Recent content by darrengs

I am currently running a 1 month comparison with Dish and my H3 to see if I will be dropping Dish. Watched the whole event on YTTV, I had zero issues and it streamed and looked great.

Every morning when I turn on the TV for the past week I see that my wife has been using the FireTV (for Hulu & Netflix) and not the Joey. My credits expire in April, who knows maybe I will finally be "trimming" the cord.

To get what you seem to have now I would suggest; A Hopper 3 on living room TV. A Joey 4 connected to an RF modulator (it won't be HD) feeding your other TV's. A FireStick (though I prefer the FireTV) with Dish Anywhere for your guest room (or can be moved whenever/where ever you may want), this...

Per Scott's post, "AT&T is demanding DISH pay for a guaranteed number of subscribers, regardless of how many consumers actually want to subscribe to HBO".

Pricing ended so I just cancelled HBO. Showtime is next as I have it bundled (with Hulu) in my son's student Spotify account for $5/month.

Wasn't aware of Android TV.

Unfortunately it is currently only on the FireTV devices. But I have had good luck with it, I replaced a Joey on my kitchen TV and have added it to other TVs, even taking a Fire TV on vacation and using it our hotel room.

Not sure how often you use the TV. But an option is a Firestick and Dish Anywhere app.

I would let them know that you read on here the carbon interface is slow on the older hardware. I called to cancel due to how slow it had been, they made sure to upgrade me to a Hopper 3/Joey 3 without a new contract or up front cost. Also if you want a referral code to give us each 100...

I agree when you call to cancel you may be offered a "free" upgrade to stay. I called to cancel in March, and was offered a Hopper 3 upgrade for free without the 2 year commitment. I was happy with the equipment upgrade (replaced Hopper1/Hopper2/Joey1 with Hopper3/Joey3), so I ended up taking a...

My H2 timers would not restore to my H3, until I waited 48 hours.

Believe me you don't want to use your Hopper 1 anyway. Dish will force the Carbon GUI interface and at that point the Hopper 1 becomes painfully slow, glitchy and if you do have 2 Hoppers most of the features that makes them work together are then gone.

Anything recorded on your DVR can be watched anywhere with Dish Anywhere. I have had no problems getting discounts since I have been out of contract. My current discount is $40 off per month for 12 months, but it did come with a 12 month commitment. I was looking to "cut the cord" as it was...

I keep a broom handy so I can gently brush the snow off of the dish from the master bathroom window

Will do, I am still in the 48 hour settle in cycle, but so far performance wise it is much better than my old setup (Hopper1, Hopper2, Joey1). It has been transferring the remaining recordings that wouldn't move to my EHD from my old Hopper2 since Sunday, but as of this morning I am finally...