This will hopefully be my last post before I place my order. Here is a scenario, tell me if I am understanding everything correctly.
Scenario:
- 1 Hopper / 2 Joey install
- PAT enabled
- We have our DVR recordings set to automatically record two extra minutes at the end of shows (which I believe is default setting)
- My daughter setups “Phineas and Ferb” to record at 7:00pm and “Shake It Up” to record at 7:30pm (not major network channels)
- My wife starts watching a movie on Lifetime at 7:00pm
So, if I understand correctly, at 7:30 we run out of tuners and my wife would lose out, at least for two minutes. Is this correct?
The problem in this scenario is that my wife might be 10-15 minutes behind Live TV so when she switches back to Lifetime at 7:32 she actually lost out on 15 minutes of her show. Would it be fair to say that with a 1 Hopper / 2 Joey install that has PTA enabled, if you are not watching one of the major networks during that timeframe then you basically have two tuners to share between 3 TVs which more or less means it would work just like a 722 during this time?
In reality, I actually have a 4th TV and I have been debating if I want to go with
- 2 Hopper / 2 Joey installed now
- 1 Hopper / 3 Joey installed now and upgrade to 2 Hopper / 2 Joey when integration is available
- Wait for integration to be available and go with 2 Hopper / 2 Joey at that time
I am not patient so waiting is not my first choice. I was tempted to go with 1 Hopper / 3 Joey and see if we have issues but after thinking of the above scenario I pretty much convinced myself I need to go with 2 Hopper / 2 Joey and cross my fingers that Dish does not let us all down when it comes to Hopper integration.
Scenario:
- 1 Hopper / 2 Joey install
- PAT enabled
- We have our DVR recordings set to automatically record two extra minutes at the end of shows (which I believe is default setting)
- My daughter setups “Phineas and Ferb” to record at 7:00pm and “Shake It Up” to record at 7:30pm (not major network channels)
- My wife starts watching a movie on Lifetime at 7:00pm
So, if I understand correctly, at 7:30 we run out of tuners and my wife would lose out, at least for two minutes. Is this correct?
The problem in this scenario is that my wife might be 10-15 minutes behind Live TV so when she switches back to Lifetime at 7:32 she actually lost out on 15 minutes of her show. Would it be fair to say that with a 1 Hopper / 2 Joey install that has PTA enabled, if you are not watching one of the major networks during that timeframe then you basically have two tuners to share between 3 TVs which more or less means it would work just like a 722 during this time?
In reality, I actually have a 4th TV and I have been debating if I want to go with
- 2 Hopper / 2 Joey installed now
- 1 Hopper / 3 Joey installed now and upgrade to 2 Hopper / 2 Joey when integration is available
- Wait for integration to be available and go with 2 Hopper / 2 Joey at that time
I am not patient so waiting is not my first choice. I was tempted to go with 1 Hopper / 3 Joey and see if we have issues but after thinking of the above scenario I pretty much convinced myself I need to go with 2 Hopper / 2 Joey and cross my fingers that Dish does not let us all down when it comes to Hopper integration.