DISH 2016 CES Press Event

People insist that the 722 has better PQ than the 622, the 722k has better PQ than the 722, and the Hopper has better than the 722k. To a large degree, it's nothing more than a placebo effect - they want there to be a difference, so they are certain they see one (even if they don't).

People spend $100 on fancy HDMI cables and are absolutely certain they can see an improved picture too.
I use the cables that come with item hopper or Joey if it breaks I call dish they send me a new one. LoL I don't see any reason to pay for one. Actually I don't think I have ever needed to call I have a box of brand new ones from all the swap outs they have done over the years.
 
Very interesting news and honestly the first time that I've seriously considered moving to a Hopper of any form. With that thought in mind, I do have some questions regarding the Hopper 3 that may or may not be answerable at this time.

- The present setup in the house is as follows: One (1) 722k dvr, one (1) 622 dvr receiver, and two (2) 612 dvr receivers. Oh, and one Slingbox HD hooked up to one of the 612's.

With only four televisions in the house I will be more than fine with the 16 tuners on the Hopper 3. However, I do love to use the side-by-side feature on my 722 and 622 receivers. I imagine that I will be able to continue to do such on the TV on which the Hopper 3 is connected. I believe I would have been able to do so on the previous Hopper using a Super Joey. Earlier Scott said that the SJ is not usable with the Hopper 3, so that's not an option.

So... is there a way to watch two tuners side-by-side on a television that is not connected directely to the Hopper 3, i.e. connected with some form of Joey 4k?

- The present 722k has an add-on OTA module that actually supports two OTA tuners. I really like having that option. Earlier Scott mentioned that the Hopper 3 will only support one OTA tuner. Does that mean that the OTA module from the 722 can't be integrated into the Hopper 3? If so, boooo! :)

Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide the infomation I am seeking. It's much appreciated.
 
I use the cables that come with item hopper or Joey if it breaks I call dish they send me a new one. LoL I don't see any reason to pay for one. Actually I don't think I have ever needed to call I have a box of brand new ones from all the swap outs they have done over the years.
Parts Express is 20 minutes from my home or 2 minutes from my work. I get 6' HDMI cables there all the time and they cost a few $ each.
 
Parts Express is 20 minutes from my home or 2 minutes from my work. I get 6' HDMI cables there all the time and they cost a few $ each.
Nope I refuse to pay for them. I pay enough for my tv service they can supply my cables. Plus every six months or so send me a new remote for the heck of it. I like the feeling of a new remote.
 
However, I do love to use the side-by-side feature on my 722 and 622 receivers. I imagine that I will be able to continue to do such on the TV on which the Hopper 3 is connected.

So... is there a way to watch two tuners side-by-side on a television that is not connected directely to the Hopper 3, i.e. connected with some form of Joey 4k?

You may be able to do this with the new 4K Joeys...Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they are supposed to be capable of PIP.
 
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Newbie question here - I have a Hooper with Sling, 1 Super Joey and 2 Joeys installed in my house. I had this installed last January. If I were to upgrade to the Hopper 3 would I be looking at any additional lines needing to enter the house? I currently have 2 coax cables that go inside the house to a hub area and then they split off from there to their locations.
You will not need any more cabling than what you already have. There is only one cable from the dish to the hub, which would be located at your hub area. From there you have one cable each to your receivers. Your Super Joey will have to be replaced by a Joey.
 
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If you have no knowledge of the Hopper system it is completely different than what you are use to. You may want to look back at some older Hopper threads on here when it was fully explained otherwise someone will explain it shortly.

I would but I'm on my phone at the moment.
 
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Your 622 has a fixed tv1 and tv2 tuner that remain tv1 and tv2 as you go. The hopper uses floating tuners that assign themselves to recordings and tvs as they are turned on, and are given up when turned off or taken over by another tv. Being 16 tuners, I would assume that there won't be too many tuners being taken over and changing.
 
Two questions if I upgrade my two HWS to Hopper 3 and a Joey:

Will the Joey have PIP?
Will the Joey support Bluetooth headphones?
 
what i heard that the 4k joey will have bluettooth built in so you can listen to your bluetooth headphones.i just hope the new hopper 3 has it also.
 
16 tuners WoW that nice but it all ready a BIG useless paper weight as the spec don't show any listing for HDMI 1.x, And sad part is the new Dish Hopper 4k along with Joey 4k you need all new a TV or Monitor that support 4k and has to have HDMI 2.x port and I wouldn't be at all surprise if some of premium channels will req HDPC 2.2 support in order for them to work.
To me this going to be a big failure unless you got income to burn on all gear.

Well you could go to DIRECTV or Comcast for your 4K... no wait you can't as they all require the same specs as the programmers specified the requirements for them to be able to offer 4K.
 
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I wonder I know how you guys are about rules and such....................but has anyone ever tried putting a larger drive in the thing?
I am told that with the Hopper 3 it will only accept certain model drives.

If you need more storage use an external hard drive.
 

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