Hopper 3 AutoHop

[zplugger]

Just getting some reviews on the AutoHop feature, does it work good on the Hopper 3?

 

[JSheridan]

Just getting some reviews on the AutoHop feature, does it work good on the Hopper 3?

Yes, it works as intended.

 

[Tommyy2]

Originally it was available one day after the recording unless a malfunction ocured. Now some shows it works the day after show was recorded, but for a lot of them it will not work until a lot longer, for many a week after the recording (Dish contracts with different TV networks specifying how many day delay before it is allowed) and sometimes it will never show up for a show (malfunction??).

So usually it works if you just wait long enough after recording the show, which is the way Dish now intends for it to work.

To be honest I much prefer the one push commercial skip Tivo provides without all the waiting of Dish..

 

[ChadT41]

Originally it was available one day after the recording unless a malfunction ocured. Now some shows it works the day after show was recorded, but for a lot of them it will not work until a lot longer, for many a week after the recording (Dish contracts with different TV networks specifying how many day delay before it is allowed) and sometimes it will never show up for a show (malfunction??).

So usually it works if you just wait long enough after recording the show, which is the way Dish now intends for it to work.

To be honest I much prefer the one push commercial skip Tivo provides without all the waiting of Dish..

If only TiVo had to worry about those pesky contracts.

 

[eddie willers]

which is the way Dish now intends for it to work.

You mean the way they were forced to make it work.

 

[Tommyy2]

You mean the way they were forced to make it work.

It does seem strange that different channels, different shows have different commercial skip activation times, wonder why?

 

[Bobby]

It does seem strange that different channels, different shows have different commercial skip activation times, wonder why?

It is all about the contracts with each network. Renegotiations have evolved autohop...

 

[Tommyy2]

Tivo also beats Dish in the actual skip, with Dish you still end up watching ~15 seconds of the commercials, with Tivo you get perhaps 2 seconds or less.

 

[Bobby]

Tivo also beats Dish in the actual skip, with Dish you still end up watching ~15 seconds of the commercials, with Tivo you get perhaps 2 seconds or less.

You only get 15 seconds if the network is plugging one of its own shows, otherwise it is closer to 5 seconds...

 

[JSheridan]

You only get 15 seconds if the network is plugging one of its own shows, otherwise it is closer to 5 seconds...

Or less. Usually it's a second or two here.

 

[ChadT41]

Mine is usually the same. Although, as Bobby mentioned, if they are plugging one of their own, it can take some time. I have seen issues with 2 shows In particular. FBI and Manifest