View Full Version : Dish vs Comcast on-demand?
I know there have been several threads about cable vs Dish but I'm looking for some specific feedback about VOD on Dish vs Comcast.
We currently have Comcast and my wife uses on-demand quite a bit for recent episodes of shows; we just caught up on 'Joe Rogan Questions Everything' using on-demand.
We're looking at Dish but the Dish person at Blockbuster (went there to see the Hopper in person) said that Dish doesn't have VOD for cable network channels or HBO/Starz/Max/etc (even if you're paying for premium channels). She even said the Dish web site mentioning VOD was incorrect. They didn't have a broadband connection to the Hopper so we weren't able to verify in person.
no VOD on directv, if i want to watch something i missed i have to download it from the web. MAXGO and HBOGO offer online access (with a pc) if you have a directv account.
on-demand was cool, comcast, not so much.
dish has VOD for every channel(that i watch anyway) there also giving away a free ipad 2 if you sign up now
dish has VOD for every channel(that i watch anyway) there also giving away a free ipad 2 if you sign up now
Good to know; do you have any of the movie channels and if so does it work the same for them?
I think the ipad is more of a payment plan since they add $30 a month to your bill for the year if you want the ipad. :)
yea we have all the movie channels vod works for all that
hbo has ALL there series on vod also
sopranos
wire
curb
band of brothers
the pacific
etc etc etc
Rooskibar03
08-23-2013, 18:43
If you switch Ill be curious to know how it goes. Not a fan of Comcast, but would still have to keep them for Internet anyway.
Am I reading correctly you still need a friggen phone line for Dish? Come one guys its 2013
If you switch Ill be curious to know how it goes. Not a fan of Comcast, but would still have to keep them for Internet anyway.
Am I reading correctly you still need a friggen phone line for Dish? Come one guys its 2013
mine connects to my wifi no phone line required
If you switch Ill be curious to know how it goes. Not a fan of Comcast, but would still have to keep them for Internet anyway.
Am I reading correctly you still need a friggen phone line for Dish? Come one guys its 2013
I work at Dish. We get free TV service. Even during orientation, the HR reps said Comcast is best for internet.
No phone line required.
Rooskibar03
08-23-2013, 19:13
Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.
What, you didn't drop them when the network was named Current and was owned by Algore?[panic]
USMC88-93
08-23-2013, 19:37
I'm just going to have to recuse myself from this thread. As should you Ridge.....Ha-ha
www.Dishanywhere.com is where you dish customers need to go. Has all the VOD you need And more with hulu
Limited GM
08-23-2013, 20:00
I dearly hate Comcast.
OtterbatHellcat
08-23-2013, 20:02
Dish.
Fuck off.
JMO
trlcavscout
08-23-2013, 20:02
www.Dishanywhere.com (http://www.Dishanywhere.com) is where you dish customers need to go. Has all the VOD you need And more with hulu
Who owns Hulu?
comcast.com/x1 why would you want a hopper?
hurley842002
08-23-2013, 20:19
Dish.
Fuck off.
JMO
Agree
I actually never had issues with them as a television provider, but my wife worked for them, and I have huge issues with the way they treat their employees.
There is a reason they've ranked worst company to work for two years in a row.
Rooskibar03
08-23-2013, 20:45
Any of you dish employees have a hookup we should know about?
hurley842002
08-23-2013, 20:50
Any of you dish employees have a hookup we should know about?
LOL wife still had to pay for service, albeit at a discount. Direct employees get free service according to the installer.
Tinelement
08-23-2013, 20:52
I dearly hate Comcast.
Dish.
Fuck off.
JMO
And the reason have neither.
I stream the Blaze and go to the tavern for my football. Other than that, nothing worth watching (IMO). Even the local news isn't worth my time.
Rooskibar03
08-23-2013, 21:17
Who owns Hulu?
comcast.com/x1 why would you want a hopper?
Stupid ass comcast won't sell me one without upgrading to triple play and contract. I don't need, nor will I pay you for phone service. Man I'm tired of them pushing that stupid service.
OtterbatHellcat
08-23-2013, 21:27
The sad and shitty fact IS....
That even if everyone that replied to this thread, stopped and pooled all of our money together to start a new cable service company together......with the idea of serving hard working people with programming that they WANT, and not "bundles" of useless shit, "packages of useless shit"...and all that......
We would get squashed into oblivion before we could even get our feet off the ground.
Pick your poison and take your ass pounding.
OtterbatHellcat
08-23-2013, 21:30
*changed that whole post that will never happen........I'm trying to be positive*
Rooskibar03
08-23-2013, 21:34
Love him or hate him Beck is doing a hell of a job starting up The Blaze network.
Who owns Hulu?
comcast.com/x1 why would you want a hopper?
Dish anywhere has Hulu content on their site. Not saying that dish owns them.
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-24-2013, 07:16
The hopper/sling is awesome. Fuck Comcast, I was with them for 10 years with no issues or late payments and they treat me like a scum bag. No thanks.
Stupid ass comcast won't sell me one without upgrading to triple play and contract. I don't need, nor will I pay you for phone service. Man I'm tired of them pushing that stupid service.
You don't need a contract, just the triple. And if you aren't satisfied with the phone, use the 30 day guarantee.
