I pre-ordered with Hammacher on 9/20, when the expected ship date was 9/26. I received an email 2 days later notifying me that the item was backordered until 10/10. I just checked my order status, and it still shows 10/10. I hope that's the case, but as I've had to do many times in my life, I'm lowering my expectations.
The one I tried at MCO a few weeks ago didn't work. Had no power at all. May have been due to the fact that the terminal was undergoing renovation.
My favorite is the free wired internets station at DFW gate A20. Power, mini-desk & seat included. It's hardly ever busy, either. I guess most people assume it costs money like the stupid Samsung mobile travel lounges scattered around the terminals.
Echostar's official press release yesterday did state, "The TR-50 DVR offers all of the TR-40 features, plus closed captioning..." That does seem to indicate the TR-40 does not have CC. And you are correct, the NTIA rules require it for CECB. So, best case senario, this was a simple oversight by Echostar PR people. Worst case, an engineering oversight requiring a "regulatory compliance" redesign.
55. In the NPRM, NTIA proposed that “the converter box would not be required to render pictures and sound at more than standard definition quality.”[ 101 ] This proposal follows from the definition of a converter box contained in the Act, which limits the converter box to a unit so “the consumer can display on television receivers designed to receive and display signals only in the analog television service.”[ 102 ] If NTIA were to permit any digital output to the CECB, then it would cease to be a digital-to-analog converter and would become a digital tuner capable of providing a digital signal to a television monitor. This would clearly be beyond the plain language of the Act which states that the CECB shall “convert any channel broadcast in the digital television service into a format that the consumer can display on television receivers designed to receive and display signals only in the analog television service.”[ 103 ]
56. Therefore, NTIA specifies in the Final Rule those connectors that will not be permitted in a CECB. Likewise, NTIA clarifies in the Final Rule that CECBs are prohibited from containing items such as display screens, recorders or storage devices that go beyond the simple task of converting a digital television signal to an analog signal for display on analog television receivers.
I found 2 Wal-Wart item numbers for this model, 564786 & 570634, and called a few Dallas area stores to see if they had any in stock. One manager told me they are keeping these in the back to be put out only for an 8am sale on SATURDAY. I called another store which told me Saturday, as well. A third store just told me they had a bunch in stock, but they weren't on the shelves there because I looked myself. Of course, the web ad says Friday at 8. So, I don't know when the HD-A2 will be on sale. Anyone work at Wal-Mart know for sure, or is the sale day vary by region?
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