DISH Press Conference Notes

[navychop]

Or 17% of the 722 and 722k receivers that recently died in a mass suicide got their leasers to say "let's go with a Hopper".

Lord knows, one of my ViP722s has a dead fan and perhaps other problems, and the other doesn't seem too healthy either. Bad time for me to upgrade, though, unless it drops my monthly cost.

 

[navychop]

....Going way back to the single LNB days, Dish has always been on the slower side when it comes to "surfing," even compared to D*, which for a long time was the only other digital provider.

You're joking, right? I remember my neighbor's DirecTV setup just a few years ago that was s-l-o-w in channel changing. Dish boxes were noticeably faster.

 

[lucky86]

The Hopper w Sling is extremely fast.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The Hopper w Sling is extremely fast.

EXTREMELY!

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[Scherrman]

According to JM42 Dish's receivers have been s-l-o-w. I'd have to go back to a pretty old model to find one that I thought was slower than the competition.

 

[dfergie]

Ive had both for the last 12 years, dish has always been faster...

 

[JSheridan]

The last fast DirecTV receiver I remember was a Sony.

 

[superiorman01]

I have been installing for 7 years and dish has always been faster than the competition.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Yes the Hopper is fast but the Genie is fast also as mine is when I scoll through

 

[lucky86]

I bet it's not as fast as the new hopper

 

[whitewolf8214]

I bet it's not as fast as the new hopper

I don't know about that one

 

[lucky86]

I need to test out a genie. Do they display those at the stands they have at Sams Club?

 

[whitewolf8214]

I need to test out a genie. Do they display those at the stands they have at Sams Club?

I haven't been in Same in awhile maybe someone else can help you but they have Directv people there selling

 

[Scherrman]

Dish showed the menus on both scrolling side by side and the Hopper was much faster. Now, that was Dish's example so take it for what it's worth.

 

[Bobby]

As I recall, the original Hopper at last year's show was very, very fast. Scott really pointed that out a lot. That Hopper got a bit slower as it came to the field. The same might happen here....