DISH Announces 2014 CES Press Event
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Can't never go wrong with the underrated mozzarella Sticks!
What I really need is the Super Duper Pooper Scooper Hopper.
Two cats. Weak kidneys..........
They should add an app to the Hopper that allows subscribers to thumbs down anything they don't like about Dish, from extortion to no longer carrying the Soapnet channel. And maybe even things they are guilty of.
More apps?So, what can we expect at CES 2015?
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The SJ is probably to keep subs from wanting a second Hopper for more tuners. The SJ is cheaper to produce than the Hopper so Dish benefits from that. Of course when the Hopper goes tits up, you lose all 5 tuners. Having a second Hopper is obviously better for the sub. It remains to be seen what the cost differential will be to the sub, if any. It may end up being the case that Dish will no longer lease a second Hopper, instead requiring purchase. Next year's second and additional Hopper fee may jump to $20.
OH GOD! Please don't give DISH any ideas about higher FEES!
Not really any more since the Super Joey gives control of the 2 tuners to the Hopper, and it can schedule recordings accordingly. Dish still does not seem to want to integrate a 2 hopper system into one recording system.
Sometimes I wish they would... then other times I like it the way it is... I have my kids on their own joey so my DVR is not cluttered up with their shows.
Well now one has the choice of 2 situations. A separate hopper for 2 different sets of people in the household, or a Super Joey to have more recording on a single DVR. Of course you can have 2 Hoppers and a super joey and just have the kids on their Hopper and you have the 5 tuners for your own Hopper.
We are going to work on getting some wiring diagrams tomorrow.
I got to admit some of it confuses me too.
I got to admit some of it confuses me too.
So, what can we expect at CES 2015?
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The next generation of Satellite receivers to replace the Hopper and Joey. The Sows (female pig) and the Piglets (baby pigs). The flying pig (sow) comes in 2016 as the advanced piglet model.
I am curious if you would be able to use a virtual Joey with a Hopper and Super Joey configuration. They should just have a main server like we discussed many years ago. Add to the server whatever we choose is needed such as additional tuners, hard drives, etc. Distribute that throughout the network which would be the different rooms. One simple box like a 211 with the optional add ons would do the job. They could even have a dumb box with no tuner like a Roku that they could make (or just buy Roku) and the tuners and hard drives and so forth to it.
Scott asked about the Two Hopper/One SJ set up, as a few of us already had Tuner dreams, he was told it would not be possible
If they ever do at least make it optional. I want the tuner integration but prefer the separate recording lists.
Scott asked about the Two Hopper/One SJ set up, as a few of us already had Tuner dreams, he was told it would not be possible
Kind of, he was told that you could, but would have to put one hopper on a separate solo node (not linked to the other hopper/SJ). Which is the same official stance from Dish with more than 2 Hoppers as well. So you can, but it isn't all integrated.
But since they say that having more than 2 Hoppers will much up the MOCA bandwidth, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually works since 3-4 Hopper systems work when linking the nodes is not supported by Dish.
