Did Dish fix their OTA Dual Tuner overheating problems?

[Bobby]

Will the current Dish and AirTV OTA adapters work when ATSC 3.0 takes effect?

No

Actually it will, for a period of time. When ATSC 3.0 takes effect those stations that elect to use it must maintain a second signal with ATSC 1 along with ATSC 3.0. for at least 5 years.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Actually it will, for a period of time. When ATSC 3.0 takes effect those stations that elect to use it must maintain a second signal with ATSC 1 along with ATSC 3.0. for at least 5 years.

What I meant was, the current adapters will NOT tune a 3.0 station, which is correct.

 

[Jim5506]

Be sure to buy an ATSC 3.0 antenna!

 

[comfortably_numb]

Be sure to buy an ATSC 3.0 antenna!

One that receives up to 150 miles, too!!

 

[Jim5506]

One that receives up to 150 miles, too!!

Doesn't ATSC 3.0 go 3X farther than ATSC 1.0?

 

[comfortably_numb]

Doesn't ATSC 3.0 go 3X farther than ATSC 1.0?

Supposedly. I haven't seen any real world data yet, though.

 

[TheKrell]

Recall that I don't sub to locals via satellite. But thanks to y'all, I was able to turn on PTAT (which doesn't work to record all the satellite locals at once since I have none) but does enable autohop. All my copies of the Orville now allow autohop, including those recorded before I turned on PTAT! I was playing around with the 2-hr Timeless wrapup last night, and it too has autohop enabled. How about that? It's retroactive.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Recall that I don't sub to locals via satellite. But thanks to y'all, I was able to turn on PTAT (which doesn't work to record all the satellite locals at once since I have none) but does enable autohop. All my copies of the Orville now allow autohop, including those recorded before I turned on PTAT! I was playing around with the 2-hr Timeless wrapup last night, and it too has autohop enabled. How about that? It's retroactive.

Sure that the time machine wasn’t involved?

 

[TheKrell]

Sure that the time machine wasn’t involved?

Sure. The 2hr Timeless series finale happened on Dec 20th, 2018. I didn't turn on PTAT until... Until... Forget but I'm pretty sure it was months into this year.

 

[Joe james]

Hi, I am looking for the Dish OTA Dual Tuner and wondering if Dish has fixed the overheating problems and premature failure problems of these tuners. If there is a new version that fixed these problems? If they have a new version how do you identify it and what is the part number?

Thanks

I was wondering about this OTA adapter. Mine is red hot and my channels go out. I am pissed that an antenna that they installed now I have to pay for a new adapter cause they updated the hopper 3 software? Is there any class action litigation going on pertaining to this? I'm sick of losing local channel due to contract negotiations is the reason I had this installed to begin with.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The single tuner has always run hot. They didn’t update the software to make it run hotter.

One of the reasons they stopped selling the single tuner was because of this issue.

They did add software support for the new dual tuner OTA adapter which runs much cooler.

Both tuners were made by other companies and not by dish.

I am very happy with the new dual tuner adapter, it runs great for me and I gain another tuner, giving me 18 tuners to record from. Your not going to find that anyplace else.


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[Voyager6]

Have to agree with Scott. The AirTV dual tuner adapter works great and is a great value. I have two of them.

 

[Joe james]

Have to agree with Scott. The AirTV dual tuner adapter works great and is a great value. I have two of them.

I have a friend that work for dish. He said back awhile a ago dish was able to turn off all dvr and regular receivers from using a external hard. Unless you paid a certain fee you could use a certain external hard. He said a code would be added on the account so they can do this.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I have a friend that work for dish. He said back awhile a ago dish was able to turn off all dvr and regular receivers from using a external hard. Unless you paid a certain fee you could use a certain external hard. He said a code would be added on the account so they can do this.

Been that way for years. EHD fee is $40.

 

[JSheridan]

I have a friend that work for dish. He said back awhile a ago dish was able to turn off all dvr and regular receivers from using a external hard. Unless you paid a certain fee you could use a certain external hard. He said a code would be added on the account so they can do this.

The $40 fee is only if you want to add an EHD to a regular receiver like a 211K or a Wally. With real DVR's like Hoppers there is no one time DVR fee, it's all included in the monthly receiver fee including adding EHD's.

 

[Mark609]

I have an AirTV and DISH dual, they both run hot but not excessively so. I assume there's an issue where electricity is being inefficiently converted into heat. Comments on Amazon are that some folks have to use a fan for cooling.

 

[thomasjk]

At one time several years ago Dish did charge the fee to add an EHD on all receivers. I know. I paid the fee then.

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[Jim5506]

I have used a EHD ever since they have been available. The only one I had to pay a fee for was the one time per account $40 fee for my old 211/211k. Never been a fee on any of my DVR receivers for EHD.

 

[thomasjk]

I don't know how long Dish charged the fee but they did drop it after a time.

 

[Bobby]

I do know that, in the very beginning, there was a fee to add an EHD to my 722. I didn't pay it. It wasn't long though that the fee for that went away and I added a WD to it. That same WD has backed up my 722, my Hopper 1, and finally my Hopper 3.