Hopper & Joey in Canada

[Dish416]

Does anyone here reside in Canada and have the Hopper / Joey setup?
Just wondering if anyone has it and is worth upgrading to. Been with the 722k setup for the past 10 yrs!!

 

[navigates]

Does anyone here reside in Canada and have the Hopper / Joey setup?
Just wondering if anyone has it and is worth upgrading to. Been with the 722k setup for the past 10 yrs!!

barring the question on the location, the hopper and super joey makes more sense over the 722k as you get a total of 5 tuners. The interface is better and 5 tuners is a huge plus. With the hopper and the regular joey, you get 3 tuners and the upgraded UI which imo is much better than the 722k.

 

[The Fat Man]

I knew that Bell Vue used EchoStar equipment, but wasn't aware that they use the Hopper.

 

[ChadT41]

barring the question on the location, the hopper and super joey makes more sense over the 722k as you get a total of 5 tuners. The interface is better and 5 tuners is a huge plus. With the hopper and the regular joey, you get 3 tuners and the upgraded UI which imo is much better than the 722k.

I hold off on mentioning the Hopper UI currently, because we are so close to a new UI, that it may confuse some customers in the upcoming months.

 

[navigates]

I hold off on mentioning the Hopper UI currently, because we are so close to a new UI, that it may confuse some customers in the upcoming months.

Is there another UI? Do we have to upgrade the equipment again from the hopper/joey. Is there a preview of the new UI? I guess its going to be a black theme to incorporate 4k style templates.

 

[Jim5506]

Dish demonstrated a new UI for Hopper at the last CES - supposed to be ready this summer.

 

[raysmith]

Dish demonstrated a new UI for Hopper at the last CES - supposed to be ready this summer.

This thread has a link to a video demonstration of the new UI:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/new-dish-hopper-ui-video-demo.345827/

 

[ChadT41]

It is a software update, so no, you will not have to upgrade again. The 4k Joey is a seperate physical component, so for that you would need to upgrade.