EchoStar’s legacy set-top boxes are full-featured platform-specific products that include all video technology and required functionality inside the set-top box. The Legacy set-top box is for the operator who has an existing video delivery infrastructure with no proprietary IP pipe to the customer home. Legacy solutions provide subscribers with premium services that are contained within the set-top box.
The Transitional, or Hybrid solution is for the operator who provides a video delivery infrastructure and also has access to an IP pipeline to the customer home. An innovative hybrid solution is the most sought-after approach by today’s operators who are struggling to deliver advanced features to customers.
The all-IP solution is for the operator who is either just entering the video delivery market and has an IP pipeline to the customer home, or the operator who has already transitioned their legacy video infrastructure to provide for IP video delivery. Through a single thin-client device, or several networked thin client devices throughout the home, all-IP delivery provides the pathway to the future of TV.
EchoStar’s set-top box technology capabilities include everything from basic, standard features and functionality to advanced, value-add features. Product functionality is customizable to fit the operator’s immediate needs, and also provide for added functionality in the future.
EchoStar’s Set-top box technologies include:
- SD/HD
- DVR
- Network DVR
- External DVR storage and DVR Conversion
- MoCA/whole home DVR
- Placeshifting/TV Everywhere
- Remote DVR access and scheduling
- DLNA/home networking
- HomePlug
- Graphical User Interface
- RF remote controls with two-way IR learning
- Predictive Search content discovery
- Interactive TV Apps
- Digital Rights Management
- DOCSIS
- CableCARD
- Dolby Digital
- WiFi
- Ethernet
- MPEG-2/MPEG-4