DISH Network Retailer Chat Recap - "Hopper Special" - 2/16/2012
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I guess I'll be stuck upgrading no matter what though. Our 722k has an ongoing odd problem where I get a "Partial Signal Loss" and the only fix is to reset the receiver. It happens multiple times a week and DISH doesn't have a clue why.
True voyager but perfect time to explain everything when your talking about teh hopper and joey
So where is the savings?
They are now charging a $4 whole home DVR Fee, and $7 for the first Joey Unit.
So if you have a 722/222 Setup, and switch to a Hopper/Joey/Joey/Joey type setup, your fees now increase $11 and your giving up 1 tuner.
Less Tuners, more monthly Fees. Looks like a good deal to me.
They are now charging a $4 whole home DVR Fee, and $7 for the first Joey Unit.
So if you have a 722/222 Setup, and switch to a Hopper/Joey/Joey/Joey type setup, your fees now increase $11 and your giving up 1 tuner.
Less Tuners, more monthly Fees. Looks like a good deal to me.
I would think your right, with no LNBs to power, no hard drive, and no need for local timers the Joeys should be able to pretty much completely power down when idle.
no they are 2 different things
Dish Silver doesnt have as many channels in it as AT200 does. Silver is mainly a HD package and costs $10 less than AT200
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But a much better system, with a lot more features. Its up to the customer to decide what they want and no one is forcing anyone to upgrade.
So if you don't mind paying the extra cost for the second hopper you might as well get it instead of a Joey as the $7 monthly fee is the same. Here's hoping they fix the software soon to link two hoppers together. If one hopper fails you still have TV as well.
If Dish wants to continue having a customer base, then they better do it sooner rather than later.
That's a fair question, especially given the problems with the 922 and some of the things that just didn't happen with it.
I am told its a top priority for them besides getting the product out the door.
Good, lets hope so. I would hate to see this turn into the same fiasco as the 922 BBMP deal....
The Hopper platform is the future of the company, look for them to move over so that all new installs get Hoppers and Joey's. They will get the Hopper system right... because they have to.
I'm like the majority of people here in that I feel a WHDVR fee should include 2 tv's in it. Charging that fee and then imposing additional fees for more than one one tv shows that Dish is just continuing it's "more fees=better" mentality. Someone could get three 211K's, pay the $40 dvr fee, add 1tb hdd's to each unit and have a makeshift 3 sat/3 ota tuner WHDVR. Just switch the hdd's from unit to unit. And that would be $14. Sure it isn't for everybody, but it saves $10 and you wouldn't need another account for a Tailgater. I was ready to switch from a 722K that feeds two hdtv's to a H/J if it was only the $10 fee. $4 extra isn't a lot to go from 1HD/1SD to 2 HD receivers. But $11? That isn't really worth it. I guess I'll go with an earlier plan of getting the ota tuner and a sling adaptor. I'll have four tuners and get HD to my second set through a pc that's connected to it.And everyone likes to compare Dish stb fees with cableco stb fees. Well when the sat companies allow "clear QAM' or "cablecard" solutions without full stb fees, then we can compare apples to apples.
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So it's cheaper for me to keep my 622 and 722. The picture posted earlier say 7.00 for each additional joey. That reads as one or more joeys have no fees. Such seems not to be the case.
I don't disagree with this at all. I think they will get that functionality done at some point. But until then, for those that need/want a unified, shareable system with 2 Hoppers, there is no reason to upgrade now and plenty of reasons not to.
OTOH, if all you need is what the single Hopper with some Joeys brings to the table, well the phones open soon!!
