Upgrade from Joey to Wireless Joey

[jsmit86]

Joey 4 can, in fact be used without the Hopper plus add on.
When I upgraded to the Joey 4s to get 4K HDR, they insisted on adding the Hopper Plus as well. Not only was the Plus very buggy, it eliminated the PIP and Multiview functions on the Hopper 3. I ended up getting rid of the Plus, and it all works fine.
The Joey 4s have been excellent. They are faster than the old wireless Joeys.

If you want to update to the Joey 4s, they may insist on adding the Hopper Plus at first, but a good installer can undo that if you don't want that on your main TV.
I really use the PIP and Multiview a lot, so I was happy to do be able to eliminate the plus.

My only real minor complaint for the Joey 4, is that it flags all optput as HDR even for HDR content. The problem with that is usually you will have different picture setting on your TV for HDR content, and also that the color is not accurate when HDR is flagged for SDR content. The work around is to disable enhanced HDMI on the TV, and only change it for actual HDR content.
It would be nice if that could be fixed on the Joey 4 via firmware, but it may just be a hardare limitation. The Hopper 3, does not have this issue.

 

[Almighty1]

If the Hopper Plus was free, you can always have it installed just to be compliant to get the Joey 4s and then remove it on your own afterwards if you don't like it.

 

[brian_tr]

I am getting tired of the lag and slow performance of the wireless J3.

I moved the wireless access point to within 25 ft of the wireless J3 because the signal strength was very low. The wireless Joey 3 still has to be totally rebooted every 3-4 days when the Joey becomes totally unresponsive.

Switching from live TV to recorded material or back often takes more than 30 seconds with black screens and no response to the remote in the mean time.

It is worse than a J1 I had with the first installation of my J3.

I had the wireless Joey installed and it was so slow I had Dish come back and put a regular joey back in.

 

[jsmit86]

Correction: it flags all optput as HDR even for SDR content.

 

[TheKrell]

Does the wireless Joey 4 require an access point? I currently have a wired Joey 3 that no longer pays any attention to its Ethernet jack unless it's connected to the Hopper's 2nd port. It claims a DHCP failure.

 

[Bobby]

Does the wireless Joey 4 require an access point? I currently have a wired Joey 3 that no longer pays any attention to its Ethernet jack unless it's connected to the Hopper's 2nd port. It claims a DHCP failure.

The wireless Joey 4 does require an access point.

 

[jackson85]

I really do not mind the Hopper +. I appreciate it, when I can't find the remote for the TV, when using the regular Smart TV Channels