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The Hopper provides standard television functionality, including an electronic program guide, picture-in-picture support, and digital video recorder functionality. [1] The "Primetime Anytime" feature uses one of the three tuners on the unit to automatically record primetime programming being broadcast by the four major U.S. television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox) and presents them in a ...
Using a Dish Network DVR receiver, PocketDish users could download television shows and other recorded video content from the DVR onto a PocketDish player. The devices could also download music, videos, and other media to the players from a computer, digital camera, or digital camcorder via a USB cable, or capture video and audio from any ...
The DTVPal was a line of digital-to-analog converter boxes designed by EchoStar Communications, under the Dish Network name. The boxes were marketed starting in 2008. [1] The units debuted to both love and criticism from purchasers, primarily related to reliability, warranty, and service issues. [2]
Both a standard receiver and a receiver with built-in digital video recorder (DVR) were available to subscribers. [83] The DISH Network ViP722 HD DVR replacement for the ViP622 received generally positive reviews. [84] It could record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, or 55 hours of high-definition (HD).
The satellite receiver or set-top box demodulates and converts the signals to the desired form (outputs for television, audio, data, etc.). [17] Often, the receiver includes the capability to selectively unscramble or decrypt the received signal to provide premium services to some subscribers; the receiver is then called an integrated receiver ...
A split in the shares created two companies; the former EchoStar Communications Corporation changed its name to Dish Network Corporation [6] which consisted mainly of the Dish Network business, and EchoStar Corporation, which retained ownership of the technology side including the satellites, Sling Media, and the set-top box development arm ...
A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...
A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary orbit .