So a few days ago I made the switch from U-verse to Dish, and so far I am loving it! There was a bit of an issue with the Dish install (installer only came with one Hopper so a different guy had to come out the next day), and I'm still adjusting to some settings, but overall impressions are great. I didn't think I'd really like/use PTAT, but it is becoming one of my favorite features. Anyway!
When I removed the old U-verse install I left my HDMI cable plugged into the HDMI 1 input of my TV, figuring that way it would be one less thing the installer would have to mess with. I let him know this, and he said that he'd use the existing HDMI cable. Well then last night I switched my input from what it was set to to do something else on my TV, and when I switched back to HDMI-1 (the channel I thought the Hopper was connected to) and was getting no signal. Upon checking I found that it was connected via component cables. Even though it isn't a huge difference picture quality wise, I wanted HDMI if only so there was less cord clutter on the back of my TV, so I pulled out the Hopper and noticed the HDMI cable that was there was not the one I left (I later found the HDMI that I left for the installer stashed in the box the hopper came in). So I connected the HDMI cable that was there. After switching the channel to HDMI 1 I noticed that it was getting no signal, so I tried two other HDMI cables with the same results. I even tried plugging the cables into HDMI 2, 3 and 4 with no luck, and tried plugging the cable from HDMI 1 into another source to be sure it wasn't my TV.
So long story short - the Hopper's HDMI output doesn't work. While I know this isn't a huge deal, my main fear is that if my box didn't work perfectly new out of the box, what kind of issues am I going to experience later? I work with computers for a living and sometimes (not always) a sign that something is about to go horribly wrong is when one function stops working.
When I removed the old U-verse install I left my HDMI cable plugged into the HDMI 1 input of my TV, figuring that way it would be one less thing the installer would have to mess with. I let him know this, and he said that he'd use the existing HDMI cable. Well then last night I switched my input from what it was set to to do something else on my TV, and when I switched back to HDMI-1 (the channel I thought the Hopper was connected to) and was getting no signal. Upon checking I found that it was connected via component cables. Even though it isn't a huge difference picture quality wise, I wanted HDMI if only so there was less cord clutter on the back of my TV, so I pulled out the Hopper and noticed the HDMI cable that was there was not the one I left (I later found the HDMI that I left for the installer stashed in the box the hopper came in). So I connected the HDMI cable that was there. After switching the channel to HDMI 1 I noticed that it was getting no signal, so I tried two other HDMI cables with the same results. I even tried plugging the cables into HDMI 2, 3 and 4 with no luck, and tried plugging the cable from HDMI 1 into another source to be sure it wasn't my TV.
So long story short - the Hopper's HDMI output doesn't work. While I know this isn't a huge deal, my main fear is that if my box didn't work perfectly new out of the box, what kind of issues am I going to experience later? I work with computers for a living and sometimes (not always) a sign that something is about to go horribly wrong is when one function stops working.
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