I just heard about this Dish Anywhere. I have a Hopper in the living room, a Joey in the basement, and antenna tv in the bed room. As I understand it I can get rid of my Joey I could save a few bucks but that tv and the bedroom tv are not smart tv's. How would I handle that? If with a Firestick what remote would I use or would I have to use 2 of them? I have good internet with starlink so wifi wouldn't be a problem. If someone could guide me to a link that a old man could understand I would appreciate it.
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GET OFFA MY LAWN!
I'm feeling MUCH better now!
Do your "dumb" TVs support HDMI-CEC? If so, you might get by with a single remote. Is there a way to update their S/W? Via USB stick, maybe? Might be worth it. Probably not.
You might wanna lose the word "Firestick." They have fallen out of favor for many good reasons.
For a streaming device, I recommend Roku products. If you are flush, the best bet might be Apple TV. A new version comes out in September or October.
There is also ONN, from Uncle Wally. Cheap, basic, probably good enough. But it is an Android device, with side loading- but I suspect that is of little interest to you. Also, as I understand it, faulty HDR (& maybe no HDR variants) and no DV.
Lotsa luck, and ask away!
PS: No Roku DA app. But you can cast / screen mirror to it and maybe make do. The Apple TV and ONN streamers support DA with native apps.
I'm feeling MUCH better now!
Do your "dumb" TVs support HDMI-CEC? If so, you might get by with a single remote. Is there a way to update their S/W? Via USB stick, maybe? Might be worth it. Probably not.
You might wanna lose the word "Firestick." They have fallen out of favor for many good reasons.
For a streaming device, I recommend Roku products. If you are flush, the best bet might be Apple TV. A new version comes out in September or October.
There is also ONN, from Uncle Wally. Cheap, basic, probably good enough. But it is an Android device, with side loading- but I suspect that is of little interest to you. Also, as I understand it, faulty HDR (& maybe no HDR variants) and no DV.
Lotsa luck, and ask away!
PS: No Roku DA app. But you can cast / screen mirror to it and maybe make do. The Apple TV and ONN streamers support DA with native apps.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, with Dish Anywhere, you will only be able to see DISH Satellite channels and not the streaming channels like you can from DISH receivers and their Joey clients.
ugh last time I attempted this which on android platform, you can download the Anywhere app to TV log in and you will get access to all that you subscribed to Either the streaming version of channel or Satellite fed threw the box? preferable the streaming versions though it unavoidable if you want to watch a DVR that streams from the hopper directly to the device crappy at best imo.
Only time dish anywhere is of acceptable quality is when it "streaming" from an online feed
Only time dish anywhere is of acceptable quality is when it "streaming" from an online feed
I don't know if it is all the streaming channels 90-98. I didn't count the number of channels. I am definitely get many of the streaming channels 90-98 on my phone and the streaming box through the Dish Anywhere application. Using Apple devices.
I greatly prefer using the actual Dish boxes to the Dish Anywhere app.
we use an apple tv PQ seems to be awesome. i heard people say the PQ with a firestick is garbage and not as good as an apple tv. while we can't see certain channels we can see the channels that we watch plus we can setup recordings up from miles away and watch them anywhere even while in motion with starlink.
Sounds like I better stay with what I have. Not a big $ savings. If I had smart TV's it would probably be better, but I love my 12 year old Panasonic Plasmas
an apple tv is around 200 bucks who knows what the new one will cost. an OWNED joey 4 is 100 bucks and 5.00 bucks a month. also with the dish anywhere app if your internet goes down there goes your tv
I find the Apple TV has better PQ than the Roku Ultra which in turn is noticeably better than the Firestick. Granted, my Firestick is old and I'm giving it away.
I logged into our DishAnywhere App on the AppleTV in the entertainment center and was able to stream the South Bend NBC affiliate from our home Hopper 3's OTA module. It looked pretty good this year over the Starlink connection.
Our ViP 211k is still working and the picture is good from the Eastern Arc. My Brother-in-Law brought up their Roku stick (not sure of the model) so we're prepared for whatever may happen with Dish.
Yes and also the international channels as those are stream only after they were taken off 118. I am not seeing any of the 626-xx TVB JadeWorld Channels in Dish Anywhere.
oh the PQ is amazing in comparison to watching on the hopper 3 via satellite "feeds", providing it is streaming "feeds" hopper 3 image is not all that amazing as people say it is, that is mostly there TV processing the image. if we talking raw image from h3 on tv that barely processes the cause image processing is that bad, it pretty obvious how bad dish image is.
Watching channels via h3 satellite feed vs the streaming feed that use when satellite feed goes out, is night and day difference image wise. I have tv that dish look horrible on and if go watch different tv it look great in comparison cause the tv doing way better job of processing image making it look "better"
Same for Dish anwhere so long is streaming "feed" and not a feed by h3 satellite feed that now be streaming to the device using anywhere if it doing the later it terrible
My parents needed a new TV in November of 2024 that could be seen at any angle in the room, because there couch and 2 chairs sit at angles far from each other and a fireplace in the corner locks them into that arrangement. So I hunted different TVs and tried them at their house and they all looked faded sitting at the side.
So I saw an LG OLED B-3 series 55ich TV they were selling at $749 off Amazon at the end of that year, because the new C series was coming out. Watched the Review videos on You tube and this TV worked at any angle with no fade on corners and the picture was excellent. Everything Popped and the colors were excellent and vibrant. Liked it so much from the review video that I bought one for my parents and one for us too, at the same price.
