Technical questions for DISH

[osu1991]

You got to do what you got to do. This was something I asked about yesterday and again no changes are going to be made.

Thanks for asking. I knew what the answer was going to be.

 

[foghorn2]

Thats a choice you will have to make. There will be no changes and is exactly the way other providers work as well.

Wrong, all the providers here in Vegas have accurate guide data, including DTV. Dish is the ONLY one with major issues.

 

[Hall]

You got to do what you got to do. This was something I asked about yesterday and again no changes are going to be made.

Does that apply to the guides showing either "Digital Service" or the station's call-signs as well ?

 

[foghorn2]

Such an em BARE ASS ment for dish for lackluster press releases touting stuff most don't care about and yet cant fix simple issues with current equipment.

Sure we get a tunein radio app, but cant even see what you are tuned in on the TV.

Sad really.

 

[Yespage]

Technical enough? Can't tell.

HBO Go will be going online as its own service in '15. Is there any telling if SlingTV may be involved with grabbing HBO Go and other a la carte premium offerings in the future?

 

[patmurphey]

I noticed the new interface guide shows 2 1/2 hours. Are the breaking the guide 3 hour skip feature?

 

[sam_gordon]

Have never seen such.

And that means they don't exist? I've seen it repeatedly, but not constantly, and for multiple networks. Maybe because I watch more live TV instead of skipping over commercials?

 

[KAB]

And that means they don't exist? I've seen it repeatedly, but not constantly, and for multiple networks. Maybe because I watch more live TV instead of skipping over commercials?

No, Sam, I'm saying I have not seen what you are talking about. Is that clear now?

 

[sam_gordon]

No, Sam, I'm saying I have to seen what you are talking about. Is that clear now?

Sorry, I seriously wasn't trying to be argumentative, that's why I put in the smilie. I honestly meant no snark in my response (hard to read inflection in the written word).

 

[KAB]

Sorry, I seriously wasn't trying to be argumentative, that's why I put in the smilie. I honestly meant no snark in my response (hard to read inflection in the written word).

That is very true. Sorry if I was overly defensive.

 

[gpflepsen]

Will the current Slug Joey (original Joey) and the new 4K Joey be capable of the full compliment of apps (i.e. Netflix)? Is Slug Joey ever going to be recovered in terms of response speed? Honestly, I deem it broke now.

 

[Hall]

Will the current Slug Joey (original Joey) and the new 4K Joey be capable of the full compliment of apps (i.e. Netflix)?

Original Joey - yes. Dish announced this. The 4K Joey - unknown, but if I were a betting man, I'd put money on it having the Netflix app.

 

[Nominal]

Ok. I guess I just can't see how that really works,but if it is true 4k ,then I guess all is good.

Think about it this way. The Hoppers don't have the Broadcom chipset to decode 4K, but they can distribute raw 4K data over the network. The 4K Joey has the newer Broadcom chipset and can decode the data for display on a television whereas the Hoppers can't. Hope that helps.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Think about it this way. The Hoppers don't have the Broadcom chipset to decode 4K, but they can distribute raw 4K data over the network. The 4K Joey has the newer Broadcom chipset and can decode the data for display on a television whereas the Hoppers can't. Hope that helps.

Ok , that does make a little more sense. So right now they are sending out the cheaper 4k joey to have one on the market this year,but every one knows that most people will prefer a 4k hopper on their new 4k tv. So I guess we can expect the new 4k hopper out by next year during CES.

 

[gpflepsen]

There's no reason to pine away for a 4k Hopper over a 4k Joey, unless your only TV is a 4kTV and you only need one sat STB.

 

[Hall]

I don't see the big deal that it's the Joey having 4K capabilities. How many people are going to have more than one 4K-capable set? In the real world, very, very, very few homes. Granted, for those that have one, it's probably their "main" TV and that's typically where the Hopper ended up, so just swap them.

 

[navychop]

Not technical at all, but will the 4K Joey be priced as a premium, or just become the new standard Joey?

Hilarious!

 

[foghorn2]

I don't see the big deal that it's the Joey having 4K capabilities. How many people are going to have more than one 4K-capable set? In the real world, very, very, very few homes. Granted, for those that have one, it's probably their "main" TV and that's typically where the Hopper ended up, so just swap them.

You cant just swap a hopper with a joey, youve got to rewire
@ the node and make sure the new hopper run cable is specd 3.0

 

[ChadT41]

You cant just swap a hopper with a joey, youve got to rewire
@ the node and make sure the new hopper run cable is specd 3.0

If new customers, the tech should be runnning all new RG6 anyways. As far as the change on the node, it is as simple as changing the host to the client and client to host. This is something I even had customers do over the phone. Very simple to perform if the customer is capable.

 

[Hall]

You cant just swap a hopper with a joey, youve got to rewire
@ the node and make sure the new hopper run cable is specd 3.0

I know it's more than just moving the set-top, but for someone who wants it soooo bad, they'll be fine with doing it.