If i buy the hopper would i get rid of the $12 DVR cost? and would dish be ok with it?
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It is still a DVR and it will have a cost, depends on how many Joey's you want for different TV's. I would not recommend the Hopper in its current state. I do not like it at all, except for the amount of hours you can record. I can record as much golf and football as my husband has time to watch without eating up all the time. They changed everything that worked on the old system and it looks like a gaming system instead of an information system, which is essentially what it is. There are no lists and the individual icons for each show you record are almost as big as the palm of your hand and it takes forever to find anything. I am stuck with this and hopefully they will make changes but I doubt it as a bunch of high schoolers made up this programming!!! I have pages of things that I feel need to be fixed (back to the way they were) or deleted all together and I could go on, and on, but I won't. Purchase at your own risk. Have a great day.
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These good price cameras work on dish hopper DVR system. Amazon has BNC to RCA adapters if you need them.
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Try QVISS security they have a Zesus 4 channel DVR with 500GB for $152.00 and it has a iphone app. You may need to go direct to them as I don't think amazon carries this brand. I have it running now for 2 years and it works great,
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You could have just bought a hard disk and installed it in the DVR (it's easy). I got a 500GB hard drive on eBay for $45, and a 4 camera system for $130 so I paid $175 all together.
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I'm not sure. It would make sense to get the HD antenna & receiver. If you ask Dish HD will be free.
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I had been using the 612 receiver in my RV for the last year, and just upgraded to the Hopper last week. So I would say you can use any receiver Dish has. When upgrading to the Hopper, they did need to put an extra cable box in the line. It seems to be a 4"x4"x3/4" box that connects two jacks on the dish to the one cable feeding the receiver. (leaving one jack to send signal back to the bedroom receiver if not using the Joeys) Something about feeding more power to the dish elements. I will say the images are better, big Seattle downpour last night, no image interference at all! I had been using the 612 receiver in my RV for the last year, and just upgraded to the Hopper last week. So I would say you can use any receiver Dish has. When upgrading to the Hopper, they did need to put an extra cable box in the line. It seems to be a 4"x4"x3/4" box that connects two jacks on the dish to the one cable feeding the receiver. (leaving one jack to send signal back to the bedroom receiver if not using the Joeys) Something about feeding more power to the dish elements. I will say the images are better, big Seattle downpour last night, no image interference at all!
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Shows are available immediately.There is a Forum @ Dishnetwork.com you should probably read before getting one. Dishnetwork>Support>Forums>hopper & Joey
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That's a good question. We are going to change our receiver to an HD/DVR. I believe the vu cube will not give you HD.I think you need the more expensive model. Just my opinion - haven't personally tried it.
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Yes but make sure this is an approved drive for your DVR, I am using it with my Dish Hopper ... it is a simple plug into the USB port on the rear of the Hopper and allowing the Hopper to format the drive (it asks you to). You can then transfer movies from the Hopper Hard Drive to this external drive... which doubles the capacity.
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the short answer is..... if you buy the proper software that lets you save to dish. The supplied software wont do it............
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I had almost the same set-up as you do. When I switched my bill went down 7 dollars. I had 2 dual dvr receivers, and a regular receiver. However, I switched back to them the same night. The joeys kept freezing, like every 2 minutes. I could record four shows on the one unit, but if you did not want to watch that show at the time you were stuck with the three other prime time channels in the group. If, you wanted to watch a different channel at this time, you had to take over a TV in the other room. I called them that night and went back to my old set-up the same week. I would say stay away from the hopper. I had almost the same set-up as you do. When I switched my bill went down 7 dollars. I had 2 dual dvr receivers, and a regular receiver. However, I switched back to them the same night. The joeys kept freezing, like every 2 minutes. I could record four shows on the one unit, but if you did not want to watch that show at the time you were stuck with the three other prime time channels in the group. If, you wanted to watch a different channel at this time, you had to take over a TV in the other room. I called them that night and went back to my old set-up the same week. I would say stay away... » Read More I had almost the same set-up as you do. When I switched my bill went down 7 dollars. I had 2 dual dvr receivers, and a regular receiver. However, I switched back to them the same night. The joeys kept freezing, like every 2 minutes. I could record four shows on the one unit, but if you did not want to watch that show at the time you were stuck with the three other prime time channels in the group. If, you wanted to watch a different channel at this time, you had to take over a TV in the other room. I called them that night and went back to my old set-up the same week. I would say stay away from the hopper. « Show Less
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I've had mine installed for a few months now and we love it. No more setting up the dish every time you move which gets old. We also added external hard drive for dvr recordings. You have a one time activation fee then no more dvr fees every month
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A TiVo will not operate without the subscription. Savings will depend on your cable provider. My provider charges $14.95 for the box. A $3 DVR fee and a $3 Electronic Guide fee for a total of $21/month for a DVR. TiVo is $14.99 / Month. So I save money and get the TiVo interface. The box from our cable company is 1/10 the experience and usability of our TiVo.
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I don't know about using with DISH. I have mine connected to cable (Comcast). It can only record one show at a time.
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Here is a FREE option is you don't want to pay Tivo the $15 a month ripoff charge. >>> http://www.channelmaster.com/ http://www.cnet.com/products/channel-master-dvr-plus/ We love our Channel Master DVR+ . The upfront cost is a bit high ($250) but when you figure in saving the $15 a month that Tivo rips off their customers , it pays for itself in the long run.
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you can pay monthly, i don't know the price, probably 15???? or you can pay upfront, for the life of the unit, which is what i did, 500 if you dont have an existing tivo or 400 if you do, i did so it was 400 for life of the unit subscription. i don't know the cost of the new tivo subscriptions, there is a new model, probably more expensive. i just got Western Digital dvr expander, and hooked it up to my premier tivo for more memory, 99 here on amazon, very happy with it.
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No it won't. I had programs on an external hard drive and when I plugged it in it said my drive was empty. When I called DISH I learned that the programs are in a different format in the VIP722K that is not compatible with the hopper. There is a way to convert them with a special program, but I didn't go through all that trouble. If you still have your VIP722K you should view all your programs before having the hopper installed.