I believe it would be $17 for the Hopper, and one Joey, including $10 whole DVR charge and $7 joey charge. So $11 more. But you are not just getting HD in another room (and to be fair would still cost you $7 more now - total $13) You are getting the whole house extras, probably an additional tuner when the USB comes out, ability to watch a show pause, and watch in another room, four networks for one tuner etc etc... If you do not care about HD in a second room, nor about the features of the whole house, then it might not make sense for you to get it. My point is, it's not just HD in another room, and if the other features are not worth it certainly for you the Hopper would not be worth it.