SatelliteGuys First Look - Hopper 4! (April fools!)

[DJ Lon]

Click bait. Shame on you!

 

[long_time_DNC]

Well, I bit on that one!

 

[pattykay]

I am happy that Dish keeps innovating and improving their products while the other company has nothing new in the pipeline and just keeps recycling old equipment.

That reminds me, I have a closet full of old Directv receivers that I should probably recycle.

 

[pattykay]

And it has a red recording light.

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No, when the eyes glow red, that means they are about to shoot lasers at you! Look out!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Hmmmm...let me check the date.


Good one!

It's been awhile since we have done one.

This one popped in my head yesterday and I went with it.

 

[Howard Simmons]

Indeed. There are a few things in the pipeline which I can’t talk about. But it will be awhile before they are available to customers.

I am happy that Dish keeps innovating and improving their products while the other company has nothing new in the pipeline and just keeps recycling old equipment.


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Another April fools joke, Scott you're just full of them today.

 

[Howard Simmons]

And it has a red recording light.

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[TheKrell]

Sadly, there is no Hopper 4 in the works, but there IS a Joey 4 coming

Is it going to be 4K?

 

[pattykay]

Is it going to be 4K?

A non-4K Joey 4 would get to be very confusing. Having said that, I can see Dish doing exactly that.

 

[Foxbat]

Is it going to be 4K?

Forget 4K (already exists), will it be 4K UHD HDR FBQ DBX DDV?

 

[TheKrell]

Forget 4K (already exists), will it be 4K UHD HDR FBQ DBX DDV?

Can you translate those last 3 acronyms for the uninitiated?

 

[pattykay]

Full Beta Quality
Digital Broadcast Xtreme
Dolby Double Vision

 

[Foxbat]

Can you translate those last 3 acronyms for the uninitiated?

I’m sticking with crodrules definitions!

 

[DWS44]

...and you can check the charge on your Voltswagen.

All the SatGuys Tesla Fanboys would reVolt!

 

[HipKat]

Is it going to be 4K?

I don't know much about it, unfortunately, but I do know one of the things Scott can't mention and everyone will be blown away by it - if it works right lol

 

[Altitudinous]

everyone will be blown away by it - if it works right lol

I heard that what's coming is a dish that tracks both Dish and Starlink satellites to solve a few of the rural problems with one device and vendor. A rebooted DishNet, to be branded "Starry Starry Net".

 

[pattykay]

I don't know much about it, unfortunately, but I do know one of the things Scott can't mention and everyone will be blown away by it - if it works right lol

PTAT on Hopper Duo!

Or for a more serious guess, AutoHop on more channels besides just the big four networks. Hence the "with More Hop" in the original post.

 

[HipKat]

PTAT on Hopper Duo!

Or for a more serious guess, AutoHop on more channels besides just the big four networks. Hence the "with More Hop" in the original post.

I'll only say one thing; it does not exist on any single receiver DIsh has currently so all those guesses for enhanced features that exist now are going to be wrong.

 

[Altitudinous]

it does not exist on any single receiver DIsh has currently

As I previously predicted...256 tuners. It's the only way...16 currently on H3...16 squared is 256. Boom. However, to balance things out, I heard that they couldn't find anybody to recode the list of supported internal hard drives, so the ST2000VM3 2TB drive will still be "all there is, and there ain't no more". So it's only partially true that "it" does not exist on any receiver currently.

 

[pattykay]

I'll only say one thing; it does not exist on any single receiver DIsh has currently so all those guesses for enhanced features that exist now are going to be wrong.

It will give us the ability to change the channel displayed in the video window in the guide without exiting the guide to change channels. You didn't say it is a feature that does not exist on Directv receivers. They have had this ability for a long time.