[mythtv-users] DISH Receivers and external HDDs

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Sat Apr 12 19:03:07 UTC 2008


On Apr 12, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Brian Wood wrote:

> I thought I'd heard everything.
>
> I noticed that my new DISH HD DVR, which I obtained in anticipation of
> getting my new Hauppauge capture device, has a feature to allow you to
> store and retrieve files from an external hard drive.
>
> Hmmm. A good feature? Certainly looked interesting.
>
> Turns out they want a $39.95 charge to activate this feature.
>
> You can guess what I told them to do with their "feature" :-)
>
> beww

Maybe it's for an mpeg license? As far as I know, mpeg requires  
consumers to pay a license fee if you give them control over the video  
that uses it... or something like that.



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