When checking my equipment at mydish.com, it clearly states Joey 1.0. I knew this as it is almost 4 years old (activated on 05/12/12), and the fact that it is totally useless for searching, loading apps is painful, and it is dog slow if editing timers.
Joey Versions
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I'm almost positive that that designation (at that site) is new.
Damn, I didn't realize we've had our Hopper/Joey for just over (3) years !
Again, go by the manufacturing date. If it's been made in the past 9-10 months, it's the new model. Dish was importing the 2.0 models since January of last year. They won't produce both models at the same time other than a possible, small overlap while components are depleted.
The Joey that I have was installed in June 2014. It has S487 on it, and seems like it works just like using the Hopper, it is not slow. Not sure if it is a 2.0 or not.
Yeap, a mid-2014 install improves the odds of it being a newer model Joey. I do think the definitive way of knowing - but only after it's installed and activated - is the s/w version. The Joey 1 is on S395 or around there, as I recall.
Has to be a CR/2.0, then. You would know if you had an original Joey 1.0...I guarantee it would not feel just like using the Hopper, speed-wise.
I am confused about which version Joey I have. The my equipment tab on the my.dish.com web site indicates that I am leasing a Joey1. Yet my software version is S487 ZBBB 11/20/2015. Do I have a Joey 1 or Joey 2? The Joey unit does not have a manufacture date.
I wonder if the 4K Joey will be faster yet. If so, it would be best to get the 4K Joey even if you only have a 1080P tv.
I wonder if the 4K Joey will be faster yet. If so, it would be best to get the 4K Joey even if you only have a 1080P tv.
All "evidence" suggests that the Joey v2 has the higher s/w version.
The 4K Joey will definitely be faster than even a Joey 2.
The 4K Joey will definitely be faster than even a Joey 2.
You might be right. Can someone that knows they have a Joey 2 check your equipment in mydish account and see if it says Joey 1 or 2?
No one definitively knows though. We think the s/w version S487 means a Joey 2 but aren't 100% certain. The unit isn't marked either. Dish can supply refurbished units to people too so even the installation date isn't a guarantee.
The best clue is the manufacture date on the cardboard box, if people saw it, and is after the 1st quarter of 2014.
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The best clue is the manufacture date on the cardboard box, if people saw it, and is after the 1st quarter of 2014.
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Maybe someone that had a Joey 1 and it was swapped out might know too because the replacement works much faster. Or a recently new customer I would think would have a good chance of having a Joey 2 could check their mydish account and see if it reflects a Joey 2.
If the Dish system has only known Joeys as Joeys, with no way to distinguish a "1.0" from a "CR", perhaps there is no way for the system to distinguish what is already out there until Dish makes whatever system/procedural change they are planning to make to distinguish the "2.0" from a 1.0/CR.
Well, I guess that kind of confirms that all standard Joeys are listed as 1.0 in mydish account equipment info even if you have a Joey 2.0. DISH might can tell the difference by S/Ns and they aren't telling us!
That is definitely a good way to tell. I guess another way, and this is entirely subjective, is if the Joey feels fairly fast, at least in comparison to a Hopper, it's likely a 2. If it is noticeably slower, it's a 1.
My Joey has always seemed as fast as my Hopper but since this is a big topic here I checked the software in it and it is the lower number implying it is a Joey 1.
