Hopper 3 Picture Quality 1080p HDTV

Matdawg86

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Jan 24, 2016
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Owensboro, Kentucky
I am upgrading to a Hopper 3 but do not have a 4K or UHD TV. Just a Samsung 1080p HDTV. I'm just curious as to how the picture quality is on 1080p HDTV compared to the Hopper 2. Anyone?

Thanks.
 
Picture looks just fine on my 1080p TV from my H3. It might actually look slightly better than H1 that was replaced.
 
The Hopper does not up-convert so you are getting the same picture resolution as the Hopper 2 receiver, that is 480I, 720P or 1080I depending on what the channel is displaying. You can't set it to send only 1080P for example. There are usually a few PPV movies that can be ordered with 1080P and then the receiver will send a 1080P signal otherwise there is no 4K or 1080P channels that DISH has. Depending on what 4K TV someone has the picture from the Hopper 3 could look better on a 1080P TV than a 4K TV until there is 4K material. That's because the TV does the up-converting to 4K and some TV's do a better job than others.
If you had a 4K TV and used the 4K Netflix app on the Hopper then the Hopper 3 would display a better picture on a 4K TV than a Hopper 2 could.
 
Also you get 1080p Netflix if you are a subscriber. I would add the 1080i feed is just OK for regular viewing

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