Thread: Hopper blocker

No one. The isolators will provide the option of keeping "separate networks" in your home where content can't be shared. Could be useful for parents/kids, roommates, elderly parents living there, etc.

Here is the diagram I linked to on page 1 of this thread from Scott's installation post.
Isolator diagram.

The top isolator is wired backwards on the above diagram.

Originally Posted by Claude Greiner

My biggest issue with the Hopper is that a huspand can be watching Porn in 1 room, and the wife can see that her huspand is watching porn from another room.

That right there is a deal breaker for alot of people. The second the huspand gets caught, the huspand is calling Directv to take the hopper out.

Using Dish to watch porn? Unless you subscribe to the true porn channels, there really isn't that much porn. And if you do, wouldn't the wife see them in the guide?

I thought the computer was the best place to find porn and if the wife doesn't use the computer.......

I am quite happy that if I shift to Hopper, my Harmony One IR universal remote that is programmed for a ViP722 - will work without any changes whatsoever.

Originally Posted by rglore

The top isolator is wired backwards on the above diagram.

Ha ha, I didn't notice that. I thought the SAT was the the top output which would make the bottom setup backwards??? I guess I don't know since I have never seen a Dish isolator up close and the picture isn't detailed enough to tell. I am going by other isolators I have seen that had the SAT/cable pass through on top and the UHF on the bottom.

Originally Posted by rdinkel

They will work with universal remotes, it is just that the new supplied HJ remotes only talk to the Dish equipment via UHF.

Like the 922 remote. Big deal.

I would assume that if you have channel locks, the kids could not see what you were watching unless they knew the password, all they would see is "locked event". Now as far as the adults go in the house that would be a different story.

Originally Posted by butters

Why would they complain about the UHF remote? Dish has been using UHF remotes for years.

Here's an image showing an isolated Hopper/Joey setup from this thread.

In looking at the hook-up it occurs to me this might be too much for an average customer to hook up Therefore will all the Hopper-Joey recievers have to be installed by Dish installer??

Originally Posted by SQUEEZON

Therefore will all the Hopper-Joey recievers have to be installed by Dish installer??

joeys only cost $100 to buy outright. Let's say you wanted to add a joey later on, it might be just as cheap to just buy a joey and add it yourself considering that dish would probably charge a tech visit fee. (as long as you don't need any wiring or a different node)

Adding a hopper on the other hand might still be a better deal through dish since they would likely subsidize it under a two year contract.

If you're talking about the initial h/j install, then Dish install is the only way to go unless you have a lot of spare money to buy the equipment.