any chance for a new dual tuner ota dongle?

[Cypresstree]

It used to be part of the package and was part of their advertising, "our packages include locals and HD free for life". Then they decided to split out the locals so now you have a charge for the package (Top 200 in my case) along with $12 for locals. Package price didn't go down when the locals were split out. My plan is to drop locals.

Dish got tired of absorbing the cost for these out of control retrans agreements???


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[Bobby]

It used to be part of the package and was part of their advertising, "our packages include locals and HD free for life". Then they decided to split out the locals so now you have a charge for the package (Top 200 in my case) along with $12 for locals. Package price didn't go down when the locals were split out. My plan is to drop locals.

What actually happened was this: Dish added the $12 locals and then reduced the regular packages $7 leaving an actual increase in your billing of $5, which is a normal annual increase. You can't get hung up on the $12 increase without looking at the bottom line increase of $5.

 

[dare2be]

It used to be part of the package and was part of their advertising, "our packages include locals and HD free for life". Then they decided to split out the locals so now you have a charge for the package (Top 200 in my case) along with $12 for locals. Package price didn't go down when the locals were split out. My plan is to drop locals.

Locals being split out occurred at the time of an annual price increase. But overall, the price of a package without locals after the increase was lower than the package price with locals before the increase

 

[bf3000]

Before I order this (which I probably will anyway...I'm an engineer and have to see things for myself), will this solve the glitching problem that has been ongoing with the Joeys? I currently have the old single OTA adapter, and the OTA is unwatchable on the Joeys (mostly good on the Hopper 3).

 

[Peter Parker]

Bot to get back to the subjectof OTA dongles. I ordered the ISr TV dual tuner one and will report in how it compares to my single tuner DISH version when used on an HWS>

 

[CubsWin]

Before I order this (which I probably will anyway...I'm an engineer and have to see things for myself), will this solve the glitching problem that has been ongoing with the Joeys? I currently have the old single OTA adapter, and the OTA is unwatchable on the Joeys (mostly good on the Hopper 3).

Unlikely. That is a software problem.

 

[dare2be]

Unlikely. That is a software problem.

Firmware on the dongle is software, too. So there is a chance that the software problem could reside on the dongle.

 

[JSheridan]

Firmware on the dongle is software, too. So there is a chance that the software problem could reside on the dongle.

And the drivers, etc. in the Hopper software are different for the different model dongles.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Anxiously awaiting any Wally tests with the AirTV white dual dongle

 

[navychop]

SO- What are the chances Dish will change the software to no longer work with the AirTV dongle?


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[ibanez_ax]

If I drop locals, will I still get guide information using the dongle? I do with local CW, KERA PBS HD, local subchannels, and those are not part of my local Dish package, so I'm wondering about CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX.

 

[Foxbat]

SatelliteGuys saves me money once more! Of course, I wouldn't have bought this if I hadn't read about it here...

SO- What are the chances Dish will change the software to no longer work with the AirTV dongle?

Now that I bought one, I'd say the odds have increased significantly!!!

 

[dare2be]

SO- What are the chances Dish will change the software to no longer work with the AirTV dongle?

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102%

 

[dare2be]

If I drop locals, will I still get guide information using the dongle? I do with local CW, KERA PBS HD, local subchannels, and those are not part of my local Dish package, so I'm wondering about CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX.

Yes

 

[ibanez_ax]

Yes

Thanks, that's $12 a month I can use for something else.

 

[Foxbat]

You lose Primetime Anytime, of course...

 

[Bobby]

Of course if you have a Hopper 3, PTAT really doesn’t matter except for HDD space...

 

[ibanez_ax]

You lose Primetime Anytime, of course...

I don't use it.

 

[pattykay]

SO- What are the chances Dish will change the software to no longer work with the AirTV dongle?

Well, if they do that, they had better not screw up my Lark dongle by mistake!

 

[Voyager6]

Maybe voyager6 has a Wally. He got his AirTV adapter today and is going to test it tonite.

I have two HWS. The AirTV adapter works as previously noted and works well. Channel scans had similar results to the Dish adapter but I did notice a slight increase in signal strength on some of the weaker channels. Too soon to tell if it is the AirTV adapter or just atmospherics last night. I'll keep monitoring.