Worth Waiting For Dish 921?? (1 Viewer)

[JerryLA]

I've been wanting to add a PVR for sometime and keep hearing about the HD Dish 921. Is this really ever going to come out? Anyone have any information on when this unit may be a reality? I've called Dish and they tell me they have no information on a release date, only some time this year. I do have another receiver in my bedroom I could upgrade to a PVR. Am I correct in assuming there would be no way to record in the bedroom and playback in my HT room? Tired of waiting!
Jerry

 

[Kevin Nolan]

I'm waiting....seem they need another bird in the sky to do the SuperDish which the 921 would be a part of.
Patience young Grasshooper!

 

[Mike I]

The best guestimate on the 921's release is a September time frame..When it does finally come it I think you will find it was well worth the wait.

 

[Jeff Pounds]

I'm drooling over the prospect of the DISH 921... I've had the DISH 508 PVR for almost a year now and LOVE it.

Now if I can talk the wife into the 921 upgrade...

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Get a standard PVR now (or at least before the new television season starts). You will love it even if it's not HD.

Tivo, Direct, Dish - all are "in the works" for a HD-PVR, but all are on the "bleeding edge". There are going to be delays, problems, rough-starts.

And nobody is talking about the political/copyright issues. Hollywood is not opposed to broadcasting HD, but they want to make sure someone does not record, then distribute super-high quality tapes/disks to Asia/European markets. A HD-PVR - is a recorder. I suspect there is behind-the-scenes stuff going on.

I'm still waiting for the combo DishNetwork receiver + DVD player they promised 3 years ago.

I hope to be proven wrong, but I suspect this year is optimistic.