| Tuners It should be banned for still having 3 tuners. It should have never came with only 3 in the first place. 3 tuners to record and share with all the rooms in your house. Ha!
They sound like Apple now. Slap a few pieces of old tech in it (Sling, Nomad, and Wifi), slap a new marketing blitz on it and call it revolutionary and a first! |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | said by digiblur:They sound like Apple now. Slap a few pieces of old tech in it (Sling, Nomad, and Wifi), slap a new marketing blitz on it and call it revolutionary and a first!
Please point to all the previous Dish tuners that can do the same thing. Or any cable box/satellite receiver. |
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 HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | reply to digiblur
Come on digiblur, in the real world, most people's lives don't center on TV 90% of the day, nor do most people have 4, 5, 6, or more TVs. We have (2) TVs connected to one Hopper and one Joey and admittedly, it's only been 2-3 weeks, but have not yet encountered a conflict.
Outside of Satguys, I've never read/heard complaints about the lack of sufficient tuners. |
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Well it can record 6 shows at once every day between 8pm and 11pm (4 local national feeds, plus 2 normal channels) that's one 1 more than the Genie |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | Add the OTA module and make it (7) shows.
Also, and I'm not sure how to force it, but with the most recent s/w vS234, the (4) big networks (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC) often show up as available outside of primetime hours. It's the PTAT feature available all of the time. |
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Most cable and FiOS dvrs still come with only two, not sure what your so indignant about it only having 3. I only have two in my FiOS dvr, I'd love 3 I think that would solve 99% of my conflicts. |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | said by MovieLover76:Most cable and FiOS dvrs still come with only two, not sure what your so indignant about it only having 3. Most cable/FIOS DVRs are only connected to (1) TV. In that setup, it's fine - you can watch one program while something else records.
The Dish DVR being discussed is a "whole-home-DVR". The main unit has (3) tuners and can feed up to (4) client units, so up to (5) TVs total. Each TV would be restricted in being able to watch (5) different, LIVE channels. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to Hall
said by Hall:Come on digiblur, in the real world, most people's lives don't center on TV 90% of the day, nor do most people have 4, 5, 6, or more TVs.
There aren't 6 shows on TV at the same time worth recording. And even with households with many people and many TVs, recording 30 hours of TV a night, nobody is going to watch all those shows. Most of what is being recorded will never be watched.
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said by Hall:Come on digiblur, in the real world, most people's lives don't center on TV 90% of the day, nor do most people have 4, 5, 6, or more TVs. We have (2) TVs connected to one Hopper and one Joey and admittedly, it's only been 2-3 weeks, but have not yet encountered a conflict.
Outside of Satguys, I've never read/heard complaints about the lack of sufficient tuners.
Typical 4 TV family here. If we had one Hopper it wouldn't last one evening before I would throw it out the window. The two bedrooms would fire up some live TV and that only leaves one tuner left. If the primetime thing was on then there would be zero tuners left in the house for live and/or recording. No thanks.
People don't understand the 3 tuner thing as they are unaware that the other rooms steal their tuner from the hopper. |
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 GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:5
 ·Dish Network
| I don't know. I was pretty aware that was happening and the DISH people also were pretty clear in explaining that.
Viewing habits are VERY household-centric. For us, 2 Hoppers are enough. If I keep DISH, I may add a 3rd Hopper, but that seems overkill. Our household seems to do fine with 6 tuners since it's mostly 2 TVs that get watched on any kind of regular basis. The other ones are mostly occasional use. Typically no more than 3 tuners are ever wacthed at the same time, if that many even. So that leaves plenty for recording.
But I can see where it wouldn't be enough if you have TVs in kids' bedrooms. We don't allow that, so 2 Hoppers is enough.
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said by digiblur:said by Hall:Come on digiblur, in the real world, most people's lives don't center on TV 90% of the day, nor do most people have 4, 5, 6, or more TVs. We have (2) TVs connected to one Hopper and one Joey and admittedly, it's only been 2-3 weeks, but have not yet encountered a conflict.
Outside of Satguys, I've never read/heard complaints about the lack of sufficient tuners.
Typical 4 TV family here. If we had one Hopper it wouldn't last one evening before I would throw it out the window. The two bedrooms would fire up some live TV and that only leaves one tuner left. If the primetime thing was on then there would be zero tuners left in the house for live and/or recording. No thanks. People don't understand the 3 tuner thing as they are unaware that the other rooms steal their tuner from the hopper. In homes with more than three televisions, Dish installs two hopper units...
Four tvs = two hoppers and two joeys. |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming. |
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GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:5 | But doesn't it really depend on the particular household's usage? |
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HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:2 | How many questions does Dish have to ask when signing someone up ? If the customer makes a mistake in the info they give, they could regret it real quick. If they simply ask "how many TVs do you want connected?", they should cover the worst-case scenario of that many TVs needing unique viewing capabilities all the time. |
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said by Hall:Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming.
It can, but as we know, there will be problems |
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said by Hall:Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming.
It can, but, as we know, there will be problems |
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said by Hall:Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming.
It can, but, as we know, there will be problems. |
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said by Hall:Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming.
It can, but, as we know, there will be usability problems. |
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 tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | reply to digiblur
Re: Tuners said by digiblur:It should be banned for still having 3 tuners. It should have never came with only 3 in the first place. 3 tuners to record and share with all the rooms in your house. Ha!
They sound like Apple now. Slap a few pieces of old tech in it (Sling, Nomad, and Wifi), slap a new marketing blitz on it and call it revolutionary and a first!
Why not. Apple does it and suckers buy into it.  |
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