Recent content by jkmoon23

For me it's to add additional recording space. I've had bad luck with external drives in the past and don't like that it's a manual process managing recordings on the external drive. Plus, it's hard to find a 2TB or smaller drive these days. I also don't like the Joey lag, although I got a 4k...

Thanks so much for the info!

When I first got my H3, I was told by Dish that it wasn't technically possible to have two H3's (like it was with the two H2's that I had previously). This post makes it seem like it is now technically possible which is why I was trying to figure out the best way to go about it. If someone is...

Not looking for any "gift". As I stated in my earlier post, I have no problem buying another unit. Bottom line is I'd like to have two Hopper 3's in my home. I'm willing to pay for whatever is needed to make that happen but was trying to get help from this thread to ascertain the best way to...

Thanks for all the great responses, but I'm still a little confused as to what to do. I'm okay with keeping the dodgy unit knowing it might fail again. The plan is to use it for the kids shows anyway. The replacement unit arrived so should I just contact Dish to see if they'll let me keep the...

It died on us and erased all our recordings. It recovered itself and they said that it "should" be okay from here on out, but I insisted on getting a new one out. I was hoping that they would let me keep it and pay the extra service fee and use it in another room. If not, I was thinking of...

HipKat, I currently have a Hopper3 with one regular and one 4k Joey. Dish is sending me a replacement Hopper3 and I was considering keeping the old one and having two Hopper3's. My current setup has one line from the dish to a hybrid solo hub and then to splitters and off to the Hopper and...