My guess would be a new Joey that can view 4K HDR broadcasts. Then Dish could actually use channel 540-02 without all the customers with 4K Joeys complaining that they can’t watch. The Olympics is this summer and the last Olympics used 4K HDR. I remember all the complaints from customers with 4K Joeys that could not watch. The 4K Joey is limited and replacing them would allow customers with several 4K TV’s have a good experience. Of course I am only guessing.
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If the goal is to replace all of the existing 4K Joeys by this summer, then Dish should have started that much,
much sooner. As it is, Dish will still get complaints from those customers who have not upgraded yet (if the new 4K HDR Joey is even available by then, if one is even coming at all). The only difference is that Dish may actually have a solution for them this time around.
Also, I have said all along that Dish should also have a 4K Wally option. This would allow customers to enjoy 4K programming without all of the monthly fees (namely, the DVR fee) of the Hopper 3. A 4K HDR Wally could also be a solution for additional 4K TV's in the home, as long as you don't mind having them not be integrated with the Hopper. This would also be a 4K solution for the RV market. This is especially important, since Dish seems to push the Wally on RV customers at every opportunity. More and more RV users are watching on 4K TV's. So, it would be nice to have a 4K option without having to go outside of the normal system to get a Hopper 3 installed in the RV.
Scott said that "I don't believe a Hopper 4 is
one of them." This implies that
more than one new receiver is coming. So, it would be nice to see Dish do
something as far as offering a new Wally. The old model is getting kind of outdated, as far as lack of support for new apps, etc.