Sorry I was wrong I just did a little more research and the info I had stated previously is wrong. I had gotten info from when the SSD's were still pretty new and therefore it wasn't correct.
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They are struggling to offer HD on all channels! You think they can free up enough bandwidth to go up to 4k? A standard with limited at home use?
Perhaps 2014 will be the year they finally get rid of QPSK and go 8PSK only (MPEG4 too much to hope for on WA at this time)... Then they may have some bandwidth for a couple PPV 4k channels...
Indirectly, it's about the compatibility with the operation of DVR's in general. SSD are completely compatible w/ linux. The constant recording and erasing of the storage drive and how fast it would ruin the SSD.
I always buy Intel SSDs (not for the DVR, yet.) they claim that their older MLC SSDs are good for 100GB/day for 5 years while the newer are more like 20GB/day for 5 years. Considering the size of today's SSDs you'd have to do a good bit of daily overwriting to achieve that. So that means that the older Intel MLC SSDs are good for 178.2TB of writes, with the newer being more along the lines of 35.6TB. Not sure on the other brands as I only buy Intel SSDs.
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Doesn't dish Network's channel buffer constantly read and write the same partition on the internal HDD?
This would be the area of concern for using SSDs.
This would be the area of concern for using SSDs.
This may be the reason why those that were talking about DVR's being a problem were referring to in the early articles I read.
I think I read not long ago that they were working on the fix to the short life cycles due to limited overwrite cycles. I look forward to that day. That along with further price reduction will lead to the eventual end of the HDD or at least a steady decline just like cassette tapes and floppy discs.
Anything new lately on the rumor mill? I heard today its possible a new hopper is coming but that is very very early in rumor stage. I'd just personally like to know if its a new hopper coming this year or just a software upgrade to the existing hoppers.
If a new hopper is to come along it should include the nodes and make the joeys all wireless and a powerful wireless to go thru more than 3 walls and not require a wireless router. Also could be great to have the nodes built into the LNB's to just eliminate the need for those connections that could get water damage in the future.
If a new hopper is to come along it should include the nodes and make the joeys all wireless and a powerful wireless to go thru more than 3 walls and not require a wireless router. Also could be great to have the nodes built into the LNB's to just eliminate the need for those connections that could get water damage in the future.
Why? 4k is probably the most useless upgrade for the conventional home ever. The screens have to be very large to make a difference. 4k is great for theaters and very large screens, but utterly useless at most homes and Dish shouldn't waste a dime trying to appease early adopters who clearly have too much money on their hands to upgrade to a service that will have very limited enjoyment payoff and even media to take advantage of the technology.
4k just because they can say they offer 4k... I do not expect much more than some PPVs in 4k, but I bet they make their marketing imply every channel is 4k... Of course if they really had full 2k resolution and bandwidth available, it would be quite an improvement.
I agree completely. EXCEPT:
- The world, being as it is, is driven by Marketing and our belief that bigger numbers are better. For a competitor to advertise they had 4K and Dish didn't, well that would sway some, and Dish would have to add such support.
- UHD ("4K") may well deliver significantly improved 3D, perhaps breathing new life into it.
There. Have we beaten this to death?
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Beat me to it. The reason you need 4K for 3D at reasonable screen resolutions on a home theater setup is it allows cheap passive (polarized) glasses. Passive 3D halves the screen resolution.
Marketing is key. It's like TV manufacturers marketing their LED TVs to have 60hz, 120hz, 240hz or even 480hz when you could just buy a plasma and not worry about those numbers at all.
Not for much longer with the expected drop of plasma from the Panasonic lineup
Oh I know. It's amazing how uneducated and misled the public is on Plasma TVs. I think that is the sole reason why manufacturers are discontinuing them.
