First Portable DVR in the U.S.

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[~Tech Angel~] Echostar has announced that they will release the first portable DVR (a spinoff of the Archos AV700) in the U.S. later on this summer.  The product will be called the PocketDish and will store audio, photos and TV content.  It will be able to download a full-length movie from an EchoStar DVR in less than ten minutes.  With up to a 40 GB hard drive, it can store 180 hours of standard tv or 25 hours of HD content.  It will come in three different screen sizes, 2-inch, 4-inch, and 7-inch.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[JTTE.com] Portable DVR: EchoStar/DishNetwork is about to find out whether portable video players will strike consumers’ as much as Apple’s iPod have. EchoStar Communications, plans this summer to unveil the first portable DVR in the U.S. To be called the PocketDish, the gadget would store TV programs as well as audio

[Dish Satellite Network Online] Dish Satellite Network Online - EchoStar To Roll Out Portable DVR Device (Investor's: EchoStar To Roll Out Portable DVR Device (Investor's Business Daily)Investor's Business Daily - Satellite TV broadcaster EchoStar is about to find out whether portable video players will strike consumers' fancy as much as Apple Computer's iPod.High-Definition Programming Sparks Need For DVR-DVD

[Darknet] Interview: Andy Wolfe, former CTO, ReplayTV: I think that cox is one of the corporate players that has jumped into the market that replay tv would have served. They are not providing as much as replay tv would have provided but they supply enough that for the short term I think it will keep most customers happy and limit the market for others within cox's customer base. One of the things that they did with the setup box is the adding of a sata connector to allow the customer to increas the storage of the DVR. The other was having a copy to vcr option so that you could transfer programming to an analog vhs tape.

[Tvharmony.com] TVHarmony: Copyright issues aside, BitTorrent of television shows is a great resource for downloading and viewing programming your DVR didn't catch. For some series that require context to get emotionally involved in the show, downloading old episodes let new potential viewers catch up and become regular viewers, so in some ways it stimulates more viewing as opposed to hurting their investments.

[Engadget.com] EchoStar to intro the PocketDish portable DVR - Engadget - www ...: Here are some more details on the upshot of EchoStar’s buy into Archos: they plan to put out a portable DVR device called the PocketDish that will by symbiotic with its set-top box overlords via USB 2.0. They’re not really giving a lot of details out, but what we do know is there will be three different sized versions of the device with 2-inch, 4-inch and 7-inch screens. Storage will be up to 40GB, none of which will be transferrable anywhere else convenient like say, your computer.

[Digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com] EchoStar PocketDish (Portable DVR) - The Digital Music Weblog ...: Expect to see its new gadget, the PocketDish, this summer. PocketDish is a handheld digital video recorder (DVR—like a TiVo). While computer makers are trying to figure out how to get products into the living room, EchoStar, which exists mostly in the living room, is trying to get out.

[Kaptainsatellite.com] » 2005 » January Kaptains Satellite TV Blog: Beginning January, Dish Network introduced newest high-definition satellite television receiver, the DISH Player-DVR 942. Its uniqueness is based on the combination high-definition (HD) and digital video recording (DVR) together with the multi-room capability. It will become available for a purchase in first quarter of 2005, for an announced introductory MSRP of $749 (dish antenna and installation for new customers included).

[Blogcatalog.com] Dish Network & DirecTV Info: ... The network will air on EchoStar's DISH Network and will feature ... to Free Satellite TV in 4 rooms, they offer Free HDTV upgrade, Free DVR upgrade, ...

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Posted at June 04, 2005 11:34 AM