FIRST LOOK - Hopper OTA Module

[mruk69]

Csn we adds USB hub to the back off the receiver? I have an ext hd and the sling adapter connect to the back USB ports.

Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys

 

[3HaloODST]

Csn we adds USB hub to the back off the receiver? I have an ext hd and the sling adapter connect to the back USB ports.

Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys

Yup!

Sent from my iPhone 4S using SatelliteGuys

 

[gpflepsen]

Yeah it's weird the thumbnail on iPad/iPhone is upright yet the pic is upside down. Thought it was something on my end lol.

Sent from my iPhone 4S using SatelliteGuys

I can always flip my monitor too, or read it like a hanging marsupial.

 

[dangue]

Csn we adds USB hub to the back off the receiver? I have an ext hd and the sling adapter connect to the back USB ports.

Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys

You shouldn't have a problem (as long as the hub has its own power supply).

Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys

 

[sethwell]

Got my tracking number too!

I have tracking as well. My hoppers have generally been in the first batch to receive software updates so hopefully I get it in the next day or two.

Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys

I ordered mine at noon and I already have a shipment email with a tracking number! I wasn't expecting to see it for at least a week! I hope I get S229 soon!!

Just checked the shipping status at dish and had a tracking number. It says it will be here Thursday!

 

[satjay]

I think your TV is up-side-down!

I ordered two tuners late 11/13 afternoon/early evening. I'm hoping the next business day will see an order fullfilled on my account and not backordered.

lol not sure why that happened, but when you click on the picture it's shows it normal

 

[ashutto20]

im guessing the channels are hd thru the ota tuner

 

[TheKrell]

So if i get an ota tuner... all i have to do is plug the usb port into the hopper??? and then scan for channels??? no other wires or hardware?

You'll need an antenna, of course.

Am I the only one around here with a serious cabling problem? I have 3 VIP receivers, all of which have my rooftop antenna diplexed over the singular RG6 cable. I will have to double-up on all cabling just to use this tuner. Wish Dish had gone with an HDHomeRun instead.

 

[gpflepsen]

im guessing the channels are hd thru the ota tuner

They are what's being broadcast. They may be HD, and I'd thnik most are, but the subchannels are likely SD. Each market is different.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Just checked the shipping status at dish and had a tracking number. It says it will be here Thursday!

Mine too. I'll be ready whenever I receive S229...

 

[ashutto20]

I have another question (sorry guys) which will decide if i get the ota module...when I move...im being told you need an antenna...question is how difficult is it to set one up when I get a new house...i would really like to take advantage of the ota tuner but i would hate to get it and then not be able to use it when we move...

if you dont have the antenna you wont be able to get channels correct??? is there a certain one which you can buy and if so how difficult is it to set up??? i belive you can get an indoor antenna...is that true???

Thanks

 

[charlesrshell]

I have another question (sorry guys) which will decide if i get the ota module...when I move...im being told you need an antenna...question is how difficult is it to set one up when I get a new house...i would really like to take advantage of the ota tuner but i would hate to get it and then not be able to use it when we move...

if you dont have the antenna you wont be able to get channels correct??? is there a certain one which you can buy and if so how difficult is it to set up??? i belive you can get an indoor antenna...is that true???

Thanks

Check this site out to determine what size OTA might work.
http://antennaweb.org/

 

[Poke]

Dish Network's Hopper gets an off-air digital TV tuner, software update packing new features

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/14/dish-network-hopper-ota-module-software-update/

 

[Hall]

im guessing the channels are hd thru the ota tuner

They are digital. Some may be HD, some may be SD.

 

[dhageremtp]

How are people connecting this? Seperate run from the antenna to the usb adapter?

 

[rdale]

Do you see a notable change in picture quality when you flip back and forth? How about the difference in time delay?

 

[lucky86]

I have another question (sorry guys) which will decide if i get the ota module...when I move...im being told you need an antenna...question is how difficult is it to set one up when I get a new house...i would really like to take advantage of the ota tuner but i would hate to get it and then not be able to use it when we move...

if you dont have the antenna you wont be able to get channels correct??? is there a certain one which you can buy and if so how difficult is it to set up??? i belive you can get an indoor antenna...is that true???

Thanks

This may not be the best idea but it worked for me and I picked up all the ota locals in the dever area. I took a 3ft piece of coax cable and stripped down one side so the metal in the middle is sticking out and that is connected to the USB dongle and hanging behind my tv and I pick up all my ota stations and the quality is great.

 

[satjay]

Do you see a notable change in picture quality when you flip back and forth? How about the difference in time delay?

When I change from a local OTA to local non OTA there is a delay of a few seconds, with the OTA local happening "first" then the regular non OTA local behind

 

[lucky86]

Now that is some hillbilly ingenuity , love it!

Yeah I'm not an ota addict like some of the people on here so that was a quick way to pick up ota channels without spending money on a fancy ota antenna. I've heard of a guy in the past who had a chain link fence running around his property and he connected coax to an ota module and stripped the end like I did and hooked that bare wire to his fence and basically turned his fence into a HUGE antenna.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Believe it or not I use a paperclip for an antenna on many of my TV's and it works great because the signals are so strong here. (Although the Hopper OTA module uses my rooftop antenna.)