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- 02-24-2012 09:52 PM #1
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Spoke to a tech today at local satellite store...
They had a hopper and joey they had been shown and the one big complaint they had was that the remote is uhf...what is the big difference between that and ir???and is that a deal breaker???
he also said there will be a hopper blocker (I'm not sure thats the exact name he used) but he told me you will be able to block others in your house from seeing whats on a certain hopper ( I'm assuming thats after dish releases the software to pair hoppers together)...just wanted to know if anyone else had heard this
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- 02-24-2012 09:57 PM #2
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Yep. It's called an isolator.
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- 02-24-2012 10:06 PM #3
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Yep. Isolators have been around long before Hopper.
- 02-24-2012 10:44 PM #4
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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.
- 02-24-2012 10:48 PM #5
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Yeah. I don't understand what the issue would be with the remotes.
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I would guess because they use more battery then ir?
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- 02-24-2012 11:27 PM #7
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not sure myself just wanted to hear what others said...
- 02-24-2012 11:31 PM #8
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Seems odd. I have a 922 and the remotes are similar and work great.
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Actually I think they work better. Might just be me?
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- 02-25-2012 12:33 AM #10
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I think the UHF remote is a HUGE improvement over any IR one, and the new ZigBee one for the H/J should work even better.
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