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[Hall]

Installed long enough ago that I can't remember install date.

"My Equipment" under your Dish account gives the activation date. Mine was in 2012 so clearly is a v1.

 

[Scherrman]

I know my Joey in the kitchen is a Joey 1 because it's from the first day the Hopper system was available. It's very slow too.

 

[david_jr]

Looking up and remembering are not the same thing!

 

[Lambob]

I'm glad I happened on to this forum. I just ordered Dish today for installation next week. Should I cancel to see when the new Hopper 3 will be available? Also,
I need some advice on what I really need for my home. Just wife and I and although we have 6 TVs we only regularly watch three of them. Where do I go for advice? Thanks

 

[stardust3]

I'm glad I happened on to this forum. I just ordered Dish today for installation next week. Should I cancel to see when the new Hopper 3 will be available? Also,
I need some advice on what I really need for my home. Just wife and I and although we have 6 TVs we only regularly watch three of them. Where do I go for advice? Thanks

I would cancel that order and wait for the h3. It's supposed to be available near the end of the month. Maybe you can get by with dvds till then.

As far as EQ it will be an h3 and however many joeys you need. The h3 is $15 a month and joeys are $7.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

" Lambob!

I would call them up and tell them you want a Hopper 3 and perhaps they can reschedule your install for when they are available.

I can tell you if I was ordering DISH I would want nothing less than a Hopper 3.

 

[sparc]

I'm glad I happened on to this forum. I just ordered Dish today for installation next week. Should I cancel to see when the new Hopper 3 will be available? Also,
I need some advice on what I really need for my home. Just wife and I and although we have 6 TVs we only regularly watch three of them. Where do I go for advice? Thanks

you would be absolutely crazy not to go for the Hopper 3. The previous Hoppers are dinosaurs compared to the new one with old poorly designed user interface. I believe the new Hopper 3 has Dish's new redesigned software.

Definitely take Scott's advice.

If there was a single dish upgrade path for the 1000+ who have international channels, I would be in line for the Hopper 3 like anyone else (sadly there isn't). I'm definitely jealous of you guys who have the easy option for the Hopper 3 as we've had the first gen hopper since it was released.

 

[Lambob]

Thanks for the advice. I will ask for the Hopper 3 and if it is not available I will not schedule until it is. I'm in no hurry anyway. Thanks

 

[stardust3]

Thanks for the advice. I will ask for the Hopper 3 and if it is not available I will not schedule until it is. I'm in no hurry anyway. Thanks

Your order is good for 30 days, so you should be good till the h3 becomes available.

 

[Scherrman]

If you only really watch three TVs then I would get a Hopper 3 with three Joeys. You can find a way to mirror off of one or more of the Joeys to the extra TVs you have if you watch to be able to watch Dish on them as well. Another option is to get one Wireless Joey that way you can bring it to other rooms if you want to. Your monthly equipment fees would be $15 for the Hopper 3, and a total of $21 for the three Joeys for a grand total of $36.

 

[othertommy]

Will sports bar mode only function on a " 4K " tv?

 

[Hall]

No, it will work on regular (HD)TVs as well. The images will be down-sized.

 

[cpdretired]

I know it was mentioned in a prior post but when will the Hopper 3 be released.

 

[Patrick Smith]

I know it was mentioned in a prior post but when will the Hopper 3 be released.

No one knows. DISH hasn't released a date yet.

 

[Scherrman]

I know it was mentioned in a prior post but when will the Hopper 3 be released.

No official release date from Dish yet but from info we have gathered from certain people it seems it may be Jan 28th.

 

[david_jr]

Does DISH normally release new equipment on a Thursday? Can't remember the last big rollout so just curious.

 

[Scherrman]

Does DISH normally release new equipment on a Thursday? Can't remember the last big rollout so just curious.

I'm not sure. For some reason I want to say the last time they released a new Hopper it was on a Wednesday.

 

[Bobby]

The first Hopper was released on Friday, March 16, 2012. I had it installed the next day....

 

[Scherrman]

Ugh. I'm excited to get the Hopper 3 but I am not looking forward to climbing on my roof to put the new LNB on my dish. I also need to figure out what to do with the two extra cables there.

 

[Bobby]

Ugh. I'm excited to get the Hopper 3 but I am not looking forward to climbing on my roof to put the new LNB on my dish. I also need to figure out what to do with the two extra cables there.

You can tie two of them down at the LNB and terminate the other. At the hub end tie down the port 1 coax to the hub and terminate the other two... If your working cable goes bad you have built in redundancy.