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Rob052067

Last reply Jun 18, 2021 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Upgrade to Hopper 3 & Joey 3 from two old Hoppers w/Sling

Our old equipment is getting really slow and randomly losing recordings. Getting upgrade installed next weekend.

Husband and wife have been using their own Hoppers on separate TVs, but will now have 1 Hopper + 1 Joey. We are used to having our own recordings libraries. With the new set up, which works off 1 hard drive, will all recordings be mixed together in one folder, or can the H3 and Joey have separate folders for each user?

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sktrus

May 21, 2021

Bobby; correct me if I am wrong. Hopper 3 does not let you record into designated folders. Users can move the recordings into any folder (they will create) whenever they want. It is very easy to do. Also, users need to check when Hopper 3 deletes them. I always prefer 'keep all the recordings', and dump them whenever I choose.
Of course, episodes of the same show are in the same folder. they could be moved into folders you create and name, too.

Bobby

May 21, 2021

sktrus said:
Bobby; correct me if I am wrong. Hopper 3 does not let you record into designated folders. Users can move the recordings into any folder (they will create) whenever they want. It is very easy to do. Also, users need to check when Hopper 3 deletes them. I always prefer 'keep all the recordings', and dump them whenever I choose.
Of course, episodes of the same show are in the same folder. they could be moved into folders you create and name, too.

As Charles has already done, let me correct you. You can set up recording to record directly into designated folders. You do this in Timers:

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TheKrell

May 21, 2021

Bobby said:
As Charles has already done, let me correct you. You can set up recording to record directly into designated folders. You do this in Timers:

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That looks promising. Does it retain the program-name folders within the subfolder Bob?

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Rob052067

Jun 13, 2021

OK. So we got their Hopper 3 and Joey 3 installed today. I've set up two folders for X and Y. I've set up our series timers to direct recordings that X watches to X's folder, and ditto for Y. For shows that both X and Y watch, they won't divert to a folder.

It is apparently impossible to record the same show on two different tuners so each show records separately and diverts uniquely to each designated user's folder.

I have confirmed that both X and Y can watch the same recorded show at the same time and have unique control on their respective TV. However, I can see that this set up will bring about arguments and yelling between rooms about when both viewers have watched a recorded program so it can be deleted. It's workable, but sure will miss each user having complete control over their own recordings on 2 separate DVRs, let alone having twice the total storage space,

Last time I asked, Dish would not allow two leased Hopper 3's on one account. Is that still true, or is it now possible to get a 2nd Hopper 3 Instead of a Joey? If allowed, how much more would it cost?

Scott Greczkowski

Jun 13, 2021

TheKrell said:
That looks promising. Does it retain the program-name folders within the subfolder Bob?

Yes.

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Rob052067

Jun 14, 2021

Rob052067 said:
Last time I asked, Dish would not allow two leased Hopper 3's on one account. Is that still true, or is it now possible to get a 2nd Hopper 3 Instead of a Joey? If allowed, how much more would it cost?

Bump.

Bobby

Jun 14, 2021

You can have 2 Hopper 3s but you have to purchase the 2nd one. There are also some hardware changes that have to be made.

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DishSubLA

Jun 18, 2021

Rob052067 said:
OK. So we got their Hopper 3 and Joey 3 installed today. I've set up two folders for X and Y. I've set up our series timers to direct recordings that X watches to X's folder, and ditto for Y. For shows that both X and Y watch, they won't divert to a folder.

It is apparently impossible to record the same show on two different tuners so each show records separately and diverts uniquely to each designated user's folder.

I have confirmed that both X and Y can watch the same recorded show at the same time and have unique control on their respective TV. However, I can see that this set up will bring about arguments and yelling between rooms about when both viewers have watched a recorded program so it can be deleted. It's workable, but sure will miss each user having complete control over their own recordings on 2 separate DVRs, let alone having twice the total storage space,

Last time I asked, Dish would not allow two leased Hopper 3's on one account. Is that still true, or is it now possible to get a 2nd Hopper 3 Instead of a Joey? If allowed, how much more would it cost?

