If you have a Dish Network 942 are serious about HDTV and you want additional storage options I urge you to take advantage of one of Dish Networks 622 upgrade offers. SatelliteGuys.US has learned that Dish Network has officially pulled the plug on the USB external storage on the Dish Network 942 High Definition MPEG2 DVR, which has been in beta testing since this spring. We understand that some folks including testers were informed of this early last week.
According to one source at Dish Network who wanted to remain anonymous the 942 was “having problems” with playback of some of the HD Content. I was also told by this contact the this issue was “not an easy fix.”
I was also told that the 942 issues were holding back the rollout of the USB External Storage on the 622, as they wanted to roll the feature out to both receivers at the same time. SatelliteGuys was told that it is very possible we will see USB storage on the 622 within 45 days, in time for the holiday season.
When I first heard the news about this last week, I had thought of black helicopters in my head thinking that Dish was trying to kill off the remaining 942’s. However after speaking with this person I now feel that this is not the case and that this is more of a technical problem, I do know they were working hard on the external storage feature for the 942 for quite a long time, so I can understand that dropping this planned feature was not an easy decision.
Ultimately as more HD Channels go online they will be in MPEG4 (and there are more HD channels coming) people will want to upgrade to a 622 anyways to get the new offerings. And now with external storage being available only for the 622 it makes upgrading to a 622 a no brainer.
I expect there to be a lot more on the upcoming Tech Chat with Mark Jackson and Dan Minnick.
Stay Tuned!
According to one source at Dish Network who wanted to remain anonymous the 942 was “having problems” with playback of some of the HD Content. I was also told by this contact the this issue was “not an easy fix.”
I was also told that the 942 issues were holding back the rollout of the USB External Storage on the 622, as they wanted to roll the feature out to both receivers at the same time. SatelliteGuys was told that it is very possible we will see USB storage on the 622 within 45 days, in time for the holiday season.
When I first heard the news about this last week, I had thought of black helicopters in my head thinking that Dish was trying to kill off the remaining 942’s. However after speaking with this person I now feel that this is not the case and that this is more of a technical problem, I do know they were working hard on the external storage feature for the 942 for quite a long time, so I can understand that dropping this planned feature was not an easy decision.
Ultimately as more HD Channels go online they will be in MPEG4 (and there are more HD channels coming) people will want to upgrade to a 622 anyways to get the new offerings. And now with external storage being available only for the 622 it makes upgrading to a 622 a no brainer.
I expect there to be a lot more on the upcoming Tech Chat with Mark Jackson and Dan Minnick.
Stay Tuned!
