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[Reinvent TV] The DVR's that Archos is developing for EchoStar will have 20-40GB hard drives and screens that range in size from 2.2 inches to 7 inches. According to EchoStar, the devices, which will be marketed under the brand "PocketDish," will support USB 2.0, making it possible to download a recorded movie from an EchoStar set-top box in around five minutes.

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Ga1.orghttp://ga1.org [Ga1.org] CTRW 6/27/05: NY Energy Bill Hands A/V Efficiency Standard-Setting ...: EchoStar investedapproximately $9 million (7 million Euros) in ARCHOS in astrategic alliance by which ARCHOS will provide EchoStar withportable digital video recorders that allow for high-speedtransferring of video content directly from select DISH Networkset-top boxes to ARCHOS' portable devices. EchoStar portable DVRproducts will be available from EchoStar in the summer to earlyfall of 2005.

[Portablevideo.engadget.com] Portable Video - portablevideo.engadget.com: Here are some more details on the upshot of EchoStar’s buy into Archos: they plan to put out a portable DVR device called the PocketDish that will by symbiotic with its set-top box overlords via USB 2.0. They’re not really giving a lot of details out, but what we do know is there will be three different sized versions of the device with 2-inch, 4-inch and 7-inch screens.

[Digitaltechnews.com] Digital Tech News: May 23, 2005 - May 29, 2005: The recently announced Archos AV700 handheld DVR will be re-branded as the PocketDish, and will link to a set-top box / DVR via USB. The PocketDish can download a full-length movie in less than 10 minutes from an EchoStar Digital Video Recorder (DVR). 

[Permanent4.com] Dave's House: 05/01/2005 - 05/31/2005: Earlier this week, Om Malik quoted an IDC report that predicted that "portable flash and HDD MP3 player shipments in the United States will increase from 12.5 million in 2004 to 28.2 million in 2007" and "U.S. households with a DVR will increase from 6.9 million in 2004 to a whopping 27 million in 2007." Om also wrote about how "hospital lab instruments are churning out gigabytes of data every second", and all that data needs to be stored somewhere.

Mercurynews.com[Mercurynews.com] MercuryNews.com | 01/01/2004 | 10 tech trends for 2004: That hasn't stopped rivals Archos or RCA. They have built portable video devices ... EchoStar is offering free set-top boxes that do much of what TiVo does. ...

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