As others have said, if you want the 2nd H3, you have to either pay Dish for the 2nd H3 (usually the horrible FULL retail price) or you can purchase an H3 at a reputable dealer or possibly Solid Signal and they offer it, usually, at a lower price than what Dish wants for the 2nd H3. Of course, this is best set-up at the time of scheduling installation date as there is a little additional equipment and special installation to support TWO H3's, but NO additional installation charge and Dish can note on the work order that the customer has a 2nd H3 for install. The price quoted you by Dish (assuming you are paying the "upgrade" charge) include EVERYTHING to install and get functional both H3's and Joeys. Independent retailers/installers should NEVER charge you extra for ANYTHING that has been noted on the Work Order (exceptions could be installing reflector in concrete in your yard, if necessary).

To add a second H3 for install AFTER initial installation will require not only you pay for (likely buy at a discount from a reputable 3rd party), the 2nd H3, but you would have to pay Dish a fee for installing that 2nd H3.

The H3 that your purchase come with ALL the same protections and warranties as the "leased" H3, and the purchased H3 is considered OWNED by you and is NOT required to be returned at cancellation of your account. Further, if you should have to exchange your dysfunctional OWNED H3, the replacement H3 provided by Dish is still considered OWNED by you.

These sorts of desires like a 2nd H3 are always best handled at the time of INITIAL order of installation. It is less expensive that way. But if you have the money, you can get the 2nd H3 and have it installed if you really want to go that route. Best of luck.

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19 minutes ago · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Tech News Weekly 441

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Home Theater Audio: JBL SCL-6 Speaker Custom Build! #shorts

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teachtom

21 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Problem when I switch from Bonus View channels back to regular Dish channels

Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply 32 minutes ago · posted in What's Cooking?

What's For Lunch?

We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...

Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...

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TRG

Monday at 3:34 PM

Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.

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dfergie

Monday at 4:27 PM

TRG said:
Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.

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Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.

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TRG

Monday at 4:50 PM

dfergie said:
Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.

I've been retired since October. It was very strange at first. But I'm loving it now.

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TRG

Yesterday at 4:11 PM

Creamy flat chicken enchiladas with green chile, beans and rice.

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dfergie

46 minutes ago

Layered Spicy Dorito / chili cheese Frito pie casserole…real sugar Pepsi

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TRG

32 minutes ago

I had a very unusual but delicious 1/4lb hotdog with cream cheese, raspberry preserves and chopped Hatch green chile. It is an unlikely combination but it works.

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N5XZS

Last reply 43 minutes ago · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

New low power station with CP has been granted. "Albuquerque "

New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.

Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.

It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.

This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.

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N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:51 PM

Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:54 PM

N5XZS said:
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.

I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet

N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:59 PM

Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it.

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comfortably_numb

Today at 1:35 AM

According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

FCCInfo Results

FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

www.fccinfo.com

primestar31

43 minutes ago

comfortably_numb said:
According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

FCCInfo Results

FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

www.fccinfo.com

Many of these in my DMA are on cell towers, so don't always reach very far because the towers aren't very high.

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Linus Tech Tips

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I Found Free Money in the Tech House

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Hollywood Faces the AI Tipping Point with Robert Tercek

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zippyfrog

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:28 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Price Increase on Owned Equipment?

Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?

As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.

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zippyfrog

Today at 11:29 AM

However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...

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telstar_1

Today at 11:45 AM

Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

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zippyfrog

Today at 12:34 PM

telstar_1 said:
Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:11 PM

These fees are why streaming has caught on so well across the country and DISH is losing subs each quarter. Soon won't be enough subs to be profitable.

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telstar_1

Today at 1:28 PM

Does cable charge box rent?

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Bruce

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:16 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Satellite now under 5 Million subscribers/Sling under 2 Million.

With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.

Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.

For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.

DISH & Sling TV Lost Over 366,000 TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months | Cord Cutters News

EchoStar Corporation, the owner of the DISH Network satellite television service and the Sling TV streaming platform, continued to experience steep declines in its pay-television customer base during the first three months of 2026. The company reported a net loss of approximately 366,000 pay-TV...

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fmj77

May 11, 2026

I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

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Bruce

May 11, 2026

fmj77 said:
I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

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Yespage

May 18, 2026

$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

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telstar_1

Jun 2, 2026

I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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tsunami2311

Friday at 11:03 PM

Yespage said:
$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

1gbit up and down here from att start out great was suppose to be $60 for life of service, with years time it went back up to $80 I complained about they gave us $49 for year which about to end, I Wonder what prices will be when it "up" I in no way like ATT fiber service there DNS that are hardcode and unchange able in the router are some WORSE DNS I ever used. you know how much of pain it is to change DNS setting on EVERY single wireless device...

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mwdxer1

Saturday at 3:08 AM

Bruce said:
Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

I dropped Dish a couple years back after having them for 25 years. The pricing got higher and after we got high speed internet, I watched it less and less. It got to the point all I watched was TCM for classic movies. Many of them are on You Tube now and a Premium subscription is $14 a month. A far cry of the $100 a month was paying with AT180, Supers, and locals. I get locals OTA anyway. I took down the dish several months ago and tossed it. I owned all my my equipment, so nothing to return. Do I miss a traditional cable type service? No way. If I want one I have all of the free live streaming with Roku, the Fire Stick, as well as Google TV. Right now as I type this, I am watching episodes of "The Midnight Special" from 1976 on You Tube, ad free. Dish was fine for many years. I do not regret buying the equipment and installing it myself (No installers in 1999). I enjoyed Dish for many years. My thoughts, Dish & Direct will be forced to merge in time, or they both will be gone. Even cable companies are getting out of TV. Some are only selling the internet and phone packages.

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tanman

Sunday at 12:01 PM

telstar_1 said:
I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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nelson61

Monday at 8:20 PM

A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:16 PM

nelson61 said:
A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

In my area we get 2 news feeds spread over 4 local stations.
ABC/NBC (TEGNA)
Same news cast simulcast over both channels.

CBS/Fox (Sinclair)
Same news casters at 5pm, 6pm, 10pm.
Fox shows an hour at 9pm but same news casters.

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lordodogg

Last reply Today at 12:54 PM · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

HR44 rebooted overnight?

Hello again, haven't posted here in a while.

This morning, around 6:30am, I woke up and found the front panel lights on my HR44 on (I leave it off all the time as it is co-located with one of my Geminis).

Immediately thinking that either a reboot or power outage occurred, I checked the software version, and found that it's still the same release that was sent out last month.

I then ruled out a power outage by checking the clocks on my appliances and seeing that they're still correct (they reset when there's an outage, somewhat similar to the "blinking 12" on VCRs).

I then confirmed a reboot by checking the Upcoming Recordings (fka To-Do List) and seeing that the number was much lower than before (it always resets after a reboot).

I am definitely guessing what happened (and it may very well be actually what happened) is that the "Reset Required" prompt may have come up sometime overnight, and it eventually timed out and rebooted automatically. IIRC that prompt comes up when new software "plugins" have to be installed.

Would like to hear your thoughts, especially since I probably haven't talked to some of you reading this in a while (was a former CE member, left almost a year ago).

Thank you all in advance!

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Tom Speer

May 20, 2026

My HR54 blue light is on this morning. I think you ae right about the plugins. They are tweaking things in the customer National release. What version does your HR44 Genie have now? I think you are probably on the same varsion as the CE group today.

lordodogg

May 20, 2026

I believe mine says 0x1D7F

Tom Speer

May 20, 2026

That is what I have.

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lordodogg

Today at 12:54 PM

Happened again today & have new software, 0x1d88

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