Every once in a while a new technology comes along that really attracts attention. This type of technology could be something revolutionary that the world has never seen before. The computer, the airplane, and the automobile would all fall into this category. It can also be a new and innovative way of combining existing technologies. For example, computers are now installed in cars to make them more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly.
The PocketDish from Dish Network is an example of this latter type of technology. Not only does it combine a digital music player and a portable television to make it a portable video device- that had already been done- but the PocketDish combines portable video device technology with digital video recording technology. It combines digital video recorder technology and portable video device technology in two separate ways.
The first way the two technologies are combined is in the PocketDishes' ability to download video from any Dish Network Digital Video Recorder. That means that the Digital Video Recorder is essentially responsible for capturing movies and TV shows off of Dish Network's satellite signal. Then that programming can be downloaded to the PocketDish so that it can be watched anywhere.
This method of getting video has a number of advantages over the traditional method of buying and downloading video from on line stores. First of all, the video that you'd get from an on line store costs money to download, but if you a Dish Network subscription with a Digital Video Recorder and a PocketDish, you can download as much video as you like to the PocketDish without spending any additional money. Also, since all of the programming that you can receive through your Dish Network subscription (with the exception of high definition programming) is available for download, you can always find the TV shows that you'll want to watch on the PocketDish. That's not always the case with on line video stores.
The other way in which digital video recording and portable video device technologies are combined in the PocketDish is with the inclusion of a digital video recording feature in the two more complex models of the PocketDish line: the AV700E and the AV500E. These two models can record video from almost anywhere. As long as another device can play video over compatible jack, the AV500E and the AV700E can record it. This makes a wide range of other devices including DVD players, satellite receivers, cable boxes, VCR's, camcorders, computers, and even other portable video devices, all source of video for the AV700E and the AV500E. As an added bonus, both models can record video in MPEG-4 format which allows them to store up to four times as much video as the MPEG-2 programming that they download from Dish Network Digital Video Recorders. That means that both models can store well over one hundred hours of video!
In addition to all of these video capabilities, all PocketDishes can play digital music, display digital photographs, and serve as gaming platforms for video games that can be downloaded from Dish Network. All of this functionality makes the PocketDish extremely competitive among portable video devices.
