DirecTV's CEDIA booth tour

There's just no way to followup a visit to Dish Network's booth than to hit up DirecTV directly afterwards, eh? Sadly, DirecTV's space was packed to the brim with individuals and an excessive amount of TVs, but we squeaked our way through the madness to get some shots of the company's HR21 Pro, which touts a sexy black chassis, a slew of ports in the rear, and interestingly enough, Viiv-certification. Oh, and the only murmurs we heard about the next big rollout of channels involved the phrase "between next week and next year."

DirecTV's CEDIA booth tour

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 7:47AM]

No 1080p light?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 7:49AM]

Sorry, meant to say that I was surprised not to see a 1080p LED on the front of the HR21 Pro...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 10:43AM]

free=good!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 10:49AM]

Between next week and next year you serious!?!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 11:55AM]

"between next week and next year."

I think he was being facetious. I believe they were implying that the channels would not be turned on all at once (which would be very troublesome); it would instead be a rollout of channels that could begin as early as next week and will continue through the end of the year. Patience, people! And also realize that both D* and E* are out to try and win the war of words and hype. So far they are both doing a pretty bang up job on the hype part.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 11:43AM]

Well, next year is 4 months from now so it's not THAT bad.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 12:51PM]

What's the deal with the ViiV certification? Can this be mixed in with a Media Center for control? Or does this mean you can look at your photos through the satellite box?