New DishPlayer CLIENT Software

[Bill R]

A new software update started spooling at 3 AM today for the DishPlayers (models 7100 and 7200). It is Web TV CLIENT 2.3.4.6 (version 16914). The changes in this version are:

Notices, Instant News and Games have been removed.

Available drive space is shown (in percentage) on the recorded programs page.

Search has been added on the TV Home page. The Help and Settings selections have been moved to the bottom of the screen.

MSN Messenger changes have been done to allow those that use it to keep using it.


Now that the Instant News and Games are gone MSN is not supplying any data for the DishPlayer (with the change in the previous CLIENT software release MSN stopped supplying the guide information). I have heard that this may be the last CLIENT release for the DishPlayer unless serious bugs are found in this CLIENT release. DISH will continue to do RECEIVER software upgrades for the DishPlayer if they are required. The DishPlayer will NOT be getting SuperDish support.

I have not heard anything new about the PTV fee. Those that have been getting it without paying the $9.99 monthly fee should continue to get it until at least the end of the year.

[chessmaster1010]

I have heard that this may be the last CLIENT release for the DishPlayer unless serious bugs are found in this CLIENT release.

That would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous. Several reproducible bugs were found in the last release and there were reported here and at DBSFORUMS. I did some quick tests this morning after the upgrade and none of the bugs I tested had been fixed. There are also bugs from earlier releases that have never been fixed.

Bill, I would be willing to document all bugs that I know of in a report. This would take some time to do in a proper manner, so I would only want to do it if you could assure me that you could get it to someone who would care; and that they would seriously consider fixing the reproducible bugs.

I believe you forwarded a no-recording bug involving locks that I investigated and reported over three years ago. That bug did get fixed, but only in the previous client release - i.e. it took over two years.

[Bill R]

Bill, I would be willing to document all bugs that I know of in a report. This would take some time to do in a proper manner, so I would only want to do it if you could assure me that you could get it to someone who would care; and that they would seriously consider fixing the reproducible bugs.
I'll see if I can find out any more information about any possible updates. The infomation that I posted (that this might be the last CLIENT update) is several months old but as far as I know it is still accurate. I'll let you know if I hear anything different and if I do we can work on a list of bugs that we know of to submit to DISH and MSN.

[chessmaster1010]

A specific bug you might mention, just to get their attention, is that since client 2.3.4.4 the PPV lock does not work at all. If you're talking to a manager who's been told that there are no "serious bugs" worth fixing in the current client, that may make him sit up. There are several other bugs that I would like fixed more, but first we need to convince them to do a new release at all.

[Bill R]

Chessmaster,

I will mention that. I also want to make sure that we can record the free previews now. That bug was suppose to be fixed "in the next release" but I'm am not sure that they meant the next CLIENT release (which we now have) or the next RECEIVER software release.

[Kerry High]

Chessmaster,

I will mention that. I also want to make sure that we can record the free previews now. That bug was suppose to be fixed "in the next release" but I'm am not sure that they meant the next CLIENT release (which we now have) or the next RECEIVER software release.

The free programs on TV Japan still can't be recorded.