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Because every time I try voice input my wife thinks I'm talking to her and wants me to repeat it. Or she's asleep and I don't want to disturb her... :)
Yep, I understand that. My wife has figured out Siri on her iPhone and asks it questions all the time. I often think she has taken to talking to herself but then I hear Siri answer. :D
 
In many cases the app will make you login again. Since my IPhone has created long passwords it can take several minutes to login. Changing the channel takes 2 seconds. Some people spend a lot of money on coffee, or golf, or bowling for entertainment. I am willing to spend my money for the excellent entertainment that the Dish Hopper3 provides.
Out of curiosity, have you used streaming on a tv connected device such as a Roku, google tv device or Apple TV?

The only time you need to enter the password is at initial setup.


Even on my iPhone I can’t recall having to continually renter passwords among those types of apps.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding ?
 
Out of curiosity, have you used streaming on a tv connected device such as a Roku, google tv device or Apple TV?

The only time you need to enter the password is at initial setup.


Even on my iPhone I can’t recall having to continually renter passwords among those types of apps.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding ?
The only apps I have had to re-enter every few months were the TV Everywhere apps a long time ago, never have to with Netflix, YTTV, Disney+, etc, etc beyond the first time.
 
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How are those 2 clicks any different that keying in channel keys or program guides or how many to search for something that's on-demand?
People should just stick with what works best for them, but that doesn't mean one way is better than the other. It took me a few months to get used to streaming but now, it's as seamless as watching TV. And I don't miss recording because I don't need to save things I can watch whenever I want. That's just me though. The only downside is waiting a day to watch shows like Yellowstone, etc
Never said one way was better than another. I use streaming as well as Dish. One benefit (IMO) to Dish is the ability to look through the guide and see everything available to me in one place. I don't have to scan through Amazon (for example), hoping to find something to catch my eye, oh, don't see anything there, look through Netflix, oh, don't see anything there, go to Disney+, etc, etc, etc.

The main thing keeping me with Dish is live sports. Yes, there are some streaming services that provide those, but the money difference between them and Dish is really not very large ($10-15/month).
 
Just keep one for a month then switch to another next month...its all on demand with streaming..very flexable
Goto streaming for a month just enough time to be a new customer to get the deals and promo's with your past provider. Though DTV is great at giving out promo's and deals. but how long will that last with
TGP running it now???
 
Out of curiosity, have you used streaming on a tv connected device such as a Roku, google tv device or Apple TV?

The only time you need to enter the password is at initial setup.


Even on my iPhone I can’t recall having to continually renter passwords among those types of apps.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding ?

I have a Roku 4, Apple TV, and Amazon Firestick. I don’t watch a lot of streaming with them so most of my watching is on my Hopper3. But the passwords seem to expire monthly on my Roku and Amazon Firestick. The passwords on my Apple TV last the longest. I think the reason they expire is that they what to check that you are still a customer of Dish.
 
I have a Roku 4, Apple TV, and Amazon Firestick. I don’t watch a lot of streaming with them so most of my watching is on my Hopper3. But the passwords seem to expire monthly on my Roku and Amazon Firestick. The passwords on my Apple TV last the longest. I think the reason they expire is that they what to check that you are still a customer of Dish.
Those are TV Everywhere apps, they all expire about every month, no matter who the provider is.

Netflix, Hulu, Disney, YTTV, etc, etc never expire unless you change something.
 
I have a Roku 4, Apple TV, and Amazon Firestick. I don’t watch a lot of streaming with them so most of my watching is on my Hopper3. But the passwords seem to expire monthly on my Roku and Amazon Firestick. The passwords on my Apple TV last the longest. I think the reason they expire is that they what to check that you are still a customer of Dish.
My FireStick passwords never expire.
 
Found this funny, speaking of finding things to watch on streaming services, just seen a Dish Network Commercial about how easy it is using the voice remote to find shows and the lady pressed the button and says Virgin River, which is a show on Netflix.
 
The thing with streaming is, there are two categories; streaming live TV and streaming On-Demand. Most of what I watch is On-Demand and that's what makes it appear that tstreaming is so, well, streamlined for me. For Live TV, I could see that being more of an issue
 
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Found this funny, speaking of finding things to watch on streaming services, just seen a Dish Network Commercial about how easy it is using the voice remote to find shows and the lady pressed the button and says Virgin River, which is a show on Netflix.
There's a Netflix app on the Hoppers, and the listings do come up in a search whether by voice or buttons on the remote. Very convenient...
 
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There's a Netflix app on the Hoppers, and the listings do come up in a search whether by voice or buttons on the remote. Very convenient...
I know, I can do the same on my Roku.
 
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By the time the satellites die, they will probably be able to switch to streaming linear channels live and it will look the same as it does today, just deliver by internet instead of satellite. If they stream live rather than on demand, just one output stream can be picked up by limitless receivers - not a great demand over IP.
And the advantage of trick-play for the LIVE, linear streaming channels that one can NOT perform viewing live, linear streaming channels on a Roku or Amazon Fire, and that is a great frustration watching some good linear TV services via the internet today.
 
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Dish does have backups in sleepy nap mode right now, but the real disaaster is if the all Spot Beam at 110 encounters major problems or dies prematurely. That failure will likely cause a major hit to PQ or WORSE.

However, I do believe, as has always been his way, Charlie has a plan for Dish eventually losing all or not needing as many satellites he does today. Dish is being typically secretive in what has to be a transition in linear TV delivery method, and some of these analysts are either paid mouthpieces or don't know what they are talking about regarding other options in technology to deliver linear TV programming. As if Charlie is is just gonna do nothing and let Dish fall off the cliff. What dope of an analyst. The Hopper+ is a big clue to the future of Dish
 
And the advantage of trick-play for the LIVE, linear streaming channels that one can NOT perform viewing live, linear streaming channels on a Roku or Amazon Fire, and that is a great frustration watching some good linear TV services via the internet today.
The problem with linear services via internet today is that they are treated the same way as on demand services - all data is solely from the source on the internet. If they merely port the data feed from the satellite to the internet and treat it the same way as the satellite feed (have a one hour buffer recorded on the hard drive) subscribers would not even know there had been a source shange. The only caveat to internet vs satellite delivery might be the subscribers bandwidth limit - you might not be able to support the recording of 21 simultaneous data streams but how many actually hit that limit now?

With a new receiver that is capable of both satellite and internet streams to a hard drive buffer instead of directly to your TV display, a satellite service like Dish could all but eliminate rain faid by switching from satellite to internet feed only when the satellite feed was degraded, similar to what thet do now by switching from the HD feed to the SD feed when that happens.
 
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And my Firesticks... So I guess I'm not clear on why finding Virgin River on Netflix was funny to you on a Hopper that also supports streaming.
I don't find it funny as much as calculated. That commercial plants a bug in some potential customer's minds that if they get DISH, they will get Netflix too. Since DISH added the Netflix app to the Hopper, I can't count the number of customers that ask me how to use Netflix thinking it was included with their DISH service.
 

Required Hardware for HD Signal?

What's with the double cast listings?