DVR is Digital Video Recorder. The Wally is technically a DVR after paying a one time fee and adding a hard drive. You can't make up your own definitions.
DISH releases Hopper Duo Smart DVR
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DVR is Digital Video Recorder. The Wally is technically a DVR after paying a one time fee and adding a hard drive. You can't make up your own definitions.
External hard drives that are self powered in 2TB or less are not easy to find anymore as a standalone unit. They also are NOT as cheap as they use to be a few years back. Long run makes the Duo more suitable if one can get it on an existing account..
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What is digital video recorder (DVR)? definition and meaning
According to this one, it would not be a DVR as is required a blank disk space attached to receiver.
Again, this whole argument started over me playing semantics and none of this really actually matters. To anyone. For any reason.
According to this one, it would not be a DVR as is required a blank disk space attached to receiver.
Again, this whole argument started over me playing semantics and none of this really actually matters. To anyone. For any reason.
If the hard drive is built in to the receiver, there is a monthly DVR fee. If the hard drive is external, there is only a one-time DVR account activation fee. How's that for distinction? 
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Can we just agree to call the Hopper Duo a "souped-up Wally" and be done with it?
You can get the Duo for $139 delivered on Amazon. As far as the Wally goes and the comments on issues getting an external hard I use the Roswell RX35-AT-SU SATA enclosure, they are around $20 on Newegg, then you can replace just the drive if it fails.
Apparently, the Hopper Duo will support a second Joey. It is just that if both tuners are already in use, you will not be able to watch live TV on the second Joey unless you mirror what is on either the Hopper Duo or the other Joey. The second Joey would also still work for watching recordings, On Demand, Netflix, etc. I just read about someone with a system set up like this. I have never done it myself, though. (I don't have any Joeys at all.)
Another thing that works but is not supported by DISH.
They told us specifically that the limit is 1 Joey.
If I were Dish, I would limit it to one Joey as well. When you only have two tuners why would you want to sell more receivers than the tuners will handle.... It would just generate more trouble calls saying that the other Joey won't tune to a channel when the two available are in use.Another thing that works but is not supported by DISH.
They told us specifically that the limit is 1 Joey.
I am guessing that Dish would rather have people use a Wally for the third TV in this situation. Of course, the Wally does not integrate with the Hopper system, which could be an inconvenience.
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Agreed. And in that vain IMHO it wouldn't be bad if the Duo software actually limited it to 1 Joey.
And with the newest software update, Netflix now on the Hopper Duo!
Why? So I can actually use Netflix on my Hopper Duo. (If you were not responding to my post directly above yours, I apologize.)
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