I currently have a monthly bill of $107, AT250...$75, 622 DVR $7 fee (2005 model still working) includes lease, 2 211k's own (w/dvr) at $7 each, Blockbuster at Home...$10, HD250 free for life, all out of contract.
I've read a bunch of threads and searched but can't figure out what it would cost me to lease 2 Hoppers w/sling and a joey. I have 3 hd tv's at the moment, and will add a 4th later (buy another joey) when the basement is finished, but it won't take long for my 8 and 11 yo's to be running dish anywhere on their tablets. That's why I'm leaning towards two hoppers. I have separate rg6 runs to each location for ota, as well as cat5 to each tv location. I have a few questions I'd appreciate help with:
Monthly cost ?
Should I put both hoppers on ethernet to use both sling devices ? My main router isn't gigabit, but I plan on upgrading soon. My WAP is gigabit with 80211N. I've gathered I don't want to put the joey on the lan.
Should I put the atsc tuner on both hoppers ? I like having dual feeds in the fall/winter on my current devices.
And lastly, I know it's a stretch, but is there anyway to convert the data on my 211k EHD's so that the current recordings will work with the hoppers ? Or am I simply going to have a nutty amount of clean storage available ?
Current set up is a Turbo HD dish on the eastern arc, they upgraded it in 2011, new lnbs, don't know the vintage.
Thanks for any responses.
I've read a bunch of threads and searched but can't figure out what it would cost me to lease 2 Hoppers w/sling and a joey. I have 3 hd tv's at the moment, and will add a 4th later (buy another joey) when the basement is finished, but it won't take long for my 8 and 11 yo's to be running dish anywhere on their tablets. That's why I'm leaning towards two hoppers. I have separate rg6 runs to each location for ota, as well as cat5 to each tv location. I have a few questions I'd appreciate help with:
Monthly cost ?
Should I put both hoppers on ethernet to use both sling devices ? My main router isn't gigabit, but I plan on upgrading soon. My WAP is gigabit with 80211N. I've gathered I don't want to put the joey on the lan.
Should I put the atsc tuner on both hoppers ? I like having dual feeds in the fall/winter on my current devices.
And lastly, I know it's a stretch, but is there anyway to convert the data on my 211k EHD's so that the current recordings will work with the hoppers ? Or am I simply going to have a nutty amount of clean storage available ?
Current set up is a Turbo HD dish on the eastern arc, they upgraded it in 2011, new lnbs, don't know the vintage.
Thanks for any responses.
or in all seriousness, if u see one in ur neighborhood and you can see its disconnected, just ask them if u can have it. A dish with an lnb should b fairly easy and cheap/free to come by if you put some time in.
