We just upgraded to Hopper and 1 Joey. We used to have 722. I am used to being able to watch a recorded program and pick it up latter and have the option to resume. Resume does not show up with my Hopper.
Hopper and Resuming Payback
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It works for me if the recording is finished. I definitely did have the problem you are talking about if I started watching a show while it was still recording and then tried to resume it later. The hopper/joey system only gave me an option to start from the beginning. I'm not sure if that has since been fixed or if that is even the problem you are talking about. Resuming from programs that have finished recording has never been a problem for me.
Pressing play will resume where you left off for a recorded program. Pressing select will sow a resume option. For a live program being recorded you can't resume.
Another lost feature going from ViP to Hopper. You could resume a program being recorded on a dual-tuner ViP if you went into the DVR menu from the other tuner that wasn't doing the recording.
I would get confused if I didn't get the "resume" prompt, but I never press "Play" to watch a recording. My thumb is already on or near the "Select" button as you are most likely using the 4-way arrows to navigate around the menus....
I don't know much code Dish may re-use between models, but it's safe to say that this part didn't get re-used. It's almost as if it's an option that they don't realize they took away.... or that people use that often.
I think that part of the issue is that on the ViPs, the tuner is basically tied to the outlet (ie. tuner1 to TV1, tuner2 to TV2)...with the hopper, any tuner is available in roundabout fashion to any Hopper/Joey outlet. So, perhaps the "resume on other tuner/outlet" means nothing now with the Hopper.
Ahhh, yes, that probably does throw a kink in it. There are other illogical things with the H/J system when it comes to resuming, etc, etc too.
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I do it both ways. No confusion for me.
Ummm. Ahhh. Errr. Say, uh, ... Oh never mind.
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Yup, I spent part of Christmas Day trying to explain this to my mother-in-law. I'm still not sure that she understands what is the difference, but then again, neither do I.
This is a huge annoyance to me since I joined Dish in 2007. Every other provider's DVRs can stop a live broadcast being recorded and can come back to it later and resume where you left off. I wish Dish would fix this issue.
I had two VIP722s and two 722ks and none of them you could not resume a live program being recorded where you left off after the program was finished recording. You would have to start over. I did not try going into menu of the other tuner and working it that way. Both my dual tuners were usually busy recording at the same time.
And that's why...
Can you let us know if you can figure out a work around for the Hoppers? Thanks
