What would you pay for the Hopper ( Dish's new Multi room DVR) ??

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Hopper - DISH Network

Current Dish customers pay $6 DVR service on one HD and one SD feed dual dvr. $6 2 TV's (2-4 recordings at once 2 sat and 2 OTA)

Direct TV DVR service with Multi room is $7+3= $10 Plus $6 for another HDDVR / HD non DVR needed for the MVR $16 extra for 2 TV's (4-7 recordings two hr24 or hr34 and hr24)


Can dish hop above the rest with the best gear & price to go down under the competitors ?


What would you be willing to pay ontop of your Dish programing ?

I would be willing to pay $6-10 for the hopper and $15 for an extra hopper if needed for mass recordings of kids shows.
For the Joye Box i would love to see a $3 Lease fee or the option to buy the Joye with moca box for $150-200 with no extra fees.
 
I like the Joey purchase idea at no extra monthly... Therefore it will never "fly" with fee-happy Dish!

OK, I hereby predict (based on current extra receiver fees and the tuner count) that a second Hopper will cost $24/mo. :eek: I'd like to have two too since that would match my current sat tuner count.
 
I think $10/month is reasonable for 1 Hopper + 1 Joey (same as the DVR fee for the 922). 2 rooms in HD, 3 sat tuners. Additional Joeys $5 each per month. That would undercut D* but still give them plenty of fee revenue.
 
rocket69 said:
Hopper - DISH Network


I would be willing to pay $6-10 for the hopper and $15 for an extra hopper if needed for mass recordings of kids shows.
For the Joye Box i would love to see a $3 Lease fee or the option to buy the Joye with moca box for $150-200 with no extra fees.
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I agree if they go fee crazy on this people will move to Direct tv
 
Riah said:
I agree if they go fee crazy on this people will move to Direct tv
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Yup.. I'm an ex-AbsoluteHD person, who has just seen all the 1-year promotions expire and have my spreadsheet fully worked out on switching to D*. A good price on Hopper/Joey would be persuasive, else we are very much on the tipping point b/c the D* packages have more of the channels we want in the bottom tier vs. with Dish we have to do mid-tier. (otherwise on an equivalent tier basis, Dish is usually better pricing)

EDIT: oh, and it needs to be available to existing subs (or at least those already out of contract).
 
I'm not sure. Part of me thinks they should include one Joey since they already have receivers that can run two TVs. It would not surprise me if they charged $5 for every Joey though. Honestly, your guess is as good as mine.
 
Hopefully Dish recognizes the fact that they already charge too much for dual tuner receivers,they want to start increasing subs,they need to make the Hopper and Joey cost effective to every Dish subscriber.Clayton seemed to me like he wants to get subs up so that would be a surefire way to do it.
 
I'm thinking more like $600 to purchase the Hopper out right. I believe a 722k is $449 currently, and thats been out for a while.
 
First, the Hoppers:
Since Hoppers do NOT have built-in Sling, they SHOULDN'T cost more to lease than a 622/722/722k. Dish will argue that they do more (true) and have more tuners (also true). Therefore, I will predict that the first Hopper on the account, like any current first receiver, will be free to lease. Additional Hoppers on the account are likely to be more than a 622/722/722k, so I will say $20/mo. I hope I'm wrong on that. The upgrade fee for an existing customer will probably be the usual $200 per receiver. The buy-outright price is likely to be $600, at least at first, with the $20/mo "extra receiver fee."

The DVR fee should be the existing $6, since, again, there is no built-in Sling.

Now, the Joeys:
I can't see these costing as much to lease as a receiver such as a 211 with its own tuner. I think they will try to justify the $20/month cost of the Hopper by throwing in the first Joey for free. Additional Joeys, if things are fair, should be no more than $5/mo. To me, the big question with the Joeys is "Will they charge you a monthly fee for 'owned' Joeys?" What would be great would be if you could buy the Joeys outright and add them to your system at will. I have a feeling that there would be an activation fee, at least, for each new Joey, but wouldn't it be nice to be free of "lease" fees on addtional TV's that you only occasionally use (such as in a guest bedroom)? I'm guessing the Joeys will sell for around $100.

In our case, we would need two Hoppers and at least six Joeys (assuming you can still run two HDTVs off the Hopper, as you can with a VIP receiver). So I would have in fees:

1st Hopper: Free
2nd Hopper: $20
1st 2 Joeys: Free
Joeys, 3,4,5,6 $20
DVR Fee $6

Total if Leased $46/mo

I'm currently paying $23/mo (for addtional 622 + DVR fee), so this scenario would DOUBLE my equipment fees for similar service (using TV2's from 722 and 622 to feed 6 additional tv's). You can see why I'm hoping Joeys will be free monthly if you buy them!

Brad
 
I'm not sure I'd pay more for a Hopper/Joey setup than a 722/211 solution. I guess that would make each Joey $7 / mo. My thought is I can see the benefit of whole home DVR to multiple TVs, but what I really want is HD on additional TVs and each additional 211 fills that bill. Maybe Dish will be generous and throw in the first Joey as part of the deal. I have 3 HD TVs (the 3rd is a 32" monitor connected to a computer) and 2 viewers and my sling / 722 gives me a semi working solution for 2 HD.
Much like my 811 and (original) 622, I'd pay $99 to upgrade.
Miner
 

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