Recent content by springwater7

The only solution I've found to the black screens are never using the apps. Before I would always have problems with my joey and hopper 3 after watching anything using the Dish app. Now I just use my smart tv to watch netflix instead of the Hopper. It sure saves a lot of aggravation having to...

The Hughesnet and Viasat satellites are at capacity in many regions and no longer taking new customers until the new higher capacity satellites are launched later this year. With that said, there are some regions where the beams are at low capacity and they offer robust data caps. I'm in...

We are moving next month to a home built with 2007. It is a rural property that apparently had Dish service at some point, but not for the hopper. It looks like it was wired for whatever the Dish standards were in 2007. The idea of re-wiring a 2 story 3000 square foot home sounds like a...

Unless you are investing in an exceptionally large TV (60" + ) and have perfect 20/20 vision and like to sit close to the TV, I just don't think most folks will notice any difference. It's kind of like 720p and 1080p on 32" and 40" sets. Most people can't tell any difference at normal viewing...

They are in scheduled recordings when I skip them on Monday evenings. Then after 12AM they disappear from the scheduled recordings. I've tested it and seen it happen and manually added them back in after 12AM if I was still up. Otherwise, the timer is gone and it never records.

Monday night at 10PM is a busy TV night for our family. We usually have all 3 tuners in use and use the "skip" function to record repeat airings of new episodes after midnight. This has always worked until the last couple months. I'd hit skip and the hopper automatically finds the next airing...