I have been a Dish user for more than 15 years, and generally love the service. Have had my Hopper 3 about 2 weeks now and love it except for one little thing. I have 1 Hopper 3 and 3 Joeys. Before, I had 3 722's and 1 712. Therefore, each person had there own timer and recorded instance of a given program. Well, now we can only record each program once, and have to share the recording! How annoying! Even though you can resume at different points from different rooms, you still have to check with other people in the house before deleting a recording. I know this might sound petty,
but I want a copy of recordings I make to do with as I see fit. This is especially troublesome for network shows that have a tendency to air only once a week! There needs to be a way to make multiple recordings of the same program and save them to different folders. With sixteen tuners you would think this wouldn't be a problem. I didn't have this problem with the previous setup.
I called to complain and asked about perhaps purchasing a 2nd Hopper 3. Apparently they are not currently programmed to have 2 on the same network. After speaking to someone higher up, I have arranged for the 2nd Hopper 3 I purchased from Amazon(only $250!) to be activated. Righ now what I need is a wiring diagram to split 2 off the same Satellite feed. I don't really care if they can see each other or not(that would be nice, though), I just want my own set of recordings. I will install a separate(2nd) dish if I must to get what I want. Help!
PS - The install went perfect and the techs were great! I love everything about the Hopper 3 except this. Sure I am not the only one with this problem. Thanks!