I'll be there, from Saturday afternoon through Thursday early evening.
If anyone else is going, it would be good to put a face to the names.
If anyone else is going, it would be good to put a face to the names.
Is anyone going to CES?
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You will find us at the Dish booth on Monday Morning.
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Will be there the 7th (Tuesday) AM through the 9th (Thursday) evening.
Anyone meeting for diner? See everyone there!
Anyone meeting for diner? See everyone there!
I will be there Tuesday evening through Thursday afternoon. It would be good to get together - how about Wednesday dinner?
Bob
Bob
Unfortunately I can't afford to go to shows like this, but if I could, and if there were any FTA equipment manufacturers there, there are two things I would love to ask.
The first is, would they please consider bringing out receivers that can do the tougher formats (specifically 4:2:2) and that are also truly network accessible - by which I mean, they can save programs to network shares, stream programs to other computers on the network, or act as a source for a program like MythTV (the last two being similar to what a HDHomeRun device can do for terrestrial TV). And, preferably, that also have a web interface that can be used to schedule upcoming programs for recording.
And the second is, at least in the case of a couple manufacturers, why don't they at least make some effort to find reliable U.S. dealers that will carry their full line of FTA products? It is kind of frustrating when you finally decide on a particular brand and model of receiver you'd like to purchase, only to find that the only U.S. dealer(s) appear to be fly-by-night outfits that probably operate out of someone's garage and that don't even sell the full line of that manufacturers FTA receivers that would work in the U.S., or that they ran out of the model you want a month ago and have no immediate plans to restock, because they have decided they'd rather push some other brand and model. I know the U.S. is considered a miniscule market compared to Europe, but then why have "authorized dealers" (by which I mean protected dealerships) here at all? What I really love is when the only place you can find a particular model is on eBay, but then if you go to the authorized dealer's site, they have a big warning about not buying from that source because they sell clones - and yet the authorized distributor doesn't carry that receiver. At least the stinkin' clone is available!
The first is, would they please consider bringing out receivers that can do the tougher formats (specifically 4:2:2) and that are also truly network accessible - by which I mean, they can save programs to network shares, stream programs to other computers on the network, or act as a source for a program like MythTV (the last two being similar to what a HDHomeRun device can do for terrestrial TV). And, preferably, that also have a web interface that can be used to schedule upcoming programs for recording.
And the second is, at least in the case of a couple manufacturers, why don't they at least make some effort to find reliable U.S. dealers that will carry their full line of FTA products? It is kind of frustrating when you finally decide on a particular brand and model of receiver you'd like to purchase, only to find that the only U.S. dealer(s) appear to be fly-by-night outfits that probably operate out of someone's garage and that don't even sell the full line of that manufacturers FTA receivers that would work in the U.S., or that they ran out of the model you want a month ago and have no immediate plans to restock, because they have decided they'd rather push some other brand and model. I know the U.S. is considered a miniscule market compared to Europe, but then why have "authorized dealers" (by which I mean protected dealerships) here at all? What I really love is when the only place you can find a particular model is on eBay, but then if you go to the authorized dealer's site, they have a big warning about not buying from that source because they sell clones - and yet the authorized distributor doesn't carry that receiver. At least the stinkin' clone is available!
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