Did dish have its keyboard remote out again or is that in the closet with the rest of abandoned ideas?
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Did dish have its keyboard remote out again or is that in the closet with the rest of abandoned ideas?
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I really don't understand why everyone is so upset. It's just an improvement over the current receiver. If you are not impressed with the new features then why be bothered? No one said that anyone needed to upgrade to it.
As for people complaining about the upgrade fees, do you not remember the fees to upgrade to the first hopper when it came out. Not just the hopper either, think back to all new receivers that ever came out. It's always expensive to get the newest equipment.
Sometimes I find the responses here humorous. Everyone knows the history of Dish and what the prices are likely to be but somehow they act shocked. No need to get worked up, nothing earth shattering is happening.
As for people complaining about the upgrade fees, do you not remember the fees to upgrade to the first hopper when it came out. Not just the hopper either, think back to all new receivers that ever came out. It's always expensive to get the newest equipment.
Sometimes I find the responses here humorous. Everyone knows the history of Dish and what the prices are likely to be but somehow they act shocked. No need to get worked up, nothing earth shattering is happening.
I would think that there would be a bit of 4k content become available through streaming online.
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[/QUOTE]Thanks, I think I'll take you advise.[/QUOTE]
Scott
The new rate plan really throws a monkey wrench into my plans and I'm really confused now. Here's what they offered me today: AT250 $69.99 (-$30 for 12 mo) $10 DVR fee for the 2nd Hopper and $7 for 2nd Hopper. That's $56.99 for 1st 12 mo plus $99 for 2nd Hopper and they're offering the sling advantage for free. Can you give me any help with the following questions?
1. Do I wait and risk a substantial price increse that would wipe out any savings I could realize if I signed up before the 17th?
2. Would they even allow me to get a 2nd Hopper after the 17th and if so which model would it be and for what price?
3. If I had to get 2 different models would they even be able to "talk" to each other?
Thanks for you help
Hopper 2000 and Hopper with Sling will work fine together in the same installation and connected to the same node.
I remember last year how excited I was about the Hopper and all the features...this year I was excited but so far I am not excited about anything I have heard...while the new hopper 2013 sounds neat...I am just not that excited...I hope there is some surprises they have not announced yet but I am guessing I am wrong...
Regardless thanks to everyone for the updates and giving us the 411
Regardless thanks to everyone for the updates and giving us the 411
I got two hoppers 3 joeys a month ago. Cost me $50..x2...and dish gave me credits...making it free
Thought I posted this earlier....But..Via a Ces video from 8 months ago on scotts youtube...When will the orignial hopper be able to tag certin parts of a dvr recording...or have the keyboard on the other side of the remote. The nice facebook app as well..was awesome in that video. Those are all hopper 1....when we gonna see some of that??? )
EXACTLY ! Also Apple pulls this same routine every year with their newest I-phone crap.
Those were just concepts at the time. I haven't heard anything about them ever coming available yet. If they don't talk about it at CES then we may have to wait until May for Team Summit.
they should have continued to focus on the original hopper with improvements and reliability making it the ultimate media center. Why not make it like the smart hub on smart tvs, hundreds of apps and an internet browser, the keyboard remote, etc. The app selection sucks. No youtube, amazon, hulu plus, slacker radio, not even blockbuster on demand which they own. It could be an awesome piece of equipment, not just a great piece.
Blockbuster on demand? Blockbuster on demand directly through blockbuster is basically a pay per view ordering system. The Hopper has a BB@Home on demand section with content from the channels included in the BB@Home package. Other movies like new releases and some older titles are available through the Blockbuster On Demand app but those same movies are available for order on the Hopper via On Demand or Pay Per View or VOD Ch.1/501.
Blockbuster On Demand, PPV channels, VOD channels, BB@Home On Demand.... talk about a cluster**** 
they could improve upon it where you could access your blockbuster by mail queue to add titles and such right on your tv. Your watching tv and see a trailer for a movie that looks interesting then you could just instantly add it to the queue. Also the movies on blockbuster on demand are cheaper. I think its only $4.99 for new release HD movies and it also gives you the option to purchase for those who are interested. Just ideas.
