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Re: Tuners

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:52:08 EDT

tc1uscg posted : I have 2 dual tuner DVR's. I find it fits our needs just fine. When we want to watch something and both tuners are busy, we have to watch whats already recorded or the roku. It's not a tuff choice.

Re: Tuners

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:44:20 EDT

tc1uscg posted :

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. :D

Re: Tuners

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:25:19 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

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.

Re: Tuners

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:25:09 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

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.

Re: Tuners

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:25:02 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

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

Re: Tuners

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:25:00 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

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

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:26:01 EDT

Hall posted : 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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:04:17 EDT

Goober posted : But doesn't it really depend on the particular household's usage?

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:21:23 EDT

Hall posted : Technically, I believe one Hopper can support four Joeys. If Dish automatically gives people two of each, they're admitting a design shortcoming.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:49:50 EDT

PapaMidnight posted :

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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:21:50 EDT

Goober posted : 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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Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:45:26 EDT

digiblur posted :

said by Hall:

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:41:11 EDT

Linklist posted :

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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Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:01:03 EDT

Hall posted :

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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:17:11 EDT

MovieLover76 posted : 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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:46:08 EDT

Hall posted : 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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:38:24 EDT

johnner1999 posted : 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

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:59:19 EDT

Hall posted : 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.

Re: Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:25:30 EDT

cdru posted :

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.

Tuners

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:56:07 EDT

digiblur posted : 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!