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OP here. My new Hopper3 was installed yesterday. I played with it all day. Do you wanna know how fast it is? It's exactly just as fast as my Hopper1 was when I first got it 5 years ago. Seriously, to the best of my recollection the Hopper1 was just as peppy back in 2012... then it was updated...

Not in this case. If Dish had left the "classic" UI on first-gen Hoppers I may have kept mine forever, or until I needed 4K. It's all many people need. There's no new compelling feature in the upgrade, it's all about style. I think Dish has an enormous warehouse full of H3's they've got to move...

OP here. I don't care about the money, it's the absurdity of it all. I was a happy customer paying a $12 a month for an "old" DVR. No thought of leaving. Then Dish screws it up. I've never experienced anything like it. Hey, I'm gonna love the Hopper 3. I probably should have upgraded sooner.

I tried not to. It was either pay for the upgrade, suffer with the crippled Hopper1, or walk. Walk to what? What's better? Cable always offers me some every enticing 12-month rates, but cheap don't make it good.

I feel your pain. I willingly installed the new UI a couple of weeks ago. I'm angry but beaten. I'm having a Hopper 3 with new Joey's installed on Monday. When you can't beat 'em, pay $100 for a Hopper 3 with a new 2-year commitment. Believe me, I tried the angry and disgruntled longtime...

Dish wins. I'm a beaten man. After suffering with the new Hopper interface for the past two weeks, I ordered an upgrade to the Hopper 3. $100 and a 2-year commitment. I can't explain how slow my Hopper is now. I press the DVR button to get to my recordings and it takes a FULL 7 SECONDS for that...

Just finished an online chat with Dish. I got the expected offer to upgrade to the Hopper 3 for $100. I'm so angry. I've been 100% satisfied with Dish for almost 10 years. Now they burn me by remote control overnight and I don't even have a choice in the matter. What do you call a "cord-cutter"...

I know this isn't a new topic, but I only downloaded the upgrade 24 hours ago so I'm still in shock. I've gone from perfectly happy to disgusted. My Hopper 1 is now a slow sluggish relic of what was cutting edge tech only 5 years ago. It's not unusable, it's insufferable. My Hopper is now the...

Since having my Hopper installed last November I've reset the broadband connection many times and it always connected without fail, 3 greens. Now I can only get 1 green. Something has been broken by an update and we'll all just have to wait for the fix. I have S238 software. Meanwhile my...

I just upgraded from a single TV and the VIP612 to four TV's with the Hopper and three Joeys. I AM THRILLED. :) Forget about the whole-home-DVR experience. That's great, but the Hopper alone is magnificent. I highly recommend the Hopper even if you're a one-TV household and don't need any...

I just upgraded from a single TV and the VIP612 to four TV's with the Hopper and three Joeys. I AM THRILLED. :) Forget about the whole-home-DVR experience. That's great, but the Hopper alone is magnificent. I highly recommend the Hopper even if you're a one-TV household and don't need any...

I have 2 teenagers, 4 of us total in the house. We've all been sharing a single VIP622 with it's 2-tuner limitation and a single TV. We now have 4 HDTV's but all will never be running at once and we're almost always watching recorded material. I do have one question, does the PTAT utilize any...

Thanks for confirming my experience. I've never spoken with a service rep that was in such a hurry to complete a call. She didn't try to up-sell me anything. ;-) The 3 Joeys are all bedroom TV's so 1 Hopper should be enough. It'll certainly be a huge upgrade from my current 1 DVR setup.

I'm posting to tell all, that upgrading to Hopper right now will cost you $65, maybe. The phone call to request this was more than a little confusing. I requested an upgrade from my VIP612 to 1 Hopper and 3 Joeys. The customer service rep didn't ask me any questions at all or offer me any...

Ya' got me. My neighborhood was once an apple orchard.... about 60 years ago!

My one and only HD TV is 720p. Whenever I rent a BluRay disc I'm astounded at how much better it looks than any Dish channel. It made me think that upgrading to a 1080 TV would almost be pointless. Perhaps it's true that all of Dish is 720p... or worse!? I'll be interested to read the responses...

Charlie's remark really sticks in my craw for some reason. I live in suburbia on a 1/4 acre lot and I see that a LOT of my neighbors love Dish, too. I drive into my small city where they live on 1/10th of an acre and see even more dishes. What the hell was he thinking when he made that remark...

That's just a few miles from me. I'll have to go take a look at that one. You have me curious. Could you narrow down the location for me.

I wish I knew. It's been up there forever and is still there even though they have the new dish. I imagine it'll come down the next time their roof is re-shingled.

My neighbor up the street lives with a very steep hill behind his house, the west side of his property. For as long as I can recall he's had this dish perched majestically upon his roof reaching for a view of the satellite. A couple of months ago this new setup appeared. It appears to be...

Keep your $6.99 and count yourself lucky. Even if you're a Taylor Lautner fan, that movie sucks.

I received a 21.1 for my 612 to replace my 6.4. Got it via UPS in 2 days as promised. Awesome.

My remote is a 153639 v6.4 IR/UHF for a VIP612. I would assume that all remotes receive equal coverage. They have to give you what you have, or better.

A new remote is only $20 and, yes, if you don't have the protection plan you pay for it. I feels good to finally cash in on the $6 a month I've been paying.

I answered my own question. I just contacted customer service via online chat and got instant gratification: C********: I have successfully created an RA for a new remote for no cost along with free shipping. C********: There will be no return shipping labels. Do not return the defective...