http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/
The add-on USB storage only supports up to 750GB hard drives.

Source: http://www.tvpredictions.com/echostorage080807.htm]]>Aug 9th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 9th 2007 1:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/
I have no doubt that a lot of those "hard core" recording group would object to the fee on nickel & diming grounds.

I don't think it's a terrible price, have people that use the feature pay for it. A problem to consider is that it may also encourage makers to withhold features to sell them for an extra charge later.]]>Aug 9th 2007 11:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/
If this trend catches on, it will prove more difficult to "charge" for the "feature."]]>Aug 9th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 9th 2007 12:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/DirecTV HR20 HD DVR for months and there was no fee
when that Sata port was enabled.

I'm curious to know if both the internal drive on the
VIP 622 and an external drive can be used together.
With the HR20, it's one or the other. ]]>Aug 9th 2007 3:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 9th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/
At the moment this upgrade has rolled out only to a few hundered receivers as a test. I am told that they will soon be rolling it out to a handfull more and if no problems are found then they will do a full rollout.

Also please remember that even if you have received this new software, you can not order the Enternal Storage service from Dish Network until August 15th. (In other words DONT CALL TO ACTIVATE UNTIL THE 15TH!)

Enjoy guys!

Scott
SatelliteGuys.US / MultiChannelNews.COM]]>Aug 9th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 9th 2007 5:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Note: The eSata drive can only be recognized by this Dish dvr box. This makes it useless for long term archiving. Seems to me, the old VCR technology is infinately better for archiving. Why do they make the the hard drive so it can only play on this one DVR? With VHS at least you could make a tape and play it on ANY machine!]]>Aug 11th 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 9th 2007 6:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/
There is no technical reason that would prevent them from activating the feature without human support. This is nothing more than a classic 'french fry nickel and dime move'. Also, I do not see why the limit should be 750GB on a USB-connected HDD source. What would happen if you plugged in a USB 'hub' and connected more than one USB HDD device?]]>Aug 10th 2007 5:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/09/dish-to-enable--external-hdd-use-with-its-dvrs-use-ethernet-to/Aug 24th 2007 3:34PM