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  1. Backup Brain

    Hopper 3 terrible HD picture

    It's weird to see these reports of worse picture quality. The FIRST day we had the Hopper 3, my wife (who used to claim she could not see any difference between SD and HD), turned to me and said. "Is it me, or does the picture look sharper?". Nothing changed in the display chain except the...
  2. Backup Brain

    Dish 50.0 (Voice remote)

    Interesting that Dish may use it as an add-on, considering that Xfinity and the Amazon Fire use their voice remorse as major product differentiators. Since Dish keeps saying their stuff is the most advanced, it seems out of character.
  3. Backup Brain

    Hopper 3 - What 3 Things Would You Change?

    Return of single-button shortcut for closed captioning on/off. After my recent stroke, the green button was a lifesaver. Lack of a hard Stop button is less efficient for stuff like deleting watched programs. Lack of a hard Record dutton is less efficient. FYI, if the forthcoming Voice Remote...
  4. Backup Brain

    HOPPER 3 UPGRADE WAITING LIST!

    I am interested in a Hopper 3 upgrade. I currently have a Hopper 1 and a Joey 1.
  5. Backup Brain

    HOPPER 3 UPGRADES

    I have a Hopper 1 and Joey 1 (jumped on it so quick it was the first Hopper install my tech had ever done, and he needed to call in his supervisor). Both the USB 2.0 ports on the Hopper are in use, one for an EHD and the other for a Sling Adaptor I'd previously purchased and used with my old...
  6. Backup Brain

    Recommend some BT headphones for HWS

    I recently bought the MEElectronics Air Fi Runaway Bluetooth Stereo Wireless Headphones with Microphone from Amazon ($70) for use with my original Hopper. Works fine, sounds fine. I didn't need the mic but most BT phones have them so they can also be used with mobile phones. One reason I bought...
  7. Backup Brain

    Hopper support for Apt-X over Bluetooth?

    I searched the forums, but couldn't find an answer to this. I'm researching Bluetooth headphones for use with both my Hopper (original model) and my iPhone 5. I'll use it mostly with the Hopper to watch TV after my wife has gone to bed. My price range is fairly low, as I don't consider this to...
  8. Backup Brain

    Hopper S229 / S230 Feedback!

    I got the update either Thanksgiving or Friday morning, several days later than many of the folks here. You'll know when you get it because there will be a big new screen the first time you turn on the satellite box after the upgrade; the screen gives the highlights of the new features. I don't...
  9. Backup Brain

    My quest to get DLNA working on the Hopper...

    I installed the beta of the Plex Media Server software that supports DLNA on my server hardware, which is an old Intel-based MacBook running OS X 10.6.8. The media is all on my Netgear ReadyNAS NV+, which also has its own DLNA server. My LG BluRay player immediately saw the Plex server (it...
  10. Backup Brain

    QUESTION - What Bugs or Usability Issues do you have with your Hopper?

    Usability issue or bug (not sure which): Program records on PTAT. In PTAT folder, I choose to Save it to the user space. Program appears in user space folder (My Recordings). So far, so good. If I then attempt to move the saved PTAT program to my EHD, the program does not appear in the screen...
  11. Backup Brain

    QUESTION - What Bugs or Usability Issues do you have with your Hopper?

    - Bug: timers are repeated in the timer list. See screenshot. Note timer numbers. - Bug: DNLA server not recognized. My DLNA server is the one built into my Netgear ReadyNAS NV+. It can be seen by my LG and Samsung BluRay players. - Usability issue: User-created folder names are...
  12. Backup Brain

    Hopper has reached max timers after only 33

    I wonder if this is related to my repeating timers issue I mentioned in another thread (with a screenshot): http://www.satelliteguys.us/hopper-zone/280067-bug-repeated-timers.html Because the bug started at 33 timers for me, I have to think that it's related in some fashion, though things seem...
  13. Backup Brain

    Hopper Search Issues

    Just wait another day for the nightly download, and Search will start working. There are multiple threads here about that.
  14. Backup Brain

    No Hopper search?

    Yeah, Search didn't work for me on the first day, either. Dish should (if it doesn't fix the software to make Search work on the first day) add "Search will work tomorrow" to their installer training materials.
  15. Backup Brain

    Bug with repeated timers

    Yes, Search didn't work at all for me yesterday, when it was installed. It works today; I presume it gets or generates some sort of index during the nightly download. This repeated timers thing is definitely weird, though. Just checked Dish Online, and what it reports for my Hopper's timers is...
  16. Backup Brain

    Bug with repeated timers

    Well, I'd say that there are still some bugs to be worked out with the Hopper and how it deals with timers. Check out this picture of my Timers list after I'd been adding some shows to recreate them from my 722 (using the Hopper's Seek and Record, which may or may not be the culprit)...
  17. Backup Brain

    Install Problems on my new hopper :-(

    My Hopper also required a reset to factory settings before it would start up the install wizard and start downloading software. At first, we thought it was a bad box, and swapped out for a second unit. I suspect that the first unit would have ended up working after a factory reset.
  18. Backup Brain

    installer is here now, woohooo

    Installing now; installer has been here for a couple of hours. First cleaned up my old install by changing out staples holding the two wires running from the dish outside, replacing them with screw-in clips. He's also changed the old coax connectors on all of the interior wires. Got Hopper in...
  19. Backup Brain

    Hopper home networking and Apps

    Scott, in your First Look screenshot regarding the DNLA stuff, it looks like you also have a ReadyNAS with DLNA server turned on. Did you try that? If so, how did it work? And what ReadyNAS model is it?
  20. Backup Brain

    Hopper Upgrades

    Would like a PM from a DIRT member. Thanks.
  21. Backup Brain

    Today my favorite thing is…

    Now, that one I smelled as a loser from the start… But I do have a T-shirt that says "I was a Mac user when Apple was doomed." OTOH, I bought Apple stock at $9…
  22. Backup Brain

    How much is the Hopper upgrade costing you?

    Just set up the upgrade from one 722/one 211 to one Hopper/one Joey. Dealt with a very nice CSR who unfortunately was out sick yesterday when they did H/J CSR training. I actually knew more info than she did, but I expected that, and was cool with it. She had to put me on hold a few times as she...
  23. Backup Brain

    Print Out or Back Up Timers List?

    I just went to dishonline.com and printed my Timers list. All six pages of them. Tomorrow, I'll mark up the list with notes as to which existing timers will be covered by PTAT. Sure wish the Timers list at Dish Online included the channel info. It's going to be a bit harder to set up timers...
  24. Backup Brain

    Today my favorite thing is…

    …the info, help and community here at Satellite Guys. It's because of this place that I avoided the 922 debacle (Breaking a long string of early adopter mistakes. Yes, I had both Betamax and Laserdisc. Don't point and laugh.). And on the eve of the Hopper/Joey rollout, it's because of this place...
  25. Backup Brain

    Answers to your Hopper Questions

    Thanks. The More You Know™… :)