After reading all that everyone has to say about Hopper/Joey and its related fees, I'll add this to the mix:
Umm, no thanks, Dish ... I'll stick with what I've got.
Umm, no thanks, Dish ... I'll stick with what I've got.
DISH Network Retailer Chat Recap - "Hopper Special" - 2/16/2012
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I too would like to know this. 5 people have already asked this question but no one seems to know.
Thats the great thing about all of this... you can do that!
Some people are acting like DISH is forcing them to upgrade... and they are not.
But if you got to have the latest and greatest they have made options available for those ho gotta have it!
Will their system default to a ViP612 (1-TV, HD, DVR) or does the customer have to ask for a Hopper ?Yes.
If you like what you have now then keep it, you can always upgrade at a later time.
That's the thing. I got spoiled with Uverse. I know 1 Hopper/2 Joeys will give me exactly what we had with Uverse (3 total tuners). We miss being able to watch any recording on any tv.
That is your prerogative. I, for one am very excited about the prospect of having HD signal at every TV, having one set of timers and having one place where everything that my family wants to watch is located. No more will we be faced with: "dang, we can't watch this in the bedroom because it is recorded in the living room."
I am wondering if I take advantage of the AT200 and above offer, (Hopper, 3 Joeys) add an additional Hopper for $199 can I take one of the free Joeys and add it to the additional Hopper.
Also when Hoppers are able to network would I be able to remove two of the additional Joeys.
key to diagram below
(H1)(J1) Hopper/Joey Combination
(H2(J2) Add. Hopper/Joey Combination
(D) Dish
My set up would look like this in my house
(J1) ------(H1)(J2)
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(d)
The (H)(J) side by side would indicate that I would want the Joey & Hopper to be in the same room, of course each Joey would run off of the hopper from the other bedroom. The third Joey would go in the third bedroom. We have a fourth TV in the living room but it's SD and never really watched.
Also when Hoppers are able to network would I be able to remove two of the additional Joeys.
key to diagram below
(H1)(J1) Hopper/Joey Combination
(H2(J2) Add. Hopper/Joey Combination
(D) Dish
My set up would look like this in my house
(J1) ------(H1)(J2)
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-----------(H2)(J1)
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(d)
The (H)(J) side by side would indicate that I would want the Joey & Hopper to be in the same room, of course each Joey would run off of the hopper from the other bedroom. The third Joey would go in the third bedroom. We have a fourth TV in the living room but it's SD and never really watched.
I'm getting the same message more and more frequently with my nearly five year-old 622. Fortunately for me, I'm running a second (soon to be HD replaced SD) tv with a 510 that costs me $10 a month. Whole home dvr and a Joey will be $11, so it isn't a big deal. The one question I have to answer is will it be worth another $100 at installation to do two hoppers instead.
Good way for Dish to get rid of the ViP receivers then!
Bug report, by the way: I hit "Reply to Quote" for this and it did the above ^ (it included Skee7ix's quote, at least in the editor, not my quote)
Agreed, they aren't. But customers with just one dual-tuner receiver feeding 2 TVs (a high percentage of their base), they are in effect forcing them NOT to upgrade, unless they want to almost triple their fees for 2 TVs. 3 TVs, quadruple.
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That only applies to NEW customers. They address what existing customers have to pay.
Is that any different than what users can do today with any of Dish's DVRs ?
When I get the Partial Signal loss on my 722, all I have to do is hit the guide button then when the guide comes uo hit cancel. I get the picture back and if I rewind, there was no loss of signal on the channel I was watching.
Can you hook your EHD up to either the hopper or a Joey? I would hate to lose the ability to watch shows I have already stored on my EHD.
Yes you can the only EHD you can't hook up is one from a 211 which uses a different format.
