EchoStar / Dish’s Path Forward

[navychop]

DISH needs to make the autohop feature available for all channels and no waiting 24 hours for it to enable

Controlled by contracts.

 

[John2021]

Controlled by contracts.

i kinda figured that!!!

 

[navychop]

I believe the revolutionary expression "kill the intelligencia" actually meant "kill the lawyers."

 

[John2021]

Controlled by contracts.

Id'e like to know what the difference is between using the auto hop or just holding the FF button down ??? There still losing ad revenue either way!!!!

 

[NYDutch]

Id'e like to know what the difference is between using the auto hop or just holding the FF button down ??? There still losing ad revenue either way!!!!

The difference is who controls the action. Since Dish controls AutoHop, the providers can make it a contract issue. On the other hand, the FF button is ubiquitous, and controlled only by you, making it difficult or impossible for the providers to exercise any control over its use.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

In order for AutoHop to work all the stations need to be on the same transponder. The Hopper actually records the entire transponder to capture all 4 networks for your area.

And it use to be the commercial skipping times were programmed by hand, not automated so someone had to watch and record the times of the commercials so the auto hop knew when to skip the commercials. I don't know if it is still done that way. Its got to be hard now as some stations have in their contract that Autohop is delayed for x number of days after a show airs, while others get it the next day.

It would be hard to do this for other channels.

 

[dweber]

Scott

On CBS and Fox the Autohop marker is present the next day even though Autohop is delayed per the contract. But the nice thing is that you can quickly push the skip ahead button on the remote 4 times it will find the start of the program segment.


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[John2021]

The difference is who controls the action. Since Dish controls AutoHop, the providers can make it a contract issue. On the other hand, the FF button is ubiquitous, and controlled only by you, making it difficult or impossible for the providers to exercise any control over its use.

I'm willing to bet if the stations could control the FF button they would. i have no desire to see ad's for tampons or old peoples diapers during dinner!!! though that's gotten better

 

[MikeD-C05]

I'm willing to bet if the stations could control the FF button they would. i have no desire to see ad's for tampons or old peoples diapers during dinner!!! though that's gotten better

You mean like these?

 

[John2021]

You mean like these?

the ones with the fat ole bags on them or the leaky grannies that need to put something in there hoo haws so they won't drip at night .. could you imagine canceling a contract over that . i never watch live tv everythings recorded

 

[nelson61]

Business news today reporting Echostar sold Spacex more license frequencies for 2.6 billion dollars of spacex stock.

And wrote down paper assets by billions.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Also to note Charlie is back in charge again and is once again CEO.

 

[charlesrshell]

Also to note Charlie is back in charge again and is once again CEO.

Awesome. I sure hope he has a good plan-of-attack for the future & doesn't leave us high & dry someday. We need that super duper Hopper 3.2 with built in Plus.

 

[John2021]

Also to note Charlie is back in charge again and is once again CEO.

wonders how much longer before he takes over direct since he has all of that spare change in his pocket

 

[John2021]

Awesome. I sure hope he has a good plan-of-attack for the future & doesn't leave us high & dry someday. We need that super duper Hopper 3.2 with built in Plus.

i sure he does have a good plan of attack. not only does he like playing poker i'm sure he's a chess player to.. human chess .. a new hopper the hopper 3 still feels modern in todays world go play with a genie system the HDD was always playing catch up on ours. i don't want the plus feature id'e rather have a hopper that serves snacks and adult beverages maybe a 4TB gen 5 m.2 drive and the hopper supporting the trim function... a hopper that could be a complete and total smart a$$ could be fun to

 

[charlesrshell]

i sure he does have a good plan of attack. not only does he like playing poker i'm sure he's a chess player to.. human chess .. a new hopper the hopper 3 still feels modern in todays world go play with a genie system the HDD was always playing catch up on ours. i don't want the plus feature id'e rather have a hopper that serves snacks and adult beverages maybe a 4TB gen 5 m.2 drive and the hopper supporting the trim function... a hopper that could be a complete and total smart a$$ could be fun to

I love the Plus. It works great.

 

[n0qcu]

I love the Plus. It works great.

Yes I agree and it's nice to not have to change inputs and switch remotes

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[John2021]

Yep. Got a TV in the garage. But, I still have to perform remote control duties!

How does that sh*t work the wife expects you to go in from the garage and change the channel

 

[charlesrshell]

How does that sh*t work the wife expects you to go in from the garage and change the channel

LOL. I have a HD RF modulator connected to my Hopper 3 Plus and then connected to my home distribution coax splitter. Splitter goes to all 10 TVs in my home. I have 8 remote controls paired to my Hopper 3 Plus. I wish I could pair more. Most the time I sit in my dog house in the garage and watch TV. I use remote in my garage to control the Hopper 3 Plus in our greatroom. This way wife & I can watch a recording at the same time. If wife wants to watch something else or if I'm not doing good remote control duties she sends me a text and I snap to it. I wish the H3 and J4s had syncing capability. If they did, I would do away with the HD RF modulator.