Swapping External Hard Drive Between Receivers

[scsttrooper]

If I have an external HDD attached to my Hopper can I pay the $40 and then put it on my Wally with out having to reformat the hard drive? I keep the Wally in my camper and would like to record shows using my Hopper and then watch them when I go camping. If this has already been covered please forgive me. I searched but could not find a post that already covered this. If it is already out there please put a link and I will be happy to read it there.

Thank you.

 

[Bobby]

No, the Wally is a different animal than the Hopper. The Wally would reformat your EHD and you would lose whatever programming you had on it.

 

[scsttrooper]

That sucks! Sure wish that dish would use a standard format for all devices. Oh well.

 

[Bobby]

That sucks! Sure wish that dish would use a standard format for all devices. Oh well.

Keep in mind that a Hopper is a true DVR and has specific software to make it work. The Wally on the other hand is a stand alone receiver that can be made a semi-DVR and has very specific software to make that work. I suppose that Dish could do away with all non DVR receivers but they would certainly go out of business with that decision.

 

[xfoneguy]

Maybe it would work for you to get yourself a "HopperGO" (if you don't already have one) to copy your Hopper programming and bring with. Just a thought...

 

[scsttrooper]

I had read about the HopperGo and forgotten about it. I just ordered one. Thanks for the help and the reminder. That's what makes this a great forum.

 

[kwindrem]

I had read about the HopperGo and forgotten about it. I just ordered one. Thanks for the help and the reminder. That's what makes this a great forum.

Hoper Go will not connect to a TV. I can't remember if the Dish Anywhere apps support AirPlay to Apple TV. In any case I also believe it formats the image for tablets so you'd probably loose significant resolution.

 

[scsttrooper]

It will work well for me. I plan to use it mainly for my children to watch and most of the time they are using a tablet.