Dish Hopper site is up at Dish.com

[csmith5111]

http://www.dishnetwork.com/redirects/promotion/hopper/default.aspx

 

[TheKrell]

Thanks csmith! I was looking at CES coverage and missed that entirely.

 

[Yespage]

Is the Sirius expansion for any receiver?

Blockbuster @ Home:

Blockbuster@Home gives you access to over 100,000 titles with unlimited movies, TV shows and game rentals by mail. Plus, get 20 great entertainment channels with over 3000 titles available On Demand to your TV or PC.

Wow... an absolutely accurate, non-misleading description. I like it.

 

[mdram]

huh?

Record up to six live HD channels at once* and stream four HD programs to different TVs simultaneously. No other competitor can offer this!

*DURING PRIMETIME HOURS

 

[TheKrell]

That's the Primetime Anytime feature of recording the whole local spotbeam on your receiver (during prime time) for parsing into the big 4 later on. So, 4+2 more free sat tuners = 6 channels at once.

 

[mdram]

That's the Primetime Anytime feature of recording the whole local spotbeam on your receiver (during prime time) for parsing into the big 4 later on. So, 4+2 more free sat tuners = 6 channels at once.

so thats local only?

what of you want to record non locals? how many ?

 

[mfoster711]

OMG. They even use the word SOON on that page!!!

 

[harshness]

so thats local only?

More specifically, Big Four from 8-11pm

what of you want to record non locals? how many ?

Three (two during prime time).

 

[Scherrman]

It has three satellite tuners. So it records three shows other that the primetime anytime.

 

[mdram]

More specifically, Big Four from 8-11pmThree (two during prime time).

so no diff then a normal dvr
dish missed on this one imho

 

[whitewolf8214]

dish home of the soon word

 

[TheKrell]

Yes, it's locals ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, with no word yet whether other channels available on that same spotbeam will be included/available after the fact. I personally do a lot of recording off PBS.

On an unrelated note but on-topic for this thread, I note that the "built-in Sling" reported in another thread went back to the Sling Adapter.

 

[mfoster711]

I WILL NOT get excited until I see a launch date and firm commitment from Dish. The Sling Extender had a promotional page and it was also available SOON but Dish still failed to deliver it.

 

[harshness]

so no diff then a normal dvr
dish missed on this one imho

What "normal dvr" can record six shows at once?

 

[mdram]

What "normal dvr" can record six shows at once?

this only does it at certain times
its not 24/7
and not all channels

remove the spotbeam channels and its a normal dvr

 

[nelson61]

so thats local only?

what of you want to record non locals? how many ?

Three tuners can record so either 3 non locals or 4 locals and 2 non locals

 

[csmith5111]

Thanks csmith! I was looking at CES coverage and missed that entirely.

Your welcome.

 

[dwarren2]

What "normal dvr" can record six shows at once?

3 tuners. 1 records the 4 network feeds, leaving 2 for other recordings.

 

[harshness]

Yes, it's locals ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, with no word yet whether other channels available on that same spotbeam will be included/available after the fact.

It isn't channels on the same spot beam. It must be channels on the same transponder as the Big Four.

 

[csmith5111]

3 tuners. 1 records the 4 network feeds, leaving 2 for other recordings.

But during non primetime hours (or If you Can turn off feature/can't use it) you have a 3 tuner DVR to record what you want.