7100/7200 - 125P/17007 Software Release Notes

[Mark Lamutt]

Directly from Dish Network, the release notes for the new 7100/7200 software version 125P are as follows:

Enhanced Search capability - New Feature

Decrease time for EPG capture - Speeds up Listings

Fix checkswitch progression bar time - Corrects actual time with progression bar to be consistent

Fixed all-day PPV ordering - Able to order events anytime during the ADDT time frame

Merged extended movie ratings into TV ratings - Extended info now has TV ratings, made consistent with locks

HDD upgrade indicator

Some addt'l info. on a couple of the items:

The Extended info ratings- features the Extended ratings (V,S,L etc)

The Enhanced Search capability (Extensive: gives results treated as a wildcard- searches title and description)
Title only
(Works like other DVR boxes)

[Bill R]

Thank you Mark.

I think that it is great that DISH is still improving the 7100/7200s.

[Mark Lamutt]

Agreed!

[BobaBird]

I lost track, has Dish taken over the client software or is it still coming from Microsoft? Mark, do the notes indicate which features and fixes come from receiver software 125 or client software 17007? Or is it all just lumped together?

[sf_user]

I lost track, has Dish taken over the client software or is it still coming from Microsoft? Mark, do the notes indicate which features and fixes come from receiver software 125 or client software 17007? Or is it all just lumped together?

FWIW, I'm wondering the same. Who handles development of the DP7200 these days?

[Mark Lamutt]

The notes were all lumped together, but I seem to remember something a while ago saying that Dish had taken over the client software, and that MS didn't have anything to do with it anymore. Could be mistaken on that, though.

[Bill R]

I heard the same thing -- DISH is doing ALL the software for the 7100 and 7200s.

[kb7oeb]

Does webtv still work on these things?

[jackie50]

Yes, I still use it as a backup to the PC.

[hildred]

yes some infor.on this mpeg4 so all the old dish will be no good at all by next year so the 921/942/510/508 721 if so let me know thank you

[David_Levin]

What's an HDD upgrade indicator?

[n0qcu]

What's an HDD upgrade indicator?
Since I do not have a 7100/7200 I am just guessing here.
I think that they are "officially" indicating that the user has upgraded the HDD.

[stonecold]

n0gcu,

Yes the 7x00 were a very popular model way back then because it was simple to easy to upgrade harddrives
but the model number under reciver information would read unknown if you had done a hdd upgrade. now it just says 7200+ HDD Upgraded

[pjmrt]

Thanks Mark, great news indeed! I have a legacy 7200 along with my 721. I was beginning to get concerned that Dish was going to orphan the 7200. So this is good news.

[ckendall]

I hope this is good news. Truth be told, my 7200s have worked better in the last year than they have in the previous 5 years. They seem to have gotten most of the bugs out except for the occasional intermittent blinkouts. I definitely like their PVR functions better than the 921 (so far...).

[pjmrt]

Since Dish is taking over the software maintance for the 7200 - is web-tv remaining microsoft's web-tv or is it/will it become Dish's internet portal?

[mindwarp]

I think that the DP's are becoming for E* what win2K is for MS. I like WinXP but more stable than that is a computer running win2k with all the patches. Far more stable and a bit faster. If they kill them, there are gonna be a lot of disgusted customers... One of them... me!

[Bill R]

If they kill them, there are gonna be a lot of disgusted customers... One of them... me!

DISH is NOT planning on "killing" the model 7100 and 7200 DishPlayers. The DishPlayers will support the new yellow (more secure) Smartcards which DishPlayer owners will be getting within the next six months.