1st Post. Need input on equipment for dish install.

[Jhon69]

Not trying to steal your thread here Jhon69. Great questions.



I'm in the same situation of wanting to switch to DISH and I have three TVs.

1 HD and 2 SD

There are 3 of us in the household and currently with DirecTV we have a dual tuner dvr in each of the three rooms. We definately want to go the 2 hopper 1 joey route because I don't think we can survive with one tuner each. Is there any problem with connecting a hopper and joey to the 2 SD TVs? At least until we can upgrade them later on.

The purpose and why DISH brought out the Hopper&Joey was to have a HD signal and HDDVR to each HDTV.PTA does not work with SD locals,only HD locals.The time to get your best deal is always when your a new customer.Yes I would recommend 2H/1J.I believe it will,but if not it's a great time to upgrade.Good Luck!

[fishman23]

Interesting point, could I still pull in the HD source even if the Hopper was connected via component inputs to the SD TV? I mean, would it know the TV doesn't support over 480 and only display the SD channels? I understand this seems like an odd thing to do, I'm just wanting to go ahead and switch and get two hoppers before buying another HD TV later this year.

[blspence100]

Thanks for all your replies. Mojo Jojo, I think you're right. Since I will be paying for HD service, I should get HD receivers even though only 1 tv is HD.
Are you saying the receiver cost is the same for SD and HD?

Do the Hoppers provide 3 streams of seperate viewing or only 2? I definitely need 3.

[fishman23]

Ooops, just realized blspence was the OP and not Jhon. Sorry! Thanks for the help guys and good luck blspence. :-)

[garys]

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Hopper has three, but take into account if you need the three live and still want to record. If yes, then you need another Hopper.

[fishman23]

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I read an extra Hopper is $199. Will the additional Hopper be $7 monthly like each Joey, or would it be more?