It's excellent on a Samsung 4k...
Its not that great on my Samsung either.
My CableTV is better.
I'm not saying its bad.
But there is definitely room for Improvement.
And I can also now see why there were some PQ complaints from the Hopper3.
First thing I noticed right off the bat, is the Hopper3 right out of the gate is the PQ is way over contrasted.
But thats the first thing someone would do when they are trying to compensate for average HD PQ.
Make the Whites look too white, and the Reds, greens, blues extremely pop.
Thats give the impression our PQ is great, when in fact its a big old pile of colors and bright spots.
After Calibration the PQ is much improved, and I still find it to be the same old Dish PQ as always.
Motion Blur and fuzzy detail.
If the Left side of your on screen Guide isn't black.
Then you are definitely not at optimal calibration.