That’s a good one.
Along this line, how about the ability for Wally receivers to connect to each other as a whole-home network, so that any hard drive connected to one Wally could be accessible from any other Wally in the house, without needing to disconnect the hard drive and move it to the other Wally? This would reduce the monthly receiver fees needed for a Hopper-like system. It would also be a way to resolve recording conflicts on any Wally, by automatically moving those timers to another Wally, as long as each Wally has a hard drive, and there are still any tuners available anywhere in the house.
I am a firm believer that the Wally’s and Joeys should be interchangeable on the Hopper system. You should be able to remove the Joey and replace it with a Wally to gain both the whole home setup, and independent tuners if the Hopper goes out. Two birds, one stone. Toss out the idea that this also makes them more appealable to RVers who can just take their “extension” with them, and not need additional equipment. Everybody is happy.
It can be done, as I have posted in many other threads. However, it requires a specific set of circumstances. Also, it is not something that I ever actually asked for. I just stumbled onto it by accident.
They do it to Bars and Businesses as well. They get the Hoppers and Joeys but without DVR abilities. I’m not sure if it applies to all commercial accounts or not, but atleast those commercial accounts.
Yes. Utilize the rock-solid MoCA connection between Hoppers and Joeys to provide the added capability of each H or J being part of a wireless mesh of access points for other devices. That sentence is a real mesh.
I love my Googles, but reducing the number of devices, and plugged into electrical outlets, would make me happier.
I like the idea, I'm not sure if it would be costly to add all that functionality.
) and I usually leave the room and come back later because it takes sooooooo long to go through all the steps to start viewing again.
Hence, my earlier suggestion for Wally-Link with Timer Rollover. (There, I've named the feature, so now Dish has to implement it.
) Of course, that would mean adding a second Wally. For only $5 more per month (if the second Wally is purchased) I think that would be worth it.Scott, you wrote: why 8K when there is still not much 4K content?I would love to see more HDR and Dolby Vision support.
I was shocked when I went to Amazon Prime on my 4K Joey to see that it could support HDR on it! (Especially after I was told by the folks who made the 4K Joey that it would never be able to support HDR!)
Of course with that said, its been 5 or 6 years now since the 4K Joey came out and on DISH other then a few VOD's there still is not much 4K to watch. I was in the store the other day and see they have 8K TV's out now... why 8K when there is still not much 4K content?
I am surprised we dont have any real live 4K Channels yet. Look at ESPN, most of the in studio stuff is shot and produced in 4K. The only people who get to see it in 4K are those in the control room. A friend at ESPN tells me they are not offering 4K because they have not found a way to make money on 4K. They say this was the reason the 3D channel died.
But my wife loves watching TV using just one box and not changing inputs so she watches a lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime Myself I like watching those using the app on my Roku TV as I think Dolby Vision looks so much better than standard HDR.
All this and I think back years ago watching SD over the air with rabbit ears, and what the picture looked like then (and what we thought was acceptable) to the picture we have now.
Its a Unix box, unfortunately it takes awhile to boot and load all the drivers.I am a novice in many respects for how the receivers work but dang, can we create a new receiver that can be rebooted faster? I have to reboot mine frequently (have called Dish to no avail for having to restart so often since my definition of frequent must be different than Dish
ESPN and others just upgraded their equipment to 4K, I know of NONE (Besides NHK Japan) that are upgrading for 8K.
and the Hopper adds a DVR fee.Hence, my earlier suggestion for Wally-Link with Timer Rollover. (There, I've named the feature, so now Dish has to implement it.
Now, some people would say that if you want a third tuner, just switch to a Hopper instead. I would say, show me a way to do that while still retaining access to all of the existing Wally-made recordings, and you have a deal. (Keeping the Wally activated in addition to the Hopper doesn't count, since the Wally still doesn't integrate with the Hopper, and the Wally would still require an additional receiver fee.)
My Unix boxes boot a lot faster than my Windows boxes FWIW.Its a Unix box, unfortunately it takes awhile to boot and load all the drivers.
The SSD's can't handle all the W\RW's like the HDD can. It'd be nice to be able to defrag or compress the drive
That's why I said put the OS on an SSD. I didn't say anything about the recordings.
