Zee DishTV truHD PLUS launched - PVR with external HDD at no extra cost!

[agantuk]

Superb stuff launched by Dish TV. They are launching a DVR service / product in the market called truHD PLUS (name convention unknown yet), at the SAME COST as tru HD, and supports recording to an external HDD through the USB port. It does not have an inbuilt HDD. Existing truHD customers will get it through a software upgrade. Pretty cool IMO. Source: Zee Business

 

[IndianMascot]

Can you share the link of the article buddy ??

 

[agantuk]

^ Already mentioned it was on Zee Business. There is no link yet

 

[manu1991]

But will the recording be playable on other devices? I doubt so. If it is, then they will have to face some possible piracy apprehensions.

 

[agantuk]

Obviously it won't. Only the HDD is flexible, not the encryption

 

[volcano619]

Hope the update releases soon...!! But i think it will have a encryption over the content...But where there is encryption...there is also a thing called decryption..which is spread all over the internet

 

[agantuk]

^ That will be really interesting to get if at all that is. Sky has been doing this for years but to my knowledge there is no good workaround for copying the content directly from the HDD

 

[manu1991]

The encryption is hardware based IINM. So won't be possible to reverse engineer easily.

 

[volcano619]

Software Upgrade is out...for Recording content that is being broadcasted....Now...the thing is what about the existing TruHD customers....i don't have a USB port...

 

[agantuk]

I was reading that they will be upgrading existing truHD customers for free (STB replacement). It was on ET