DISH Has Made it Impossible to be a VIP211k Owner

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Foxbat said:
It might have to do with the mandatory $15 Whole-House DVR Fee tacked on to your monthly bill for having the Hopper on your account. But the Wally wouldn't have that and would be the supported replacement for the ViP 211.

Our vacation family home has a pair of ViP 211k receivers which have long had the DVR fee paid. At some point we will need to replace them, probably with Wallys. And pay the one-time Wally DVR fee.
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Your 211 DVR fee will transfer over to the new Wally.
 
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Foxbat said:
It might have to do with the mandatory $15 Whole-House DVR Fee tacked on to your monthly bill for having the Hopper on your account. But the Wally wouldn't have that and would be the supported replacement for the ViP 211.

Our vacation family home has a pair of ViP 211k receivers which have long had the DVR fee paid. At some point we will need to replace them, probably with Wallys. And pay the one-time Wally DVR fee.
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I am thinking it's the mandatory 15.00 fee tacked on to the bill for having a hopper!!!! yes a wally would be supported i belive the fee to activate an HDD is a one time 40.00. i wonder how much longer dish will support the 211's 🤔
 
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telstar_1 said:
$15 "whole-house DVR" added fee on hoppers? When they aren't even whole house, like they should have designed?
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How should have dish designed to hopper 3 🤔.. our hopper 3 is in the media room and we have joeys all over the house receiving programming... there is nothing on t.v. worth needing more than 16 tuners half of it's crap and commericals ;). theres no way in hell i will live with an HDMI splitter watching chick flicks that's just not happening :biggrin :eeek. i think that 5.00 per joey is very reasonable for my peace of mind ;) :oops:
 
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Anony55 said:
...as long as you let them do the install and start a 2-year.
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i beg to differ on that... when we upgraded our joeys to the joey 4. we had the protection plan... we bought em they installed them no contract extension what so ever!!! we moved no contract extension what so ever!!! fleesing sh*t is what gets you in trouble as a leased box is a 2 year!!!
 
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This thread is supposed to be about the ViP 211, not the Hopper. The OP evidently lost some events from their EHD and believe Dish made changes to the 211 firmware that caused that to happen. They don't want to upgrade their hardware as they don't want to be tied to a 2-year commitment to Dish Network. But buying a Wally to replace their 211 should be a fairly easy process and no commitment necessary if you own the equipment.

So far, Dish hasn't emailed us anything about our 211k receivers, so they aren't actively trying to get rid of them.
 
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Foxbat said:
This thread is supposed to be about the ViP 211, not the Hopper. The OP evidently lost some events from their EHD and believe Dish made changes to the 211 firmware that caused that to happen. They don't want to upgrade their hardware as they don't want to be tied to a 2-year commitment to Dish Network. But buying a Wally to replace their 211 should be a fairly easy process and no commitment necessary if you own the equipment.

So far, Dish hasn't emailed us anything about our 211k receivers, so they aren't actively trying to get rid of them.
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the only way to escape the 2 year is to buy the boxes!!! fleesing requires a new two... we have the protection plan so they installed our joey upgrades at no cost and no new 2 year since we bought em. the wallys are cheap!!!
 
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Anony55 said:
You make good points. In fact, I was looking forward to an internet connected receiver. That's why I offered to buy and install a Hopper. I love the Dish scapes and the Hopper is the only receiver that can get the gallery channel 305 that has all the old ones on it as well as the new ones.

Like I said before, they told me that only an installer could install a Hopper... and if I wanted that, I would have to have a 2-year agreement. Deal breaker for me.
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If you buy the hopper there's no 2 year!!! If that's the case then I would be haggling my ass off for promos and freebies to make it worth for me to stay. We bought our Joey 4s the installed em added more rooms no 2 year we have the protection plan. We moved to another state they moved us no cost and no 2 year!!! The only reason we're under a 2 year is because of all of the deals they gave us..
 
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telstar_1 said:
What a bunch of shysters. Sock the charges to you, back off if you complain whilst figuring most will just pay.

They (hoppers) are for a single screen. Add a screen, add a box. Until maybe you have half a dozen
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Ok and if the hopper by itself no Joey's could do more than one screen.. what in the hell makes you think they wouldn't charge for that!!! These companies are in business to make money... some of that 15.00 goes to who ever supplies the guide data and development of it.
 
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Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
 
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