Questions about The Hopper?

[sparc]

A couple of quick questions.

1) How is the Joey connected to the Hopper?
2) Any idea of the upgrade cost from currently having a single 722K

thanks
Bruce

1) Hopper Installation Training Materials and DISH HOPPER SPEC SHEETS for wiring diagrams
2) New and Existing customer prices

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Well folks woke up this morning with no answers in my inbox. I did talk with them yesterday and they are swamped...

I did hear a rumor that Hopper and Joey will be getting a software update tomorrow... they are working hard to get this thing out the door.

Again sorry for the delay in getting the answers you desire!

 

[stimpson]

Well folks woke up this morning with no answers in my inbox. I did talk with them yesterday and they are swamped...

I did hear a rumor that Hopper and Joey will be getting a software update tomorrow... they are working hard to get this thing out the door.

Again sorry for the delay in getting the answers you desire!

Did they say what the update was for?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I am guessing to fix issues that still exist in the beta software.

 

[harshness]

I have about 1 cognizant thought per month.

Next month's thought will be that the term you probably wanted to use is coherent.

 

[rjruby]

Will the OTA module be capable of tuning in two digital off air signals as the OTA module does for the 722k?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Will the OTA module be capable of tuning in two digital off air signals as the OTA module does for the 722k?

Unknown. They havent even really started looking at the OTA stuff yet, they want to get the initial product out the door first.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Maybe P Smith can let us know when S201 for the Hopper and S253 for the Joey starts spooling. (Which could be TODAY!)

 

[gdodd12]

So it seems pricing is announced. I have three HD tvs. I would be able to watch live tv on all three with 1 hopper and 2 joeys, yes? And that would give me monthly fees of $14 for the joey's and $10 for the hopper? And no more DVR fee?

 

[dare2be]

The $10 for the Hopper includes the $6 DVR fee + $4 whole-home fee. A 2nd hopper would be $7, just like the joeys.

 

[Smith P.]

I am guessing to fix issues that still exist in the beta software.

Too late to accept such excuse.

Production FW S2.00 [XiP813] and S2.52 [XiP110] are begin spooling almost a month ago.

 

[Smith P.]

Maybe P Smith can let us know when S201 for the Hopper and S253 for the Joey starts spooling. (Which could be TODAY!)

May be better ask BobaBird or check his EKB pages.

 

[gdodd12]

The $10 for the Hopper includes the $6 DVR fee + $4 whole-home fee. A 2nd hopper would be $7, just like the joeys.

But for 3 HD tvs for viewing live tv I just need one hopper and 2 joeys, right? I don't need a second hopper.

 

[rdinkel]

Right

 

[morgan42]

So what's this; a Joey can not see an EHD connected to it's Hopper???? Well that will be disappointing, if true.

 

[sparc]

So what's this; a Joey can not see an EHD connected to it's Hopper???? Well that will be disappointing, if true.

don't think that's true as the hopper is serving all the content for the joey.

Perhaps you've mistaken this with the information that the EHD can only be plugged into the hopper at this time?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Too late to accept such excuse.

Production FW S2.00 [XiP813] and S2.52 [XiP110] are begin spooling almost a month ago.

No its still beta software until the units are RELEASED. That is when it stops being beta.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

May be better ask BobaBird or check his EKB pages.

I keep forgetting we host the EKB. So thanks for sending us more traffic.

 

[rednert]

Can a Joey be moved say from your bedroom to outside on your patio if you wire for it?

 

[sparc]

Can a Joey be moved say from your bedroom to outside on your patio if you wire for it?

as long as wiring goes back to the same node and you swap the connections, then it should work.

It's really no different than moving the joey to a different room if the wiring is all set up.