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  1. darrengs

    Tried to cancel

    The time had come to cancel Dish. My annual discounts came to an end so my bill shot up to $144. That along with all the problems and issues that the CUI has caused (Hopper1, Hopper2, Joey 1) was finally enough. I had decided to go with Playstation Vue with the Ultra package. This would give me...
  2. darrengs

    Hello Carbon Interface, Bye Bye Reliable DVR Experience

    Dish took my Hopper2, Hopper1, Joey 1 setup that was working flawlessly, and made them slow and unreliable. I had never had a show not record properly unless the there was signal loss, now it happens. My Joey constantly disconnects from the Hopper2 and connects to the Hopper1, this never...
  3. darrengs

    Carbon UI with mixed Hopper types questions

    I have a Hopper 2k, a Hopper with Sling and a Joey 1. When the HWS updates to carbon UI will I still be able to access the recording from the H2k from my HWS? I have been told that the H2K will not get the carbon UI, will the Joey 1 get the carbon UI? Basically am I going to have issues...
  4. darrengs

    4k Joey compatibility

    I have a Hopper 1 a Hopper 2 and a Joey. Is the 4k Joey compatible with the original Hopper? My Joey 1 is so slow that search and apps are totally useless, and I figure if I am going to buy a new joey I would prefer to go with the 4k.
  5. darrengs

    AT&T is offering unlimited data for DirecTV subscribers

    http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/01/att-unlimited-data-u-verse-directv.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
  6. darrengs

    My TVFool report, looking for antenna advice

    Looking for some antenna advice, or do I just give up any hope :) http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d8e03edea81e450
  7. darrengs

    XBOX One to be OTA DVR

    https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/xbox-one/5073/microsoft-confirms-dvr-capabilities-are-coming-to-xbox-one I hope this is the first step to cable cards and may be even OTT.
  8. darrengs

    Hopper 2000 all recordings and timers gone

    I just went to watch a recording that was there yesterday and all of my recordings and timers are gone. Is this an indication that my hard drive is on the way out? I have lost a hard dive on my hopper with sling but I did not experience it like this. Darren
  9. darrengs

    Cancelling Dish question

    I am currently running the numbers to see if I want to switch to cable and own my own hardware instead of paying the ever increasing hardware fees to Dish. My question is; if I call and cancel can I schedule a shutdown date or do I need to call on the day I want to actually cancel service?
  10. darrengs

    Replacement HWS can't delete one movie

    Some weird things with my replacement HWS. First the percentage used number sure seems off, 30 recording taking 22% of my space does not seem right considering my old HWS had well over 400 recording using 80% of my space. Now I have a movie that cannot be deleted (it no set to protect). It...
  11. darrengs

    Hopper Harddrive failure/ looking for DiRT

    I would appreciate it if a Dirt member could message me. It looks like my Hopper with sling hard drive has gone south. It has been acting up for 2 months now with pausing and pixelation of live TV and recorded programs. Then it started to become totally nonresponsive and requiring a pulled...
  12. darrengs

    How long for an equipment return box?

    How long does it usually take for an equipment return box to arrive? I dropped a Joey back on 3/1 from my account, and I have still not received the return box.
  13. darrengs

    Price increases causing me to "restructure"

    The latest price increases, and the fact that the Virtual Joey price is the same as the regular Joey has me "restructuring". To off set the new prices, today I dropped from Americas top 250 to Americas top 200, for a $10 savings. And I am going to mirror a Hopper and drop a Joey for an...
  14. darrengs

    Joey stuck in reboot loop error 981

    One of my Joey's this morning is stuck in a reboot loop, after an hour of rebooting and returning to this screen I unplugged it. Any idea what this could be?
  15. darrengs

    Hopper/Joey pet peeve

    What really annoys about the Hopper/Joey, (especially during Football season) is the 10 second back skip. I hate it when I skip back to see or hear something I missed and it will replay for 1 or 2 seconds then automtically skip forward to live TV. I am constantly forced to hit the skip back...
  16. darrengs

    Dish Anwhere, worked flawlessly

    I was having some issues with dish anywhere, but they seem to be fixed now. I just got back from a 4 day trip to Washington DC, and I can happily report that Dish Anywhere worked perfectly. I wanted to watch preseason football, but by the time I got back to my room the game was well underway...
  17. darrengs

    EHD Transfer cant see some shows

    I received my Hopper with sling and I have been moving all of my current recording from my exisiting Hopper to my EHD. There are several shows that I am not able to transfer, they simply do not show up on the list of items to transfer. Is there any trick to getting these last few show over to my...
  18. darrengs

    ETF and HD for life question

    I am coming up on my 1 year date of my Dish contract, and the end of most of my discounts. I am happy with Dish but my wife and kids do miss DirecTV. Well yesterday my wife handed me the latest comeback offer from DirecTV. It once again includes the Genie and $200 towards canceling Dish as well...
  19. darrengs

    Received my monthly call from Cablevision.

    Received my monthly call from Cablevision, offering an "incredible" deal to switch from Dish to them for TV. Cablevision: "Is there any reason why you are with Dish instead of Cablevision for your TV?" Me: "Well, actually there are two." Cablevision: "What would they be?" Me: "Their...
  20. darrengs

    Hurricane Sandy credits

    I saw in an article that Dish Network was offering credits to those of us who lost power due to Hurricane Sandy. I lost my power from Monday 10/29 until Tuesday 11/6. I just got off of chat with Customer Service and I was credited for the time that I had no electricity. Once again I am...
  21. darrengs

    Ditching sling adapter

    Can the Hopper use both IR and RF remotes at the same time? Due to the unreliability of the Sling adapter (unresponsive, rebooting Hopper, generally not working) on my Hopper I am thinking of picking up a Vulkano Flow and ditching the sling adapter.
  22. darrengs

    Another plus for Primetime Anytime

    I had given up on watching the Amazing Race, because it was always starting late due to football games. It was a pain to record I would have to pad the ending some ridiculous amount in order to ensure getting the whole program and on my old 2 tuner DirecTV HR22, it would cause conflicts. So last...
  23. darrengs

    Hoppers and etherent preferred setup

    I have 2H/3J setup, I also have a HIC (that is currently not hooked up). In the beginning I was having weird issues with my Hoppers. Basically unplugging everything from ethernet including the HIC, and then only plugging ethernet only into my "main" Hopper did seem to correct the problems. I...
  24. darrengs

    USB Digital OTA Tuner in Dish Store

    I didn't see this posted but OTA for the Hopper must be real close. Just checked the "Order from Store" in MyDish.com and there is a listing for a "USB Digital OTA Tuner". It does show "out of stock" and if you click on the link it says "No product details available to display". Oh and it is...
  25. darrengs

    Shout out to DiRT

    Just wanted to give a shout out to the DiRT members. The level of support and the communication that I have received in the past few weeks has been incredible. As I like to say Customer Service isn't about not making mistakes, but how mistakes and issues are handled. Let me tell you the support...