My advice is to get a streaming device to stream. I don't what the H3 is like, but trying to stream Netflix on a Wally is a miserable experience.
Any word on Prime TV app for Joeys?
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Are you using Wi-Fi or ethernet for your internet connection to the Wally? I used Wi-Fi on both of my Wally receivers, and had different issues with Netflix on each Wally. That was a couple of years ago, though. This summer and fall, I used the built-in Wi-Fi on my Hopper Duo, and Netflix worked much better than I remembered previously. My sister used ethernet for the connection to her Wally, and Netflix also worked for her with no real issues at all.
A wireless ethernet adapter since the USB ports are being used by the hard drive and OTA adapter. I don't think it's a bandwidth issue, it works but the user interface is laggy when compared to a $50 streaming device.
Same experience for me on the H3. I connected to a hardline, and all of my issues went away. Although I was getting 150 mbps, the WiFi was only picking up 6 mbps, so we eliminated that issue.
A couple of thoughts:
A simple USB hub would allow you to use both the Dish-branded Wi-Fi adapter and the OTA adapter at the same time, on the same Wally USB port that the OTA adapter is currently using. So, that may be one thing to try. However, that is exactly how I had my Wally receivers hooked up when I was having Netflix issues, so that may not help.
As far as the user interface being laggy, there is a little known secret when it comes to the Wally: there are actually two models of Wally. The original ones from 2016 when the Wally first came out tend to be the ones with slow, laggy interface issues. This was especially apparent when trying to play games in the Hopper Arcade app, when the Wally still had that. The newer ones have a different processor chip, which helps eliminate the lag in the interface, for the most part. However, since Dish does not actually publicly acknowledge the difference between these models (branding all of them as simply "Wally") it is really just luck of the draw which model you get, if you get a replacement receiver. So, a replacement Wally may or may not help with slow interface issues.
Is there a way to tell the difference between the 2 Wallys? Everything seems to be working fine, but there are delays when opening the guide, a DVR recording, Netflix loading, etc.
I think it's just limitations of the processing power and memory available. It works fine, just laggy when compared to a streamer.
Interesting, thanks.
When I go into the audio settings of my 4K Joey, this specifically says Dolby Digital Plus may be output. Is it wrong?
I think the statement is generic to the CUI that the 4K Joey uses. Note that it says Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus. It's just a generic CUI slate that is used for the entire Hopper, Joey, Wally series.
I know that the original Wallys came with the white G4 Smart Card. I think the newer ones come with a new generation of Smart Card (G6? I am not sure.) That is the only visible difference that I can tell. I know that I got a replacement for my original Wally earlier this year. The replacement came with the G4 Smart Card, and it still had the 52.0 remote packaged with it in the box. So, that was definitely a like-for-like (original model) Wally replacement.
I don't know of any reason that Amazon might relax the restriction on Dolby Digital for Prime Video. Look at it this way, there is absolutely no business reason for them to do so. Prime Video is is an ancillary add-on to Amazon Prime. 99% of people don't pay for Amazon Prime just to get video. They pay it for next day service, prime sales, Kindle titles plus 20 other benefits. Prime video is just a throw in. So Amazon stands not to lose a single penny to relax the restriction because of the perceived fear that people will drop Prime and cost them money.
So taking the tech out of it and looking at it from a purely business and economic viewpoint, there is no reason at all for them to drop the requirement especially if they can sell you a Fire TV Stick or Cube to get Prime Video, regardless if you are a Dish Sub with a Hopper 3, and make even more money from you.
So taking the tech out of it and looking at it from a purely business and economic viewpoint, there is no reason at all for them to drop the requirement especially if they can sell you a Fire TV Stick or Cube to get Prime Video, regardless if you are a Dish Sub with a Hopper 3, and make even more money from you.
There's a rumor of a Hopper 4 next year - only a rumor. I would imagine a Joey 4 would follow. I would hope so, anyway. Moving forward, anything in that series that Dish develops would be a real waste of time money to NOT support the most current tech, like 4K, HDR, Dolby Digitial +, maybe even Dolby Vision, and Atmos. Not to mention incorporating more and more efficient means of streaming - which to me seems like the real target since so many are moving to streaming and away from conventional Cable and DVR equipment.I already knew that, which is why I was so quick to jump on that bet. Chad is betting that Amazon is suddenly going to change their mind and relax that policy, or that the Joey 3 somehow has Dolby Digital + capabilities that we are so far unaware of.
I tell all my customers when they ask - if you have another way to stream the apps that are on the Hopper, do it. Use the Hopper/Joey, etc apps only as a last resort.
All the Wallys to date still have the 52 Remote. I just put 2 in the other day - out of the box.
I primarily stream solely from the Hopper. But I also do not stream very much. I only switch to the Xbox for Disney+.
That is a shame, since I thought that Dish was trying to make a push to get the new voice remotes out to as many customers as possible, starting when the 54.0 remote came out. So, if Dish still seems to have mostly Wally receivers that came packaged with the old 52.0 remote, then I guess the Wally is not a very popular receiver model. Either that, or Dish over-manufactured the original Wally, and made way too many of them when they first came out.
That's probably why they have such old stock - they really push the Hopper. I bought a Wally a few months back from an RV place and it came with the 54.0. The Wally really is an impressive receiver - especially for the price.
Not a fan of the single power button but otherwise the best remote Dish has ever done.
Friggin' Joeys have the Amazon Prime app now! A Joey is not a "Cadillac."You wanna drive a Cadillac, ya gotta pay for the Cadillac. You can put the Cadillac 'V' on a Chevy but in the end it's still a Chevy!
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