New 501/508 software?!?

[J.W.]

So whats new in the 1.67 software upgrade for the 501/508?? Just saw it was upgraded while at work and would like to know what to check out when I get home! Hopefully its worth noting. Why doesn't Dish/Echostar have release notes on their upgrades? Or do they? Thanks.

J.W.
http://64.162.106.66/dbscompare.pdf

[Scott Greczkowski]

Welcoome J.W. to DBSTalk :hi:

I believe that the 1.67 update is basicly the same update that 721 owner received earlier this week.

That update allows the PVR's to download and process a compressed guide instead of the current uncompressed guide.

[Bob Haller]

Will this speed up the guide download?

[Scott Greczkowski]

Bob your guess is as good as mine on that. :)

[DmitriA]

How "slow" is it right now that it's going to be speed up? And why do you care about speed when it gets the download during the night anyway? I think this move is simply about bandwidth and nothing else.

[Jacob S]

whats up with the 'no info available' on the guide now? was this last update a result of this?

[normang]

If you just received the update, it may have to update the guide, which takes time, and your receiever has to be in stand-by (off) to download it.

The primary reason is to speed up non-PVR guide receivers. (301's etc) However all recievers need the code necessary to de-compress the guide

[VASatelliteGuy]

Does this new upgrade include a feature to block the PVR capabilities when watching a Pay Per View movie? We ordered one last night and none of the PVR functions would work while we were tuned into that channel. Sometimes I will record the PPV movie for watching later, especially if we start watching it late in the evening and watch the rest another day.