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Unless you get an 80 inch TV or sit really close to your TV, I'd be surprised if you could tell the difference between 1080i/p and 4K. What you want to look for is HDR High Dynamic Range. You'll notice that a lot more than 4K. But you may want to wait a year or two for prices to come down and...

An OLED TV is the only thing that will come close to plasma, it might even be better (a matter of opinion) LCD/LED TVs,even the top ones, don't come close IMO. LG has some almost cheap ones.

Haven't had Directv in a long time. I couldn't tell you if the Genie is better or not. I never suggested it. I only mentioned the ancient Directv Tivo. But if you want something new, you should try the Xfinity X1 (this is a joke)

Thanks for the info. I was about to buy a Tivo :rolleyes: but if it's skipping recordings too...

How did you get HBO for $10?

I think I should have said Tivo OS instead of Tivo UI. The main benefit being functionality rather than appearance. Stuff like not skipping recordings or deleting timers at random. Anyway, I'll leave it for others to debate. I usually enjoy forums like this but this one isn't fun for me anymore...

Before the Hopper 3 came out, if someone had come on here and said the next Hopper would have 16 tuners, would anyone here have believed it?

There was a Tivo DVR for Directv many years ago. It was just an HR22 with Tivo software on it. Basically, Directv hardware with Tivo software. Would you say all the recent problems with Dish receivers are software or hardware based? I'm only talking about Tivo software, not hardware. The...

It's a legit question. Almost every thread on here is related to poor software development. Should Dish just throw in the towel and hand it over to someone who knows what they're doing?

From the guy who started an I'm leaving thread and never left :facepalm

JSheridan and Comfortably numb like each other's posts a bit too often. It must be love :heartbeat2

Would Dish service be better if the current UI were replaced with the Tivo experience while keeping Dish hardware and features like PTAT?

No, I'm not. My previous post has been edited for clarity. What I'm saying is when possible locals could be received via OTA instead of paying rebroadcast fees for content you can already receive via OTA. If you can't receive OTA, then of course it would be rebroadcast via satellite when necessary.

End all rebroadcasts? Of course not. But Dish could probably drop locals in favor of OTA in a lot of markets. I suspect most Dish subs are already capable of receiving OTA locals but are needlessly receiving locals via satellite.

Then it probably isn't getting shut down anytime soon.

Dish already does this with the OTA modules. The only thing that's different with built-in OTA tuners is that almost all subs would have integrated OTA vs almost none currently.

Fair enough but I never got offered anything. What percentage of Dish subs got those offers? Probably not too many.

Exactly, Dish could switch from rebroadcasting locals over satellite to simply integrating OTA feeds like Sling does. That's the point of OTA tuners.

Because most subs don't want to pay for equipment.

Tivo doesn't charge any Service fees for their current OTA model and Sling has said they use OTA to avoid paying rebroadcast fees.

The number of subs currently using OTA is probably next to zero. And that's the point of having OTA tuners built into the next Hopper. It's not about meeting a demand, the idea is to move subs from sat locals to OTA.

Tivo and Sling charge for their services without paying rebroadcast fees. Dish should be able to do the same.

Does ATSC 3 free up spectrum for 5G? If so they might shut down ATSC 1 sooner rather than later.

How did you find the cheap lifetime Plex Pass offer?

Hasn't anyone else had this idea? At $138 I can (almost) justify getting the Everything Pack.