What features do you want?

[.Andy]

Seeing how Dish reads this forum I think it would be interesting to discuss features we want as satellite nerds.

For me:

#1 Give me Amazon instant video (so I can get rid of Roku
#2 Expand AutoHop to other stations.
#3 Make VEVO available for Joey's

 

[Pappa]

+1 For Amazon Instant Video

 

[charlesrshell]

I think DISH has enough on their hands fine tuning the Hopper 3 and HWS CUI. Also they are working on a new switch for some of their customers that need it.

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

It would be nice if the timers on the hopper 3 would just work right

 

[DWS44]

OTA Recording on the H3 to work properly.

 

[cpdretired]

Remove unwanted over the air channels from the H3. Once they are scanned in they can't be deleted.

 

[Bobby]

Remove unwanted over the air channels from the H3. Once they are scanned in they can't be deleted.

After you've scanned, did you try to uncheck those channels you don't want while still in the Scan screen, and then save?

 

[ekilgus]

How about restoring the option to set ones time preference for when the Hopper shuts down to check for updates. This was a convenient feature in the VIP boxes but lacking in the Hopper.

 

[dishrich]

NATIVE PASS-THRU!!! (yea, I know it'll never happen, but because of the high compression on HD, it REALLY needs to!)

 

[kwindrem]

Seeing how Dish reads this forum I think it would be interesting to discuss features we want as satellite nerds.

For me:

#1 Give me Amazon instant video (so I can get rid of Roku
#2 Expand AutoHop to other stations.
#3 Make VEVO available for Joey's

I would NOT want to see AutoHop expanded. Remember people are being paid to enter the skip points manually so expanding AutoHop would add cost to everyone's service whether they used the feature or not. In fact, I'd like to see AutoHop a separate feature you could enable for $$$ and be a savings to the rest of us. I use AutoHop occasionally but I've gotten so used to hitting skip 8-10 times (as required) to skip breaks that it's hardly a necessary feature for me.

As others have said, my biggest wish is for Hopper to simply work properly with all the features Dish has promised.

One thing I would like to see is an expansion of the DVR storage that does not require manual transfers. External storage should simply become an extension to the internal drive and available to DishAnywhere. You should not need to switch between internal and external storage to brows available recordings. If this all works properly, how large the external storage is becomes insignificant since if you want more storage, you simply add more external drives. Storage redundancy is also an important issue. If the receiver or internal drive dies, you should not loose programming. Redundant external drives that mirror what's on other drives (including the internal) would virtually eliminate loss of content on a crash. While not supported, a Raid 1 (mirrored storage) external enclosure works perfectly on Dish receivers. That's sufficient except for the internal which also needs redundancy unless there is a way to instruct the receiver to immediately move recordings to external storage when the recording is finished (or allow recording directly to the external).

 

[.Andy]

Interesting I would of programed it to average where everyone else is skipping and then have it autoskip the next day based on those points. Or I would even volunteer for an hr of week of watching shows and marking.

 

[spoiler1041]

How about restoring the option to set ones time preference for when the Hopper shuts down to check for updates. This was a convenient feature in the VIP boxes but lacking in the Hopper.

A good reason to get the H3. I am so glad i'm done with that.....

 

[WynsWrld98]

Bring back slower fast forwarding speeds PLEASE!

 

[n0qcu]

bring back the ability to prevent switching to the SD channel when they are locked and hidden if the signal is lost.

 

[keckge]

I just want the thing to work also! I'm so tired of everyone in my household complaining.

 

[ekilgus]

A good reason to get the H3. I am so glad i'm done with that.....

So, the H3 allows you some flexibility to set the shutdown time for updates? I didn't know that. I assume that's done with the programming, so it would appear this flexibility is built into that carbon UI. Am I correct?

 

[spoiler1041]

So, the H3 allows you some flexibility to set the shutdown time for updates? I didn't know that. I assume that's done with the programming, so it would appear this flexibility is built into that carbon UI. Am I correct?

The reboot only happens when Dish sends out a new firmware (and it only checks for new firmware when all units are in standby and no recording are happening). The guide download time can not be set but it only happens when all units are in standby mode and no recordings.

 

[larrykenney]

Before adding any more features, they need to fix the features they have now. The H3 is so buggy, you never know what to expect. As I mentioned in another thread, I'm seriously thinking of going back to the HWS. It was a lot more reliable, and I never had a problem with a shortage of tuners, so I liked it a lot more.

 

[nyrfan1]

Remove unwanted over the air channels from the H3. Once they are scanned in they can't be deleted.

+1

 

[nyrfan1]

1) Sports Bar mode or at least PIP on 4K Joey
2) MLB.TV app
3) No more "Off Air" in guide on late night TV that will not let recordings record on Jimmy Kimmel, etc.
4) An OTA tuner module that actually works so that I can get more than one channel when my TV gets every local station
5) A way for bluetooth signal to go a further distance
6) The inclusion of sports channels like YES, SNY and MSG to All Sports Package

After you've scanned, did you try to uncheck those channels you don't want while still in the Scan screen, and then save?

DOES NOT WORK!