Questions about The Hopper?

[navychop]

but the real question is - does the Hooper and Joey combo solve world peace?

There'll be an app for whirled peas.

 

[johnner1999]

for what it is worth I am waiting to get this combo in my home

 

[memo90061]

So if I have 6 TVs would I need two hoppers?

 

[isaacmorseMI]

So if I have 6 TVs would I need two hoppers?

Yes.

 

[hdaddikt]

but the real question is - does the Hooper and Joey combo solve world peace?

Rumors are it will be offered as an option with OTA.

 

[navychop]

Think of the FEE! :haha

 

[jimmizzou]

With installations of Hopper/Joey systems scheduled in less than two weeks, it would seem that Hopper/Joey manuals would have been produced and printed. If a pdf file of the manuals could be made available for viewing, a lot of questions and speculations could be avoided. Could someone help with this? Thanks.

 

[isaacmorseMI]

With installations of Hopper/Joey systems scheduled in less than two weeks, it would seem that Hopper/Joey manuals would have been produced and printed. If a pdf file of the manuals could be made available for viewing, a lot of questions and speculations could be avoided. Could someone help with this? Thanks.

This is the closest I could find to a manual.

 

[KAB]

With installations of Hopper/Joey systems scheduled in less than two weeks, it would seem that Hopper/Joey manuals would have been produced and printed. If a pdf file of the manuals could be made available for viewing, a lot of questions and speculations could be avoided. Could someone help with this? Thanks.

There will be no printed manuals. It will be a menu selection, as it was with the 922.

 

[jimmizzou]

There will be no printed manuals. It will be a menu selection, as it was with the 922.

This is excellent information and very helpful in answering many of my questions. Thanks so very much.

 

[jimmizzou]

This is excellent information and answers many of my questions. Thanks so very much.

 

[stardust3]

This is the closest I could find to a manual.

That looks familiar.

 

[dwarren2]

Your wasting two HDMI outputs. Put the Hoppers in place of the Joeys and you gain PIP and bluetooth functionality at those locations. You still need only one wire to each location. The central piece in a Hopper system is the node and splitters, not the Hopper. Hoppers talk to each other over the coax through the node, no additional connections.

Also wasting an extra $14/mo.

 

[dwarren2]

Assuming that Dish will in fact update the Hoppers to see each other shortly after release, is there any reason to go with a 1 Hopper, 2 Joey setup over a 2 Hopper, 1 Joey setup?

AFAIK, the 2H/1J set up is not an option. Think it's been discussed in other threads.

 

[Jim S.]

What formats will the DLNA client play?

 

[bondfool]

What formats will the DLNA client play?

MP3, MP4, and MKV.

 

[CubsWin]

AFAIK, the 2H/1J set up is not an option. Think it's been discussed in other threads.

From what I gather, that is only speculation based on the 2H/1J setup not being listed on the customer estimate sheet, but nobody really knows for sure.

Even if Dish won't allow a 2H/1J setup up front, what is to stop someone from ordering a 2H/2J setup, then calling back in after everything is installed and saying they want to remove the 2nd Joey?

 

[navychop]

From what I gather, that is only speculation based on the 2H/1J setup not being listed on the customer estimate sheet, but nobody really knows for sure.

Absolutely. We might not even find out until an installer tries to activate such.

I suspect a 2 Hopper install might be allowed, and am more confident that a 2H 1J will be allowed. If they arbitrarily restrict these options, they'll reduce those of us that might move to such a H/J setup. And why would they? We'd pay good money up front for that second Hopper.

 

[CubsWin]

We'd pay good money up front for that second Hopper.

I'm not sure I agree with this part. The customer pays an additional $100 for the 2nd Hopper, but the question really is how much does it cost to manufacture that Hopper vs. a Joey. I would venture to guess that a Hopper costs at least $100 more than a Joey to produce, meaning that Dish benefits more financially from installing a "free" Joey than a $100 Hopper.

 

[JM42]

I'm not sure I agree with this part. The customer pays an additional $100 for the 2nd Hopper, but the question really is how much does it cost to manufacture that Hopper vs. a Joey. I would venture to guess that a Hopper costs at least $100 more than a Joey to produce, meaning that Dish benefits more financially from installing a "free" Joey than a $100 Hopper.

As I've posted before,the limit would be difficult to enforce past the day of install and the extra $100 up front goes a long way towards making the customer "sticky."