622 USB ports

[jghartle]

Hello all! Just curious if these ports will ever be activated for external usb hard drive support? That's really the only thing holding me back from getting a 622. The need for space to archive. Don't want to be controlled by how much I can record and then be forced to watch something before I run out of space. Thanks for a great forum!

 

[lakebum431]

E* has said that they are planning on supporting usb hard drives in the future. I don't think anyone knows how far into the future this might be, but hopefully it will be soon.

 

[gutter]

The USB port was also on the 942 and that has been a year now and still no word.

 

[jghartle]

I explained to them that it was holding me back from signing up for it, but they said they had no idea. I doubt I'm the only one that feels that maybe 40 hours worth of hd is just not enough space. I have a 250GB drive just itching to be used. Thanks for the quick response!

 

[PeggyD]

The USB port was also on the 942 and that has been a year now and still no word.

Even my 721 has a USB port on the back.

 

[John W]

I use my USB port on my 942,

The pocket dish hooks right up to it and transfers files onto it

 

[lakebum431]

Yeah, the USB port also works for memory sticks (most anyway) and some digital cameras, but the OP was specifically referring to external USB hard drives.

 

[jghartle]

Unfortunately, from what I understand, though, it will only recognize the pocket dish.

 

[ChetK]

I use my USB port on my 942,

The pocket dish hooks right up to it and transfers files onto it

I hate to change the direction of this thread, but this post got me intrigued. At one point, I wanted to get an iPod, but now that I see this AV700E pocketdish, I'm thinking I might go this route. After all, it does mp3, wmv and it will work with y 622. I have a couple of questions though:

• John, which pocketdish do you have? How do you like it?
• Can I transfer HD from the 622 into the AV700E?
• How long does it take to transfer about an hours worth of HD. (Let's say I wanted to transfer The Sopranos from my DVR into the AV700E. How long would something like that take?)
• How does the mpeg-4 look? Does it get highly compressed?

 

[rmoore3d]

I have the AV 700 and like it very much.

No you cannot transfer HD content, SD only.

It takes less than 5 minutes to transfer a 1 hour program.

The picture is pretty good on the pocket dish. I haven't tried outputting it to a TV so I don't know how that would look although it has the capability. I've heard the picture looks sharper on the 4". I think the resolution is the same. The 7" is a little easier to see with my 57 year old eyes.

 

[ChetK]

I went ahead and bought the 700. However, I'm VERY disappointed that it will not accept an HD transfer. What's the point of the widescreen if it only does SD?

EVERYTHING I record on the 622 is HD. There really should be a way to downconvert the HD to 16x9 SD for a transfer to the Pocket Dish.

Oh well. I guess I'll still use it for a glorified mp3, wma, digital photo player.

 

[kwhatcher]

Hey i've got a DISH Player-DVR 625 and when I plug in a SD card reader w/ a card in it i get a menu asking if I want to view what is on it or if I want to transfer files to it. I'm not sure if this helps anyone. It says that these features are not supported but I bet someone with enough know how could un block it.