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High Def Delight

Archive for the ‘Dish Network’ Category

June 18th, 2008

In-Flight Movies

I recently had the opportunity to sample the latest and greatest in in-flight movies aboard a Boeing 757, operated by Delta. From what I understand, 767s and 777s should operate similarly.
For the coach cabin, the price appeared to be $6.00 to watch a movie on the screens. The LCD screens were built into […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 0 comments

March 22nd, 2008

DirecTV to Dish Network: Still Better Than You

With DirecTV’s DirecTV 11 satellite now up in orbit around the planet and Dish Network’s bird… Well, in a state of shock, it’s time for a little “Haha!” from DirecTV. DirecTV’s new satellite will allow them to have up to 150 nationwide HD channels and also allow more local channels provided in HD. Currently, DirecTV […]

By Zach Flauaus -- 1 comment

September 7th, 2007

Roundup of CEDIA Tours (So Far)

 
EngadgetHD all day has posted a bunch of galleries of their experiences at CEDIA, the trade show for companies to show off their new HD gadgets off to the world. To say the least, they really spent a lot of time touring and taking pics of all the new shiny TVs, DVRs, and other HD […]

By Zach Flauaus -- 0 comments

August 18th, 2007

Dish Network Releases ViP722 HD DVR

To complement the release of a new software version for their ViP622 that was released just a few days ago, Dish Network has released a new receiver for those with all black components in their home theater. The innards of the component apparently aren’t that different from its older brother, but still has a 500GB […]

By Zach Flauaus -- 0 comments

August 18th, 2007

Dish Network Enables USB, Ethernet on DVRs

For those of you out there with Dish Network’s ViP622 HD DVRs, you have a little surprise waiting for you, albeit with a catch. Dish Network has sent out a software update to your receivers that has enabled the Ethernet port as well as the USB 2.0 port. While the Ethernet port has no use […]

By Zach Flauaus -- 0 comments