Portable DVR From EchoStar Coming Soon

Filed in archive Satellite TV on May 26, 2005

Portability has become an imoportant part of just about every type of media. While TiVoToGo hasn't been perfect, it still offers a functionality a lot of consumers crave. Investors.com is reporting that EchoStar is about to jump into TV portability with a device called PocketDish:

The PocketDish will download a full-length movie in less than 10 minutes from an EchoStar DVR, say people who know details of the product. It will feature hard-disk drives with up to 40 gigabytes of storage. That's far less than a conventional DVR, but is enough to store 180 hours of standard TV content or 25 hours of TV recorded in the ultrasharp, high-definition format.

EchoStar's PocketDish will be a spinoff of the Archos AV 700, say industry sources. That device uses Linux software and has a 7-inch screen, but isn't sold in the U.S.

This is pretty exciting news and hopefully we'll see cable companies follow suit.

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