Dish Hopper Pricing Rumors Thread

[Mr Tony]

have yet to see a thread in the D* area about being charged a fee to return the equipment.
seen plenty of threads in the E* area about it though

 

[GaryPen]

Plus, he's big on D* these days anyway. It's easy to be down on Dish when you're making your money from D*.

Really? Neither Dishstore nor Metro25 advertise DirecTV equipment or programming.

 

[Stargazer]

Send all but one receiver back before cancelling so that it can be done on Dish's dime.

 

[Hall]

have yet to see a thread in the D* area about being charged a fee to return the equipment.

That doesn't prove they don't, though I agree that it seems likely based on the lack of comments that they probably don't. Again though, it's not "proof".

 

[Hall]

Really? Neither Dishstore nor Metro25 advertise DirecTV equipment or programming.

Yes, really.

DIRECTV Satellite TV, DIRECT TV Deal

 

[Tony S]

If you only have one TV and you get a Hopper, will you still be charged the Whole House DVR fee?

Doesn't seem right if you really don't need a Joey.

 

[butters]

It looks that way, but we won't know for sure until it's official. I just hope that one Hopper AND one Joey will be included for free with no monthly fees.

 

[Scherrman]

Well guys I didn't really find out too much new info about the Hopper today. We mostly went over the changes with the new promotion and talked about the new internet offering from Viasat. It sounds like all the real info will be on the next retailer chat in about 2 weeks. Should know availability and pricing then.

 

[Neutron]

Thanks for checking though. I guess it's a wait and see for another 2 weeks.

 

[Stargazer]

They are treating this no different than the 522/722/922. They are giving you two tv's included. Since this now requires an extra piece of hardware maybe they could give a $4 discount if you don't need the first Joey? They probably don't have much in those Joey's, maybe $30? Of course, thats $30 (or whatever it is they have in them) that they didn't have in the 522/722/922 for the additional tv's. That $4 per month will make up for that quickly though.

 

[rajmarie]

... IF one of those 2 tvs is SD. Otherwise Hopper/Joey is the way to go, albeit at a $4 premium.

The problem is not $4 extra. My reply was to the one....where the poster told that 1st Joey can be $7 also....resulting in $11 increase in the bill for feeding 2 tvs vs say 722k

 

[Hall]

If you only have one TV...

...I suspect they won't offer you a Hopper and will push you to a ViP612 (for DVR) or 211k (non-DVR).

 

[Scherrman]

If you only have one TV then normally a customer would not need 3 tuners. If the customer really feels they need 3 tuners then I suppose they should be willing to pay a little more for it regardless if you are only using it for one TV.

 

[GaryPen]

Well guys I didn't really find out too much new info about the Hopper today. We mostly went over the changes with the new promotion and talked about the new internet offering from Viasat. It sounds like all the real info will be on the next retailer chat in about 2 weeks. Should know availability and pricing then.

Thanks for passing that on. For the most part, it's the most concrete thing that's been posted about the HJ lately.

BTW, what do people think of making "HJ" the "official" forum abbreviation for the Hopper/Joey system? It's definitely easier than typing h-o-p-p-e-r-/-j-o-e-y s-y-s-t-e-m.

 

[Neutron]

Thanks for passing that on. For the most part, it's the most concrete thing that's been posted about the HJ lately.

BTW, what do people think of making "HJ" the "official" forum abbreviation for the Hopper/Joey system? It's definitely easier than typing h-o-p-p-e-r-/-j-o-e-y s-y-s-t-e-m.

Either that or HoJo.

 

[dare2be]

Thanks for passing that on. For the most part, it's the most concrete thing that's been posted about the HJ lately.

BTW, what do people think of making "HJ" the "official" forum abbreviation for the Hopper/Joey system? It's definitely easier than typing h-o-p-p-e-r-/-j-o-e-y s-y-s-t-e-m.

Of course it's easier, what with all those dashes in there.

HoJo reminds me of that hotel chain.

 

[R0ss]

Of course it's easier, what with all those dashes in there.

HoJo reminds me of that hotel chain.

Hell it was a restaurant chain, often found in rest areas on toll roads long before it was a hotel chain.....

Ross

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[Neutron]

Better than HJ....

 

[Scherrman]

I'd have to vote for HoJo over HJ just because of what HJ usually stands for. lol

 

[dare2be]

Hell it was a restaurant chain, often found in rest areas on toll roads long before it was a hotel chain.....

i knew that, but still Hojo reminds me of the hotel, not the defunct restaurant.