[STXJim]

Our last upgrade to fix our Dishplayers was Client SW version 5721.
All it did was...basically...nothing. Every bug in the book is still being reported.
Again... the latest SW version is 5 '721' !
Maybe someone at E* is telling us to stay away from this product.
What do you think?
Sometimes stuff like this is real.

 

[MarkA]

Maybe I know after the DISHPlayer to stay away from Echostar one way or another. Maybe it will get better when the 3rd party receivers (starting with the RCA ones) become available.

 

[TNGTony]

Well...I lost a week's worth of recordings because of this upgrade. I came home to find a nice "Upgrade available" screen on my Dishplayer! I was hot!

Anyway, the only difference I noticed was that the unit no longer stays on after the 3am download.

And in defence of the of the software upgrades, with the exception of the above issues in my post, my system has been working flawlessly since the 5720 upgrade!

See ya
Tony

 

[John Corn]

Hey Jim, I just noticed this month Charlie is trying peddle Geico car insurance, must be more of a profit over those Oreck vacuum cleaners.........:lol:

 

[Nick]

"A subliminal message to us disgruntle(d) Dishplayer owners...

Sorry to hear that you are disgruntled. My two DPs work just fine. Does that make me a 'gruntled' DishPlayer owner???

The Nickster :smoking:

 

[Adam Richey]

LOL. Good one. I used to have a DishPlayer until I upgraded to a DishPVR501. I figured that I'd still get the PVR capabilities and for free. I hardly ever used WebTV, and the PVR will have OpenTV by the end of the year. The $5 a month charge for it is kinda pathetic even with the proposed content, but I guess you take what you can get.

 

[Guest]

I agree that the 5720 upgrade fixed 99% of my Dishplayer software problems. It now works great!

 

[MarkA]

"LOL. Good one. I used to have a DishPlayer until I upgraded to a DishPVR501. I figured that I'd still get the PVR capabilities and for free. I hardly ever used WebTV, and the PVR will have OpenTV by the end of the year. The $5 a month charge for it is kinda pathetic even with the proposed content, but I guess you take what you can get."

It has OpenTV now - for free. The charge is for the games coming in the future.

Mark