Recent content by mfoster711

After 13 years with Dish, I switched to Playstation Vue instead of Dish 3 months ago and still love it. If you are really serious about it then why not give it a try? If you don't like it, you can come back to Dish in 6 months and get all the new customer perks.

Seriously, what additional features could they add to a Hopper 4? I feel like the Hopper 3 has reached a point where it has all the features necessary. Anything they add now would only appeal to a very small niche crowd and could hardly justify the cost.

All of these reasons are part of why I left. I just could not justify the overall cost any more and I was tired of paying for 200 channels I don't want. I switched to Playstation Vue three months ago and have not missed Dish yet.

This! My original installer, 12 years ago, put my Dish halfway up my roof due to trees that were in the way. Every time a tech came out after that they did not want to work on the Dish and said that configuration is not supported. They said they dish should be mounted on the roof at the lowest...

Yes. I was also a 13 year customer, paying $160 a month for AP250, HBO and 5 receivers.

I was offered $40 off for 12 months and HBO free for 6 months.

So today another return box arrived. I already modified the first box and packed everything into it and was about to ship it back. Will it matter if I DON'T use the second box and return label? I am just wondering if they might be looking for both return labels to come back and if I only use...

I cancelled Dish and they sent me a box to return the equipment but they sent just one box to return 2 HWS and 2 Joeys. The box comes with plastic trays that are designed for 1 Hopper and multiple Joeys. Should I call Dish and ask for another box? Should I toss the plastic trays and just put on...

I had this whole debate for awhile. I was going to put a TV on my patio but did not want to pay seven dollars a month for a receiver. Ultimately, I decided not to put a TV on the patio because if the weather is nice enough to sit outside then I should enjoy the outdoors and not watch TV. Sent...

Absolutely. I guess it depends on how often you are using the outside TV. If you only want it to watch the occasional football game outside with friends then moving a wireless Joey back-and-forth might be your best bet. If you go back-and-forth between both TVs frequently then I would go with...

Just cancelled mine and it was not too bad. I spent 3 minutes waiting to speak with somebody and another 14 minutes talking to a person. She tried to talk me out of cancelling but most of that time was “slow computers today”. I got offered $40 credit for 12 months and free HBO for 6 months in...

I wonder if dish actually evaluates all the reasons for people canceling to see what changes they may consider in the future. If I thought they actually cared why I was leaving then I would gladly share that information. But if they are asking just so they can respond with a reason to stay then...

Getting a wireless Joey will be the best option but that cost money and there's a seven dollar a month fee. I am also curious how well the wireless Joey holds up to the weather on an outside patio. If you are totally fine with just mirroring what's on the Joey then getting an HDMI splitter and...

I am about to make that same call for the same reason in the next few days. Just waiting on the rest of my new equipment to arrive. I will have to follow up with my experience.

Which device are you using with Netflix? Netflix on my Hopper 2 works fine. Netflix on my Joey 1.0 will act like you described. I have rebooted the Joey many times due to Netflix freezing up. It typically occurs when my wife finished watching something and just left Netflix on at the main menu.