Recent content by redman042

My upgrade to the H3 was installed today. Boy did that fix the lag problem. It's like getting a brand new top end PC. Every command is immediately executed. Browsing through the guide or a long list of recorded shows is no longer a pain. This is the hardware that the new UI was meant to run on...

Turns out even the H1 supports USB powered slim drives now. I bought this one yesterday and have already successfully formatted it and transferred shows to it (in preparation for an H3 upgrade next week). I am not certain, but I think the real issue (and reason for the Dish statement that you...

Tell my wife that. Some cleanup is definitely in order.

I stand corrected. The DVR is reporting 70% full, so whatever that equates to in TB is what the new operating system is needing to deal with.

Then there must be something different about how the new software is performing on a clean H1 versus one that has been in use for a number of years. It's lagging badly on mine, but perhaps it's not just CPU/RAM that's causing the lag, but instead something wrong with the particular install on my...

I don't like paying for an upgrade I wasn't planning either. However here's how I look at it: They offered me a free H2 with Sling but I opted for the H3. I'm not going to invest an entire morning sitting at home to do the free upgrade option (to the H2 with Sling) just to have to upgrade again...

With DIRT not online this morning, I decided to try the regular Dish chat to see what they could do for me. Ended up ordering an upgrade to the H3 for $100 one-time fee with a $3/mo monthly fee bump. This is consistent with what others SatelliteGuys members are getting, so I'm happy. They did...

Thank you. I will give that a try.

I also have an H1 and never felt the need to upgrade the hardware until now, after the box upgraded itself to the new UI. The lag is unbearable. Often it seems to just hang endlessly while loading a page. I tried a reboot which didn't help at all. My wife gave up watching a recorded show tonight...

Do you notice any streaming performance improvements versus the older hoppers?

I was referring to the new customer price of $34.99 for 1 year for AT120. We do not have any add-on channels or packages. We've been customers since 2004 and have always paid on-time. My wife and I are discussing some of our larger monthly bills and our Dish bill is currently $105/mo for AT200...

I want to upgrade to the Hopper 3 but also want to reduce my bill. We are out of the commitment period. We are on America's Top 200 but I plan to downgrade to AT120. We don't need the extra channels any longer. I would also like to get the 1 year reduced price of $34.99. How is Dish handling...

Is there any news whether the Hopper 3 will have improved performance streaming content to remote devices? I'm using a first-generation Hopper with external Sling module and I find that performance varies pretty widely when accessing content remotely from my smartphone. Sometimes it's fine and...

I have had this same problem with my Hopper 1 for many months. I also never use my Dish remote because I use a Harmony. I will have to try a battery change to see if that helps. It would be weird that a dead remote battery would even prevent pressing Select right on the Hopper from working...

Please include me. Still rocking an original Hopper and I'm having to reboot it twice a week in order to wake it up.