If I recall, Scott mentioned that Dish was looking into a 6 tuner "Hopper" box in the future if the demand is there. That would be an ideal solution at least for me.
Hopper - will 3 tuners be enough?
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Dish has a homerun with the Hopper in having three tuners, Primetime anytime, and the ability to attach a second Hopper and share all the content with HD to all receivers. Let's hope they do not strike out with the cost/fees of the second Hopper.
Are you sure? I seem to recall that statement too. Today, two Hoppers. If demand warrants in the future, a 6 tuner single Hopper.
Yes, I'm pretty sure. Scott, correct me if I am wrong. I think one of your statements was taken out of context.
that is exactly what Scott said.
In the future based on the demand for a second hopper, Dish could conceivably make a single hopper with six tuners.
Of course you can't read into any of that since the current two hopper solution could very well work for most customers, but it might be a way for dish to stay competitive, cut costs and cut receiver count further down the road.
I don't see anywhere that suggests that the most you can have is 3 tuners.. If you need more tuners, you can get another hopper, right?
yes. each hopper has three tuners and you can have two hoppers total which gives you six satellite tuners total.
I said it before that they should of just made a satellite module( similar to the dual ota tuner the 722k has) that could be added for another three sat tuners like the hopper already has. Then if you wanted more than 3 sat tuners , and you did NOT want to pay another additional receiver FEE, you could just plug it in and it would split to three sat tuners like the hopper does now. It would make more sense than coming out with ANOTHER RECEIVER later on that does 6 tuners. I had thought that with the introduction of the ota dual tuner module for the 722k that they were thinking along these lines for future upgrades. Modules you could add as needed ,rather than another new receiver each and every time a new feature is added.
I cant participate with the poll as i am on my phone, but i cansay for most of the customers I install, 3 is enough. 2-3 rooms is abot normal install. I get 4 rooms or more about 15 percent ofthe time. And as far as dvr or hd in all rooms. 90 percent dont even need/want it.
I think it's suppose to be "mums the word" on the Hopper with 6 tuners. Could be possible since it sounds like tuners come as three or six from what I hear.
I have been thinking this for years. They need to make the receivers upgradable. They probably figure technology changes so much that they would want to make other changes as well to the receiver making it not worth the hassle. In this case, with needing to add more satellite tuners, it would make great sense to do that.
As my other posts I have made all DISH needs is 4 satellite tuners,when combined with PTAT and the MT2 it would be 6 or 10 with PTAT
(4SAT+2OTA).DISH could name this beast Thumper because it will beat the crap out of any thing on the market available today.
(4SAT+2OTA).DISH could name this beast Thumper because it will beat the crap out of any thing on the market available today.
That's what I keep thinking. If the Hopper isn't going to be enough how are you all getting my now? Dish is making an improvement but it still isn't enough. I know that if Dish made a 4 tuner receiver it still wouldn't be enough and people would complain. Never fails.
I have 3 722K's with OTA adapters, and EHD's. I think 6 tuners will suffice as PTAT covers most of my conflicts.
