Price for virtual Joey??
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There goes any interest I had in the Virtual Joey.
What a waste of potentially great technology.
I used to agree with that sentiment until I found out that it's only $7/account, no matter how many Smart TVs or PS3's you load it on. It's a pretty good deal if you have a lot of compatible equipment and don't use more than one of them at once. What would really make it great is availability on something cheap, like the Chromecast dongle.
I would also be a customer once the equipment list is expanded. Xbox and/or Samsung Smart TV/BD would allow me to reconfigure my current setup. I'm also curious as to whether or not you could activate/disable the app at your convenience. My son has an xbox 360 and very rarely uses the joey he has currently. If he decided he wanted to watch something on the dvr and I could make a phone call and add the VJ for a day or two and then remove it from the account it would be a very attractive option.
plus, no matter how many virtual joeys you have at home, only 1 can work at a time. 1st come, 1st serve basis i guess
Dish confirmed to me that there will not be any kind of fee other than the $7 monthly fee.
More Virtual Joey info from Dish.
• a Virtual Joey may be added to active Hopper accounts only;
• just one Virtual Joey may be active on an account at a time – even if a customer has more than one compatible device;
• they must have a working Internet connection to set up the Virtual Joey;
• the LG and Sony compatible devices and Hopper/Hopper with Sling® must be connected to a router with an Ethernet cable;
• they will be able to set up the Virtual Joey on their own after equipment installation and account activation;
• DISH will ship a Virtual Joey remote to them which should arrive within a week.
• the monthly Additional Receiver Fee for the Virtual Joey is $7, the same as for a regular Joey.
• 2013 Smart TV models from LG Electronics – app available now from the LG Smart Store
• Sony PlayStation 3 – app available late March
• Sony PlayStation 4 – app available May/June 2014
Once a customer’s Hopper system is installed and activated – and the customer has downloaded and opened the app – their compatible LG and/or Sony device’s on-board Install Wizard will automatically detect the Hopper and display a Welcome screen like the one on the LG Smart TV shown at right. When the customer selects Get Started, the Wizard will walk them through the app’s intuitive activation process. Please note: if a non-DISH or non-Hopper customer downloads the Virtual Joey app to their LG or Sony compatible device, they will receive an on-screen message to call DISH.
• a Virtual Joey may be added to active Hopper accounts only;
• just one Virtual Joey may be active on an account at a time – even if a customer has more than one compatible device;
• they must have a working Internet connection to set up the Virtual Joey;
• the LG and Sony compatible devices and Hopper/Hopper with Sling® must be connected to a router with an Ethernet cable;
• they will be able to set up the Virtual Joey on their own after equipment installation and account activation;
• DISH will ship a Virtual Joey remote to them which should arrive within a week.
• the monthly Additional Receiver Fee for the Virtual Joey is $7, the same as for a regular Joey.
• 2013 Smart TV models from LG Electronics – app available now from the LG Smart Store
• Sony PlayStation 3 – app available late March
• Sony PlayStation 4 – app available May/June 2014
Once a customer’s Hopper system is installed and activated – and the customer has downloaded and opened the app – their compatible LG and/or Sony device’s on-board Install Wizard will automatically detect the Hopper and display a Welcome screen like the one on the LG Smart TV shown at right. When the customer selects Get Started, the Wizard will walk them through the app’s intuitive activation process. Please note: if a non-DISH or non-Hopper customer downloads the Virtual Joey app to their LG or Sony compatible device, they will receive an on-screen message to call DISH.
So can you have multiple smart devices with the s/w downloaded and you just pick which one you want to use at any given moment, or must you just have device set up?
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It is my understanding that you can have the app downloaded on multiple devices. You may only access one at a time though.
Do yourself a favor and just get a joey. I tried this garbage. It spends more time looking for the Hopper than it does showing you TV..
At least with the VJ you can try it out and not be out much at all if you don't like it. You don't have an activation fee, installation fee or a contract to worry about.
I was just wondering something about that. Could this be used as a way to get a cheap extra remote? I mean, you set up the Virtual Joey, get the remote shipped to you free of charge, then cancel the Virtual Joey, and end up with a new 40.0 for probably no more than $7.
Could be but why not just call up Dish and ask for a replacement remote because yours ins't working? I've heard people say they've gotten free remotes from Dish before.
