Ok here is a new question that they have not answered is there a limit of hoppers you are allowed to own then can I lease 2 and buy 2 the nice lady on the phone said I could have one for 99 dollars and second would be 199 but what if I bought two more can I have a total of 4 active at once in my house?
OK- First off, you can only have 2 Hoppers on an account. There are technical reasons for this. In theory, you could have quite a few more Hoppers, but you'd have a large number of coax lines going into your house, and a lot of not-free equipment to do it. I doubt that more than 2 Hoppers will EVER be supported or even allowed for residential accounts.
The prices you were quoted were for the right to LEASE the Hoppers. Purchase is well above $400 apiece, almost $500 IIRC. Just wanted to make sure that was clear.
You can go with 2 Hoppers and, I've read here, currently up to 4 Joeys.