Well my Buddy also decided to buy the same TV since it was on sale and he got it hooked up to his Hopper with Sling and we looked at the DISH satellite picture and I was shocked. Every thing looked as sharp as could be with no artifacts or halos in the picture. The color was wonderful as well. Now on some older SD reruns from the 90s and 2000s showing dark rooms there was a hint of it up close, but not sitting in the room at a normal distance. He recently added the DISH Plus unit to his hopper with sling, that puts out everything in up-converted 4k, except actual 4k that plays as is. The picture looked even better and he is happy as can be.
All the arguments about who had the Best Picture between Directv and DISH came back to me from the past. Directv was sharper, but had artifacts in the picture supposedly and DISH was softer, but less artifacts in the picture. The TVs we had back then were not as good as this OLED TVs of today. Might not of mattered back then if we had these type of TVs back then. But 4k upconverted outputs using the Plus unit - does help the picture as well.
So I saw an LG OLED B-3 series 55ich TV they were selling at $749 off Amazon at the end of that year, because the new C series was coming out. Watched the Review videos on You tube and this TV worked at any angle with no fade on corners and the picture was excellent. Everything Popped and the colors were excellent and vibrant. Liked it so much from the review video that I bought one for my parents and one for us too, at the same price.
Well my Buddy also decided to buy the same TV since it was on sale and he got it hooked up to his Hopper with Sling and we looked at the DISH satellite picture and I was shocked. Every thing looked as sharp as could be with no artifacts or halos in the picture. The color was wonderful as well. Now on some older SD reruns from the 90s and 2000s showing dark rooms there was a hint of it up close, but not sitting in the room at a normal distance. He recently added the DISH Plus unit to his hopper with sling, that puts out everything in up-converted 4k, except actual 4k that plays as is. The picture looked even better and he is happy as can be.
All the arguments about who had the Best Picture between Directv and DISH came back to me from the past. Directv was sharper, but had artifacts in the picture supposedly and DISH was softer, but less artifacts in the picture. The TVs we had back then were not as good as this OLED TVs of today. Might not of mattered back then if we had these type of TVs back then. But 4k upconverted outputs using the Plus unit - does help the picture as well.
Rambling about picture quality.
Satellite channels with the Joey 4 look better on the old 65 LG oled than with the Hopper 3 on the newer Sony 77 oled.
I don't have a Hopper Plus.
Maybe the satellite picture quality with the Hopper Plus would be better than the Hopper 3 satellite box?
Trying streaming from Dish Anywhere app to see if the stream is better than sat.
Picture using Dish Anywhere on my latest Apple TV 4K box on the channel I'm watching started out alternating between fuzzy and clear.
The picture stabilized after a few minutes.
I have an old Apple TV HD connected to and big older TV.
I had to remove Dish Anywhere application and reinstall it to get it working on the old TV with the Apple TV HD.
I hooked up a Google box to a non oled 43 inch LG 4K set.
The Google box Dish Anywhere combination looks and works great.
Wonder what the picture quality will be with a wireless Joey 4 for the satellite chanels?
Satellite channels with the Joey 4 look better on the old 65 LG oled than with the Hopper 3 on the newer Sony 77 oled.
I don't have a Hopper Plus.
Maybe the satellite picture quality with the Hopper Plus would be better than the Hopper 3 satellite box?
Trying streaming from Dish Anywhere app to see if the stream is better than sat.
Picture using Dish Anywhere on my latest Apple TV 4K box on the channel I'm watching started out alternating between fuzzy and clear.
The picture stabilized after a few minutes.
I have an old Apple TV HD connected to and big older TV.
I had to remove Dish Anywhere application and reinstall it to get it working on the old TV with the Apple TV HD.
I hooked up a Google box to a non oled 43 inch LG 4K set.
The Google box Dish Anywhere combination looks and works great.
Wonder what the picture quality will be with a wireless Joey 4 for the satellite chanels?
This is wonderful.Same as wired.
I am late to the party.
I ordered a Wireless Joey 4.
Watched a video on YouTube about how to set it up.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WcBR9haQtI
Thanks for the video on how to set it up!
Hope it works.
I don't want a tech visit
Will try as soon as it is shipped to me.
I want to try this out.
The Hopper3 outputs 1080i unless the content requires 1080P or 2160P (4K)
The Plus and the Joey4s upscale all content to 2160P, and also flag the content as HDR regardless of the actual color profile. How the TV will handle that depends on the HDMI setting.
So, it's possible that the difference you are seeing is related to the upscaling performance, or the possible HDR settings on your TV.
This information makes me want to try a Plus or Joey4 on my newer 77 Sony oled to see if the picture is better.
I wonder if the Wireless Joey 4 will output to my 32 inch QHD (2K) computer monitor?
I once hooked up an Apple TV box to my computer monitor and it worked I think.
I don't know what resolution the Apple TV was sending to the computer monitor.
I'm very pleased with the picture from the Joey4 on my TV.
The satellite channels picture quality from the Hopper 3 on my newer 77 Sony oled could be better.
Perhaps the satellite channels being output 1080i?
Maybe it is the large screen size?
I am not sure why the picture seems a little less good from the Hopper 3 on my newer 77 Sony oled?
I have tried the Joey4 on an older 43 inch 4K LG non oled that doesn't do HDR.
Joey4 is great!!!
Can't wait to get the Wireless Joey 4.
Maybe a Plus or Joey4 newer would look better on my 77 inch TV?
Thank you for your help.
