after 17 years with DTV

[madmadworld]

Thinking of switching to Dish after 17 years with DTV. now i have 11* tuners 2 for the wife 9 for me. during the NBA season i use them all many nights.
going to the dish site i honestly can't get what type of set up it would take to stay at about this level. and any idea of equipment costs per month.
do they have any HD service for Fox Soccer Plus ? DTV does... just on live events.
thanks for reading and any thoughts

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hr44
hr24
hr22
hr20

 

[TheKrell]

4 Hoppers?

 

[Mr Tony]

during the NBA season i use them all many nights.

are you OK with HD feeds being JIP'd or not even there? Dish uses their HD RSN's part time only for games and if there are too many games some don't get in HD

 

[bobvick]

I had a setup similar to this, HR44, and four HR24's. Had 13 tuners with DTV and I ended up going with four Hoppers. I have a wired Joey and a wireless Joey too. I REALLY like the equipment, but not the fees, haha

 

[Tampa8]

Following up on what Iceberg said, obviously sports is important or at least basketball to you, it's possible not all games will be in HD or at least not from the begining of the game. Happens less now than in the past but still can happen. And DISH may or may not have the alternate channel if there is one for your RSN when the RSN is carrying two live sports. It appears to me Direct Tv does always carry the alternate.

 

[piranesi]

No HD on Fox Soccer Plus either. Also, you didn't ask about this, but if you are recording soccer, be warned that Dish doesn't carry the NBC EPL extra time games on Saturday/Sunday either. Those are online only.

 

[maverick22]

http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/back-with-directv-some-observations.346441/

This person who just went back to Direct from Dish put this as his #1 observation: "PQ is noticeably better on fast actions sports, not so much to my eyes otherwise. I like that". Not sure if PQ is important to you, but I'd take this into consideration.
I keep seeing this similar statements online.

It bothers me also that with Dish much of the RSN is in SD. Also hearing how the Joeys have been really slow lately also concerns me. I was thinking of switching to Dish from Uverse, but I think I'll just keep Uverse for another year and then switch to Direct.

 

[lparsons21]

That was me.

Overall I don't find the PQ between D* and E* all that different, EXCEPT with fast action sports as I said.

If I was a big sports fan, that would be a very important consideration as well as the fact that for most sports, D* has more HD coverage.

 

[maverick22]

Well basketball is about 60% of what I watch on TV.

Uverse is fine on most programming that I watch other than basketball. Some channels/games look like SD. Direct is noticeably better in regards to basketball PQ!

 

[madmadworld]

thanks guys

that is so last decade on the NBA.... sd must die

I use Fox Soccer Plus just for Aussie Rules ..... for $15 it should be HD 24/7

do those Hoppers have 4 tuners ?

 

[KAB]

do those Hoppers have 4 tuners ?

3 sat tuners + 1 OTA with optional module, per Hopper. Prime time Anytime records the big 4 networks via one sat tuner.

 

[harshness]

Ignoring the issue of "his and hers", what is your worst case scenario for the number of tuners?

 

[madmadworld]

Ignoring the issue of "his and hers", what is your worst case scenario for the number of tuners?

9
thanks

 

[bobvick]

9
thanks

You will need three Hoppers then. Not sure if Dish will install 3, I did my own, you have to have a series of switches and nodes to get it to work together.
Also, you will have a $12 fee for each extra Hopper, mine are as follows:
HWS 1 - no fee
HWS 2 - $12
HWS 3 - $12
HWS 4 - $12
Joey - $7
Wireless Joey - $7
DVR Fee - $10
So that is $60 in fees each month, just keep the fees in mind

 

[GaryPen]

9
thanks

You watch/record 9 different channels simultaneously?

 

[ChadT41]

You will need three Hoppers then. Not sure if Dish will install 3, I did my own, you have to have a series of switches and nodes to get it to work together.
Also, you will have a $12 fee for each extra Hopper, mine are as follows:
HWS 1 - no fee
HWS 2 - $12
HWS 3 - $12
HWS 4 - $12
Joey - $7
Wireless Joey - $7
DVR Fee - $10
So that is $60 in fees each month, just keep the fees in mind

You must be grandfathered into the $10 fee. It is $12 for the dvr service fee now. Everything else looked right.

You can lease the first 2 hoppers, but would need to purchase the third.

 

[madmadworld]

You watch/record 9 different channels simultaneously?

read post #1
i use 11 now.

 

[KAB]

read post #1
i use 11 now.

Do you really ever watch all those recordings?

 

[bobvick]

You must be grandfathered into the $10 fee. It is $12 for the dvr service fee now. Everything else looked right.

You can lease the first 2 hoppers, but would need to purchase the third.

It might be $12? When you are paying them close to $200 per month you tend to TRY to look at fees, LOL

 

[Blackloz]

You will need three Hoppers then. Not sure if Dish will install 3, I did my own, you have to have a series of switches and nodes to get it to work together.
Also, you will have a $12 fee for each extra Hopper, mine are as follows:
HWS 1 - no fee
HWS 2 - $12
HWS 3 - $12
HWS 4 - $12
Joey - $7
Wireless Joey - $7
DVR Fee - $10
So that is $60 in fees each month, just keep the fees in mind

Those fees are enough to make anyone's head spin.