So I am now paying $14 a month for a fee called (Duo 2 tv receiver) & $6 a month for DVR service fee. If I get a Hopper & 2 Joeys this means these fees will go away & I will only be paying $4 more per month for the hopper & 2 joeys?
DISH Network Retailer Chat Recap - "Hopper Special" - 2/16/2012
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Claude needs to adhere to the following mantra....
"Ours is not to reason why. Ours is but to do and charge!"
Yes. The two Joeys will cost $14, the same as your ViP 222. You just have to pay the additional $4 multiroom DVR fee.
So keep your equipment and continue on as before. It's not a replacement system, its a successor system.
You could use an HDMI splitter to run to other HDTVs. But they'd all be watching the same program.
Which begs the question, two FULL PRICE separate accounts? Perhaps they could create a reduced cost, linked account. But I can see where they would fear that would lead to account stacking, albeit somewhat limited stacking.
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With it only going to cost me $4 more per month, I think I will order the hopper on the 1st day it's available.
You're on your own for that. There's no modulator in the Joey to backfeed a signal from.
So 2 hoppers won't talk to each other until they update the software. Is it possible to have them remain separate after the software update?
I am in. I will see either a $199 or $298 upfront cost, and then an additional $1 or $8 a month pending on if the first joey is actually included. But for me to have HD tv in every room and to get an additional tuner and maybe more in future with an OTA module. That to me is worth it. Plus when they do get them to communicate with all the hoppers/joeys will be worth having that extra insurance of having tv unless both hoppers go out. My Plan: 4 tv's: 2 hoppers and 2 joeys.
I have portable computers for accessing the internet and streaming my music. Not to mention that I'm not sure I entirely trust streaming my music to somebody who's in bed with content providers.
4) Someone said they have one tv and if they can only have 1 Hopper and no Joey's and I said yes... that answer is correct but the way the DISH system is setup you will be charged $10 for the whole home DVR service, its just the way the system is setup. (So my advice is to buy a second TV and get a Joey.)
Well what about those of us who have only an SD TV attached to the RF output of our ViP DVRs? Why should we have to pay $7 for a Joey because Dish chose not to put an RF output in the Hopper? I hardly ever use the SD TV, so I doubt I'll be paying $7 a month for it!
Does the Hopper have a composite output that we could modulate, and does it use RF remotes?
And one last thing, Scott. You and others keep saying that cable companies charge additional outlet fees too. Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but Comcast, the largest operator in the country, and one not particularly loved by users nor non-users alike, provides at least two SD digital converters for free to anyone!
The big thing about Hopper is shared DVR with HD to the remote TVs. If your SD at the remotes, then you don't have any need to upgrade.
Yes. Hopper has HDMI/Component/Composite outs, Joey has HDMI/Composite outs. Yes - both Hoper and Joey use RF remotes.
Not my comcast, but you can still get the limited in the clear stuff here without a box. Direc and Uverse you have per outlet fees. Can't speak for FIOS.
Hopper is meant to be an HD unit first and foremost. If SD works for you, then VIP Duos may well be the better choice. They aren't forcing anyone to change.
One of the current advantages with Comcast, Fios and some other cablecos is that one does not have to use their DVRs. You can add a USB or PCI Express Ceton/Silicon Dust tuner/card and a cablecard to your PC and record up to 4 channels at once, paying only the cablecard monthly fee, and then distribute over a home network. I have both Dish and Fios here in Florida and am using a Ceton card for Fios. It's working darn well thus far.
Ouch... here comes that SOON word again! That along with the package choices, only 3 tuners, and extra fees, looks like that makes up my mind with going with the 5 tuner DirecTV install. Dish drops the ball again...I'm not surprised. It was a good attempt though.
Scott: I agree, whether it is the RV, Tailgater, or the Weekend Cabin, It would be reasonable to allow 1 standard receiver (at the normal monthly charge). I think that a 2 account requirement would push people to "the other choice" more rapidly that Dish thinks.
Also, will you be able to do a self-install, or will you have to use a Dish Dude?
