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So this landed in my postal mailbox today... --------------------------------------------------------- DISH GIVES YOU A CHOICE and a way to save $12/month DISH is the only television provider to allow you to chose how to receive your Local Channels (ABC, CBS, FUX and NBC). Today you receive...

Done - time to go stock up on popcorn. Thanks for the help!

I'm currently off-contract. I know the drill (unless it's changed recently), have been through it before: negotiate for a discount at contract time. Let the contract run its course, of course then the price goes up. Then call and negotiate at renewal time. Been there, done that a few times...

Got it. To add a bit to the description: EHD#1 was plugged in directly to the back of the Hopper. EHD#2 (old and then new) was plugged in via a powered USB mini hub. I unplugged EHD#1, then plugged (new) EHD#2 directly to the back of the Hopper. It immediately recognized it and asked if I...

Ah - no, I still have EHD#1 plugged in, also. Good to know that the new one will be auto-formatted once it's recognized. Next - unplug EHD#1 and see if it recognizes EHD#2? If so, then plug back in EHD#1? Thanks!

I recently decided to upgrade one of the two external hard drives I've got attached to my Hopper. Old HD was 1.5 TB, went to Costco and got a new 2.0 TB drive to replace it (first I copied all the recordings off old EHD#2 and moved them to EHD#1). I unplugged old EHD#2, then plugged in new...

Makes sense. I will give the red button a try and see how it goes. Many thanks.

No, but I hadn't previously moved a large volume of recordings routinely - more typically just a couple recorded movies from the Hopper to one or the other external HDs - so it may not be a valid comparison. Interesting. I'm not familiar with the "red button reboot." I assume that's just...

I'm now getting regular errors when transferring recorded programs, and I'm wondering if it's time to reformat the drives. Is that likely to help? Here's the details: I have... 1) Hopper with Sling (which has, I believe, a 1.5 TB internal HD - the "total size" is listed as 1231GB, which I'm...

Almost done with the transfers actually, just a handful of 30 minute recordings left, should be done in an hour (glad I started in the afternoon....). And almost 7 hours to spare before the earliest the technician might arrive in the morning! Thanks for the practical advice on copying the...

Cool - saves a minute or two. Thanks!!!

Great, thanks. No problem, I'll give the Hopper plenty of time to get settled in and acclimated to its new home. Is it a good idea to power off the VIP722 when disconnecting/connecting external drives? I'm not sure if I have ever shut that thing off in the 3-4 years we've had it (other than a...

So I called Dish today to upgrade our setup, and negotiate over pricing. Got a pretty good deal, I think ($45/month off for 12 months, then back to full price for another 12 months, with new gear). It took a little haggling (I declined 3 lesser offers before they offered this one), and overall...

Thanks for the details on the "node" (is that what they call it? What, no cute name for this box? Have they run out of marsupials? Maybe they're saving The Platypus for something else...). I was just looking for some sense of scale, sounds like it's roughly "external hard drive size" - good...

Ah, makes sense. And the "node" is small, and doesn't need to be near the TV/Hopper/Joey. Cool. Thanks!

Nice. I'm sure the "best offer" anyone will ultimately get varies and depends on many factors (how long you've been with them, how large a consumer of their services you have been, etc. - just like the "retention offer" you may get when calling to close a credit card). Your info is very...

OK, I stand corrected. :) It doesn't look like coax to me (at least what I'm used to) - it's flat-ish, a rectangular-ish profile, but it's up high and I didn't make a close inspection. I'll take your word for it. This is very good news - I'd really prefer to avoid drilling holes through the...

Thanks, Ken - IIRC, I believe you provided some very useful details back when I first had questions about all this when we first got Dish (maybe it was you who mentioned some sort of USB "carousel" that allowed easily switching between multiple EHDs? Heh - I'm not going to get quite that...

I understand that DIRT are Dish employees, and that they are "special" members here who are responsive and perhaps more helpful/useful than the average CSR you might get when calling Dish. My question was more about what process to use to 1) get the best deal possible on an upgrade, and 2) give...

Could you please elaborate on the details of the cabling (and this "node" you refer to), so I better understand? Right now, we have HDMI (I believe) running from the actual sat dish (on the roof) to a plastic junction box on the exterior of our house. (Is this plastic jucntion box the "node"...

Indeed. I am definitely out of contract. And, although I have been pretty happy with Dish, I certainly would consider alternatives - especially now that it's time for me to decide on which way to go for the next while. All things (incentives) being equal, I'm inclined to go with someone...

Nice - so I can easily reuse my existing 1.5 TB EHD (and retain the recordings on it) by simply plugging in to the new Hopper. Good. The Hopper allows the use of two EHDs simultaneously? That's good to hear. Sounds like I would be buying a new EHD before the upgrade: copy stuff from the old...

OK, so now some questions about little details...(before this gets threadjacked...) 1. Our existing 722 has (I think) a 500GB internal hard drive (mostly full, like all hard drives). I believe that a replacement Hopper would have a 2 TB drive, which is a nice increase. Is there a simple way...

Honestly, a non-trivial portion of my customer satisfaction with Dish comes direct (pardon the expression) from this forum and being able to get honest, useful answers to questions. Don't know how typical that is, but it is (or should be) worth something to the corporate overlords. Just sayin'.

Cool. So a net increase of $12/month (that's for 1 Hopper + 2 Joeys, feeding 3 TVs - one TV plugged directly into the Hopper, and two in other rooms connected to Joeys), that would get HD programming to TV#1 and TV#2 (and potentially TV#3 if/when it gets replaced with an HD-capable screen)...