First Hopper and Joey Photos posted by engadget
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Indeed; it's snappy and nearly flawless as Scott reported in another thread. You can even select BBMP and get it to do something just about instantly, unlike Team Summit where they tried it on a 922 and it didn't!
Hopefully for the 922 owners out there DISH will give them a good deal to move to the Hopper/Joey system.
I'm hoping as a retailer I can find a way to swap out my 922 for the Hopper as soon as it comes out.
Maybe they'll be able to roll the relevant updates into the 922 at some point...
I'm thinking move my 722 from the LR to the BR, install the 813 w/OTA in the LR and send the trusty 622 back to Charlie.
A new, 3D TV will be added to the LR to take advantage of the 813's capabilities.
C'mon Charlie, I want an 813!
A new, 3D TV will be added to the LR to take advantage of the 813's capabilities.
C'mon Charlie, I want an 813!
Maybe I missed it but I don't recall seeing anywhere that the Joeys had satellite tuners in them. Are they just network clients for the Hoppers or can they independently tune in a satellite channel? What I am concerned about is if there is one Hopper and 3 Joeys in a household, would it still be possible to record one or two programs on the Hopper, and have all 3 Joeys be able to tune in a live program at the same time? This situation would occur frequently in my home.
I'm with you about this one. Also, will Hopper/Joey equip work (or more correctly co-exisit) with other Dish equip?
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No satellite tuners in the Joey clients. If two tuners are being used to record something then that would leave only one tuner left to stream to the three Joey clients. Depending on what that third channel is you might benefit from adding an OTA tuner or enabling PrimeTime Anytime. If not, well the sure fire solution would be to add a second Hopper to the network.
So how much is all this stuff going to cost? I hope it is comparable to gettig a 722K or around there to buy. Not going to do a two year comittment so would be buying myself.
I believe it's been stated that installs should be Hoppers or ViPs. Not both. But how well would they enforce this? Something about different switches, so maybe a mixed setup will require two separate dishes, etc.
There will be its via USB. I confirmed this today.
Perhaps USB will be employed to include future/other functionality in addition to OTA. Caller ID perhaps? Has anyone mentioned EHD? Will the existing recordings on external HD's be accessible with Hopper?
I saw a wiring diagram with the XIP Duo Node included that showed the internet connectivity to this node and not the Hopper. Is this correct? http://www.satelliteguys.us/attachment.php?attachmentid=64899&d=1304659856
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