Hopper Software Update Coming along with Pandora!
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I have a question about the 5000 number. I wonder how many are SatGuys, and out of the members selected, will know they even have an update to provide feedback on? Most folks that have been following the Hopper/Joey will be aware, but I have seen several posts from folks that got the system, and know nothing about it. Nothing wrong with that. It's just if those folks got selected to receive the update, I don't see a lot of feedback being generated. Now if all 5000 are SatGuys members that will be a different story.
Hey. Credit, where credit is due.Are we talking about the same company?
I must say that they appear to be listening to user comments, and taking swift action. It's a pleasant change!
Now, if they can just fix that default guide issue and remove Internationals and RSN's from the nested channel feature (and add PPV to it), they'll really make quite an impression on the Dish skeptics among us, myself included.
So when the update happens that allows sharing between hoppers then could the whole 2TB on one hopper (for people who have 2 hoppers) be given to the users? That would leave 500GB for Dish, 500GB for PTAT and 3TB for user recording between the two hoppers. PTAT and the Dish PPV could reside on just one hopper and then share it with the other hopper as requested. I would assume that this could be done with a software update.
i doubt the reserved portions will ever be released to us whether you have 1 or 2 hoppers. It would be too complicated of a process to set it up that way on two separate receivers.
I do wonder what will happen to the PTAT space on the second hopper, but theoretically i could see it recording other batches of channels on the same transponder. Or maybe extend the number of days for recording on the current 4 networks. (or absolutely nothing depending on whether Dish cares or not)
Expect 1TB user space per hopper for the long term.
I have S208 now. PTAT is fixed, recording partition is increased, I have Pandora and Facebook. I'm a happy camper! 
Sparc is right. from a support ability standpoint, frankly,dish would be stupid to vary from a single partitioning scheme.
in theory,they could toggle on and off the ptat space as an extension to the volume. but doing so adds another level of complication that becomes difficult to support in the field.
I can see it now, the user has exceeded the 1 terabyte and is in the 500 gigabytes formerly used for primetime any time. now they want to turn primetime anytime back on. but you can't shrink the file system when storage is beyond 1 terabyte.
even if the user got their storage down below 1 terabyte, they wouldn't have much left.
every company that does technical support will tell you that containing cost on support is important to the overall health and profitability of the company. standardizing their and user platforms goes a long way towards streamlining their support model.
hell, standardizing my server configurations goes a long way towards me supporting my environment.
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in theory,they could toggle on and off the ptat space as an extension to the volume. but doing so adds another level of complication that becomes difficult to support in the field.
I can see it now, the user has exceeded the 1 terabyte and is in the 500 gigabytes formerly used for primetime any time. now they want to turn primetime anytime back on. but you can't shrink the file system when storage is beyond 1 terabyte.
even if the user got their storage down below 1 terabyte, they wouldn't have much left.
every company that does technical support will tell you that containing cost on support is important to the overall health and profitability of the company. standardizing their and user platforms goes a long way towards streamlining their support model.
hell, standardizing my server configurations goes a long way towards me supporting my environment.
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Cant wait to get the update...at S207 right now and have Pandora and Facebook...dont have a facebook account so dont know how that works but Pandora works great...
So the total amount of recording time on the Hopper was ??? hours and with the update it will be ??? hours now
Thanks in advance
So the total amount of recording time on the Hopper was ??? hours and with the update it will be ??? hours now
Thanks in advance
Still on 207, but have the Facebook and Pandora apps. Pandora works, can't get FB linked though. I got the code from the Hopper, input into Facebook, then go back to the Hopper per instruction and click "continue" and all it does is refresh the code and tell me "Error:Sorry, you have not authenticated this device (authorization_pending)". I've done it several times, even waiting several minutes after authenticating in my FB account before coming back to the Hopper, and still no go. Has anyone had success?
This is all great, but I'm more concerned with the EHD issues. Just about every recording I transferred is unplayable. And most are network tv.
Thanks for the Product Release Bulletin Scott. The features added for PTAT look great. I think using the red button to see what the PTAT turner is recording on the 4 channels and being able to join one them from the TV Viewing Status page will be very useful. I also like the addition of a save series link for PTAT. I have FB and pandora on both hoppers, but still on S207. Looking forward to the update.
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