[mythtv-users] DISH Receivers and external HDDs

[Marc Sherman]

Scott Alfter wrote:
> 
> Given that they lost their final appeal in the lawsuit TiVo filed
> against them, your Dish DVR is most likely going to revert to a plain
> old receiver in the near future:
> 
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/12/1136214&from=rss

Um, the very first Score: 5 (Informative) reply:

> DISH WILL NOT have "to turn off DVR to most of its customers". Anyone
> using the 622 or 722 (what they ship now as their DVR offerings) is
> NOT affected. Software was upgraded months ago specifically to get
> around the patent. If you have a far older DVR, then all this means,
> is you'll get a free upgrade to the new model, rather than paying for
> it. A pain in the ass though the patent is, a travesty this is not.

- Marc