No, I just see a company taking the path of least resistance. OTA update would be a PITA for Dish, having to make arrangemnts with thousands of stations. Having people send in their DTVPal at their own expense, that seems more like Dish's style.

Another far out method would be through the IR input using an IR blaster hooked up to your computer. I believe Dish has stated the only way to get a firmware update is to send in the unit for exchange, if they even decide to offer such an exchange program.

Ditto. I've found the "guy who read the manual" post to be very informative and I am certain he would be an asset to the AVS forums. Hopefully, the mods will consider his case.

You're right. I "shazou'ed" the site and came up with this: GeoIp: Server Location Server: dishnetworktr40.com IP Address: 205.178.145.65 Organization: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC Country: United States City, State: Herndon, VA WhoIs: Domain Owner Organization Name: Network Solutions, LLC Address...

I hope you meant Feb. 17, 2009, because theirs nothing significant about Feb 17, 2008, unless it was your birthday.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/attachment.php?attachmentid=25649&d=1213193443 No composite video and L/R audio cables included? I thought that was a government requirement.