I wonder how they select the targets. I got it at 2:01 AM the first night it streamed.
The DVR icon is gone. If you are using an activity based remote, like a Harmony, it can ‘learn’ the DVR button from your Dish remote, I actually use a Harmony 700 remote and the initial programming already had a DVR button built in.
My H3 still shows U942 (if memory serves).
I'll wait 'til Dish says I'm good and ready to receive it.....thanks.
When I still had a Hopper Duo, I often used a really old 1.5 remote to control it when I would first turn it on. That remote is handy for quickly checking the software version, since it has a Sys Info button. Of course, this remote is so old that it does not have any DVR function buttons on it. However, if I just wanted to watch a movie without needing to pause it or skip forward, etc. then I would continue to use the 1.5 remote instead of switching remotes. It was handy having access to the main menu with just one push of the Menu button (instead of pressing Home twice to get to the main menu on newer remotes). Then, in the main menu, the DVR icon was right there. Now, it is gone. It is a minor inconvenience, but I can see how it would be annoying to someone who was used to using that icon.
Because the remotes have a DVR Button? (Except for the 1.5, lol)
Dish was good and ready to give it to me...last night around 10:30 PM while I was watching the news. No warning, no nothing...receiver just restarted and gave the standard download screen so I just let it be
Yep, I got it overnight last night as well. Strange, because I'm usually in one of the later waves to get it. Maybe it's been deemed OK for all?
I think the main reason for removing it was to keep from cluttering up the main menu with too many icons. If they leave too many things in the top two rows, then something important may end up getting bumped down to the third row. (Honestly, how many of you were even aware that there is a third row in the main menu? I hardly ever scroll down there. LOL.) Now, if Dish would make it more obvious that you can scroll down for more options (a scroll bar on the right side of the menu, maybe) then they might feel more comfortable with leaving more icons in the main menu. As it is, they seem to want to remove an icon every time they add something new.
Well, this is approximately one week after the new software version was first reported here. So, it seems that Dish is doing software rollouts in at least three waves. My sister always gets the new releases about a week before they get reported here. So, that is the initial "Soak" wave. (She is using a purchased Wally that used to be on a beta tester account, but she is not a beta tester. Apparently, this receiver still gets the benefit of early software updates, though.) Then, the second wave was when the software release was first reported here. This must have been just a limited release to a select group of regular customers. So, anyone who was not included in that second wave had to wait a week for the third wave, which apparently makes it available to everyone who wants it. (Whether you actually want it or not. LOL.)
