EchoStar Wins ‘Best of CES’ Award for Hottest Home Video Product
CNET Digs Dish’s TR-50 DVR
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News, 1/10/2008 3:32:00 PM
EchoStar Holding and its subsidiary EchoStar Technologies have won a “Best of CES” award for their TR-50 DVR digital-to-analog converter box in the Home Video Category, the company said Thursday.
Produced and judged by editors from CNET, the winners of the “Best of CES” Awards were announced earlier this week at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
CNET’s editors received and reviewed hundreds of entries, as well as scoured the CES show floor for products to consider for the prestigious award.
EchoStar’s TR-50 DVR, expected to be available in July, allows analog TVs to receive digital over-the-air broadcasts and comes with an onscreen setup wizard for easy installation. The TR-50 also includes a digital video recorder, allowing customers to view, record and play back local over-the-air analog and digital broadcasts, including high definition.
Other features include up to a seven-day electronic programming guide, program search, parental locks, VCR auto-tune timers, closed captioning, reminder pop-ups for pre-selected programming, and simultaneous output from HD and SD connections as well as Ethernet, modem and USB connections to support additional functionality. Pricing for the TR-50 DVR will be established in the coming months.
