Great because I want the wired version.4K Joey. I have 2 of them and don’t even have a 4K TV. I fibbed to the person that processed my order. I got them purely for the speed.. and now they have Netflix!They aren’t wireless tho.. they are hooked up with coaxial. There is a wireless Joey but to my knowledge aren’t 4K.
DirecTV to Dish?
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They aren’t wireless tho.. they are hooked up with coaxial. There is a wireless Joey but to my knowledge aren’t 4K.
The only thing to keep in mind is that they did charge me I believe 50 bucks per 4K Joey... while the regular ones were free up front. Perhaps they can waive something if you’re good at negotiating but YMMV. In my opinion, well worth the fee.
Dish installed today and went pretty smooth overall. At this point picture quality looks pretty good. I'm not able to tell a difference from DirecTV. Started setting up all my timers, which I have a question about. When setting them up, I select DVR as the type. Then when I go to DVR and then Timers to see them all, the type says Seek. I do not see Seek mentioned anywhere in any guides. What does Seek mean?
On one of the timers it is set to keep only 5 episodes. There are many rerun episodes of this show, but chose to only keep 5 at the most. But when I go DVR and then Schedule, it shows it shows many episodes to be recorded. I'm assuming once there is 5 recorded, it will not record any more. Or does this mean it will record this show every time it is showing, and then delete the oldest one? If it does this, it would mean the box would be constantly recording, which means a lot of reading and writing to the hard drive? Exactly how does it work.
On one of the timers it is set to keep only 5 episodes. There are many rerun episodes of this show, but chose to only keep 5 at the most. But when I go DVR and then Schedule, it shows it shows many episodes to be recorded. I'm assuming once there is 5 recorded, it will not record any more. Or does this mean it will record this show every time it is showing, and then delete the oldest one? If it does this, it would mean the box would be constantly recording, which means a lot of reading and writing to the hard drive? Exactly how does it work.
As others said, it’ll keep recording and keep the most recent 5.
As far as seek vs DVR, seek will record that show on all channels.. DVR will only record on 1 channel. You’ll get seek if you search for a show and click “record series” on the screen. You’ll get DVR if you search for a program and switch to the episodes tab and select an episode to record either the series or individual program. You’ll also get DVR if you select a show from the guide. So in my experience, the DVR or seek is determined by the hopper depending on how you find a program.
Thank you very much for that. I'll need to go to the episodes tab first. Now to redo them. Very helpful. Thank You!
I have my timers set to only record new programs in all but a few cases, a couple of programs which I'm trying to get caught up on. I've bumped those up to record 15 or more episodes, Even those I have set to only record new episodes I have set for more than the default 5 episodes, Just in case we get busy and don't get to them immediately. And there are a couple of programs I like that my wife doesn't. I sometimes have ten or more episodes recorded, until she is gone on a business trip or to see our kids. Before anyone jumps to conclusions about what I'm watching, I like The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, and she wouldn't be caught dead watching them. I've got four episodes waiting for me now, and the way the schedule looks, I'll have at least six stockpiled before I have a chance to watch them. 
“I like The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead, and she wouldn’t be caught dead watching them.”. I see what you did there!
No, the standard is a Joey 2. You have to specifically request a 4K Joey and there may be an extra charge for that.
My issue is with the way the recordings work when telling it to only keep 5 or 10 episodes. My wife likes Law & Order. She watches those almost every night right before going to bed. I have it set to record new and reruns, but they are all reruns. Law & Order is on several channels and is probably on all day between the different channels. I want it to record 5, and then stop recording until she watches one, and then it would record another since there are not 5 recorded in the folder. What it is currently doing is constantly recording. It keeps recording and then deleting the oldest one. That is using a lot of unnecessary processing power and wear and tear on the hard drive. Any way to fix this? When I go to edit the Timer, under the Record option, there is Daily, Weekly, and Monday-Friday. Would it be better to select one of those? What exactly do those mean?
Another bigger issue is that my guide only shows the current program and maybe the next, and it's like this on all the channels. It almost been 24 hours now so figured it would have been all updated by now. Any way to get it updated?
Thanks
Another bigger issue is that my guide only shows the current program and maybe the next, and it's like this on all the channels. It almost been 24 hours now so figured it would have been all updated by now. Any way to get it updated?
Thanks
You can set your DVR timer default to keep ALL programs, so none will be knocked out. Menu/Settings/DVR timer default....option is at bottom of screen. How many episodes to record and when is totally up to you.
24 hours is NOT enough time for the Hopper to cook. It can take up to 72 hrs. Be patient!
I have 190 hr long episodes of an old show that I recorded OTA (more data recorded than from compressed sat channels) I have a ton of movies and several other series recorded and my HDD is only 57% full.
If it's recording all the time then it won't get the full guide update. The Hopper and all Joeys have to be turned off (in standby) and no recordings scheduled in order for the guide to download.
