Want the EchoStar/DISH Network DTVPal digital-to-analog converter before it’s released? Well, I’ve been cleared to give away my review unit. For more info on the DTVPal, watch as I try to set it up prior to receiving my morning caffeine or check out reviews at SatelliteGuys and CNET.
The rules:
- Leave an intelligent comment on any May, 2008 ZNF post. It could be something you?ve already written or something you write now (archives are found here).
- Leave a comment on this post linking the May post you chimed in on.
- Only one entrance per person permitted.
- In a couple days, a winner will be randomly selected.
- Entrants must be located in one of the lower 48 United States only, please.
Comments
Hey Dave, this is way cool! I
Hey Dave, this is way cool! I was searching for a method of scheduling clear QAM on my FusionHDTV5 USB Gold pc-based recorder and ran across your earlier posting http://www.techlore.com/blog/entry/22638/Beyond-TV-Beta-Get-New-Features... about the new BeyondTV Beta to do this. Whether it will work with this hardware (or not) will have TBD. I joined techlore.com to post a reply and started checking out your other blogs and ran across this little surprise! How remarkably coincident...
Just today I received a "Dear Customer" letter from FreeDTVShop.com informing me of the following, "On the evening of June 9th, Charlie Ergen, CEO of Echostar Corporation, announced on his Charlie Chat
television program on the Dish Network that the DTVPal would be selling
for an increased MSRP of $59.99 instead of the original $39.99 MSRP
that had been consistently stated by Echostar since January, 2008. This
announcement was a surprise to us, as well as our distributor and
representatives at Sling Media, especially given that the product was
due to be released in approximately one week."
FreeDTVShop.com had been running a promotion allowing those somewhat early applicants for the U.S. Gov's $40 DTV Converter Box Coupons (...that expire a mere 3 months after issue date!) to place an order for up to two DTVPal converters to be pre-purchased for $2.50 each plus shipping before their coupons fade into historic plastic artifacts. Oops! Hope is dashed yet again...
In all fairness, FreeDTVShop.com did indicate that only authorizations against credit cards were obtained and that no funds were actually transfered. They also assure us that coupon numbers were not invalidated and would still be good if (and it's a very big "if") they have not yet expired before this now outpriced unit becomes available. Eek!