data the channel broadcasts.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Check out the video I posted.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Guide info will come from PSIP data the channel broadcasts.

Supposedly it will get the guide data from the local CBS or the local PBS station which will have the guide data for all the locals in your area.

 

[StanUbankit]

It isn't THAT revolutionary of a product. Polaroid has had a similar product out for awhile now - WalMart has been selling them. Granted it doesn't have an ethernet port, but it DOES have a DVD burner!

I looked at the Polaroid recorder, if I'm reading correctly is isn't hd, is it?
That, IMO, would make the TR50 a nice unit, and since it has no dvr fee it would be a heckuva lot cheaper to operate than the tivo hd unit.

 

[StanUbankit]

I wonder who their target audience for this box is? Is there anyone in the US that has broadband but receives TV OTA only? I suppose there may be someone, but would they be interested in the current overpriced offerings from Dish online? Those one or two people probably also know what Bittorrent is.

I would think it might appeal to hd owners with multiple sets who use the set in the bedroom/office/etc as a secondary set but would like to have hd available at a reasonable price. I'm interested in it simply because having more choices gives the consumer more control over what they pay and watch. More competition is great I'm looking at having to cut something outta our budget because the dad-blamed cost of insurance has gotten completely outta control, the homeowners rates in Texas have been going up for the last 10+ years, way beyond the rate of inflation
And who's medical insurance hasn't gone thru the roof this century: