Recent content by Jim5506

I sincerely hope it is the Joey 4 and NOT the 4K Joey, which cannot decrypt HDR so you can't watch any of Dish Network's programming on the 540 channels. Unless you record them on the Hopper then play them on the 4K Joey where they will probably be washed out colors and dim picture on the 4K...

There really isn't much need for an ATSC 3.0 dongle for the Hopper3. All your major local channels will be carried over satellite. The ATSC dongle is merely a gratuity from Dish for OTA reception as a backup , but now there is the streaming option. And their current ATSC tuner isn't that great.

The logic is that OTA TV is a major avenue for Emergency Broadcasting and if the channels are DRM'd and your ATSC 3.0 tuner can't display them, it is a public information fiasco and possibly illegal.

We may all have to keep Dish Network forever if OTA goes ATSC 3.0 and DRM! CHARLIE WINS AGAIN! BTY, NO ONE in my DMA is even experimenting with ATSC 3.0. If my 5 TiVos can't pick up a signal I'll not bother to buy an ATSC 3.0 tuner, regardless.

It may not be the FCC that is out of touch . Broadcasting pornography and profanity willy-nilly over FTA broadcasting is out of touch.

Maybe a software update on the old box?

As a matter of fact I did try through Dish and the CSR said that the computer system did not show a wireless J4 available to me because I do not have a Hopper+. So, I did it myself and it actually reduced my monthly bill $2 because the owned Joey 4 is charged @ $5 while the leased Joey is...

I upgraded from a wireless Joey 3 to a wireless Joey 4. Bought it on line, called Dish and they activated it. Did not want the Joey 3 back, so it sits on a shelf.

Fewer buttons means less usability. It means burying functions deep in menus, actually making some functions difficult to find or use. I still use my 40.0 UHF remote often when playing back recordings since the 50 remotes make it more difficult to fast forward ( press and hold instead of a...

I lived in Carlsbad, NM many years. We had an old Finco 400 "bedspring" antenna (see my avatar). I had picked up signals from Alabama, Florida and San Francisco on that antenna. I was regularly able to receive KAMC 28 from Lubbock (175 miles) and channel 9 from Midland (155 miles). My...

Record the channel on your Hopper, then you can view it on a non-HDR TV. I have A 2015 Samsung 65 inch non-HDR 4K TV and recording works. In fact you can start watching immediately after starting the recording. just make sure you are watching the recording, not the satellite feed. I can even...

There might even be a model number on the LNB somewhere. Order one just like it.

So, Poker is a sport. How often do they pull a hammy?

I don't know about today's applications but when Dish first installed apps on the Hopper, the apps were supplied by the originating company and were often inferior. I suppose because they did not optimize their app to match the Hopper. YouTube once even stopped upgrading their Dish app, so...

I'm with AT&T, five lines @ $35.99 per line monthly on the Signature Unlimited Premium plan. I'll look at Boost Mobile but we get unlimited talk, text and data throughout North and South America except the Caribbean and French Guiana and we cruise to Mexico several times a year - it saves us...