Is Dish offering free Hoppe 3 upgrades

[pattykay]

Mantra!

"Change. Growth. Power." (The mantra from the comic book titled Mantra)

 

[whatchel1]

I think he was using internal Dish lingo. In other words, the Hopper series has an official "XiP" designation, with the Hopper 3 being a "ZiP" receiver.
As far as the point of an "in-between" receiver, could it be to provide an upgrade option that average subscribers can actually afford? Nah, that would make too much sense.

OK if it's a Zip receiver. Does that make it have a zip drive inside of the unit?

 

[comfortably_numb]

OK if it's a Zip receiver. Does that make it have a zip drive inside of the unit?

Haha! That's reaching pretty far back!

 

[pattykay]

I think there is a good reason why Dish abandoned the "XiP" designation and switched to calling them Hoppers instead. Logically, the next designation after "ViP" and "XiP" would be "ZiP" and Dish didn't want subscribers referring to their receivers as Zip. (as in Zero, Zilch, Nada)

 

[whatchel1]

Haha! That's reaching pretty far back!

I've been around for a good while. I was doing installs of C/Ku systems before I got Dish. I had a PC back in the days of Win 95. I was installing clubs A/V equipment way back when HBO was still in the clear.

 

[ncted]

I think there is a good reason why Dish abandoned the "XiP" designation and switched to calling them Hoppers instead. Logically, the next designation after "ViP" and "XiP" would be "ZiP" and Dish didn't want subscribers referring to their receivers as Zip. (as in Zero, Zilch, Nada)

They probably didn't want to get "WiPped" in the marketing either.

 

[pattykay]

They probably didn't want to get "WiPped" in the marketing either.

YiP!