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The last thing I would want would be for them to extract payment through the system. I never use PPV and never change programming around or put on holds. As for remote control of system by support, no thank you. Maybe for thee but not for me, as I know their history, and as this thread attests...

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Then why's it called a "4k Joey"? Can a hopper be placed in a location with no tv and have wiring (or wifi) run to multiple sets, and if joeys needed (for add'l same-time users) can they be placed away from TVs as well? Like just stack all needed rx boxes on a shelf in a utility closet, like a...

What is this 4k reference? That it outputs in 4,000 line resolution, which some newer TVs can display? And this is the "old model'...? I don't find there to be any appreciable operational lags (key entry delayed action) with the 722. I can remember some rx's of the past, going back into C-band...

Well then how to they get 'em?

Actually a family member had called them and just went along with the standard song & dance they have now and consented to a hopper. I guess that's all they need to get now and it's off to the races. It wasn't mandated. I suppose that at some point they'll have everyone on hoppers and/or...

I haven't heard of anyone being cold-called and told they have to update

OK, got the replacement 722k today. Shiny, like new in shrinkwrap. Swapped it, downloaded it, all good. So I called DiSH to activate and of curse, heh, eh, of course, everything then went sideways. I gave the gal the bad rx's info, then the replacement rx info...but nuttin' comin' on. Then she...

I know that smell...not good!

They'll send you a power supply to put in? I don't remember whether Echo even did that back when all the switching power supplys were going bad in Tracker 5's. One thing for sure I need to get these older rx's on good surge protection

I'll have to have a look once it's replaced. I thought issue with caps is that they dry out

Can hopper install to same dish & cabling as ViP?

So now with the hopper you just plug in a USB device to do offair? I always found those DiSH insertable offair modules to be subpar in reception

I feel that they have a service dept. that can replace bad caps. I used to do it myself on the Toshiba 80 & 100. But these aren't going down from caps, but rather hard-drive fails?

Good q; I assume DiSH doesn't install offair antennae because they went the satlocals route. But then again, they integrate offair tuning into systems. But still this is roof or even tower work, which they don't do