We need a winking smiley
Zundfolge
08-24-2013, 09:28
I work at Dish. We get free TV service. Even during orientation, the HR reps said Comcast is best for internet.
Comcast may be faster than CenturyLink DSL, but they throttle your connection if they even think you torrent and they will fire you as a customer if you start going over your usage limits (limits they claim don't exist but do ... you start streaming TV and you may run close to those limits). So you're never really going to be able to take advantage of the greater bandwidth without risking trouble with Comcast.
Additionally Comcast is evil (and wants to take your guns ... among other things).
With our CenturyLink DSL line I'm able to run 2 Roku boxes at the same time and still surf just fine.
Roku + Netflix + Plex + antenna and I'm pretty happy (and only paying $8/mo ... not counting internet service that I'd have anyway).
hurley842002
08-24-2013, 09:47
I work at Dish. We get free TV service. Even during orientation, the HR reps said Comcast is best for internet.
No phone line required.
Must vary by options selected, because we paid, around $30 a month, but we had every channel available.
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 09:57
Comcast may be faster than CenturyLink DSL, but they throttle your connection if they even think you torrent and they will fire you as a customer if you start going over your usage limits (limits they claim don't exist but do ... you start streaming TV and you may run close to those limits). So you're never really going to be able to take advantage of the greater bandwidth without risking trouble with Comcast.
Additionally Comcast is evil (and wants to take your guns ... among other things).
With our CenturyLink DSL line I'm able to run 2 Roku boxes at the same time and still surf just fine.
Roku + Netflix + Plex + antenna and I'm pretty happy (and only paying $8/mo ... not counting internet service that I'd have anyway).
You don't get close to any magical limits or unicorns streaming TV. Even if you did get throttled it would still be 10 times faster then century link haha.
With your reasoning you better stick to smoke signals.
You don't get close to any magical limits or unicorns streaming TV. Even if you did get throttled it would still be 10 times faster then century link haha.
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hey i resent that century stink provides me with .75mbs up and 3mbs down.....who needs more then that? next you guys will be saying we need high cap mags with over 15 rounds :)
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 11:11
hey i resent that century stink provides me with .75mbs up and 3mbs down.....who needs more then that? next you guys will be saying we need high cap mags with over 15 rounds :)
Thats just crazy talk! Why would you need that many? They should be limited to 2 "for the children". 1 to see if it stops the 5 bad guys trying to rape you and cut off your ding ding, and the other to end your suffering if it doesn't stop them.
Thanks for all the replies. We will keep Comcast Internet regardless of what we do with cable. I think someone mentioned X1 a white back. Anyone else using X1.
Thanks for all the replies. We will keep Comcast Internet regardless of what we do with cable. I think someone mentioned X1 a white back. Anyone else using X1.
I was in the initial beta testing back in February (ish). Was rough at first, but they have the kinks ironed out ant it's been running great for the last 4 months or so.
I was in the initial beta testing back in February (ish). Was rough at first, but they have the kinks ironed out ant it's been running great for the last 4 months or so.
It's the DVR size that concerns me. I have 1TB drives in my current DVRs. I've heard there are plans to allow external storage at some point in CO.
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 12:33
It's the DVR size that concerns me. I have 1TB drives in my current DVRs. I've heard there are plans to allow external storage at some point in CO.
Their is also a cloud coming soon. With on demand do you really need more then 500Gb? 5 tuners to record at a time on any channel any time (yes you can set 5 from a terminal). You can sink WiFi keyboards and stuff to them, the apps are limited right now but hopefully will be growing quickly. They are a pain to setup, your wiring has to be good, but if they are installed correctly its pretty cool.
Their is also a cloud coming soon. With on demand do you really need more then 500Gb? 5 tuners to record at a time on any channel any time (yes you can set 5 from a terminal). You can sink WiFi keyboards and stuff to them, the apps are limited right now but hopefully will be growing quickly. They are a pain to setup, your wiring has to be good, but if they are installed correctly its pretty cool.
both of out DVRs are sitting about 70% with no overlap. I'd have to check ondemand to see if the episodes I have saved are on there.
The current x1 is 500gb. X2 is pending rollout (dont know eta) and it's cloud based.
The current x1 is 500gb. X2 is pending rollout (dont know eta) and it's cloud based.
Do you know of they're going to go to usage based billing for cloud DVR? Something like $10 per 100GB per month?
Anyone know Baja broadband? We were getting reamed for net/cable. Roomate swapped to Direct for his tv. Still have baja for net, but looking for other options.
Problem is west milliken apparently doesn't have comcast. I know theres century link, anyone know of anything better than that? Gamer/video watcher but don't torrent.
I work at Dish. We get free TV service. Even during orientation, the HR reps said Comcast is best for internet.
No phone line required.
Looks like there are about half a dozen board members here that work for Dish/Echostar :)
Must vary by options selected, because we paid, around $30 a month, but we had every channel available.
The Hopper has a monthly fee, as do the Joeys.
Linksys will cap your speed long before Comcast will. Make sure you switch to a Netgear or a D-link if you are using a Linksys.
hurley842002
08-24-2013, 15:38
The Hopper has a monthly fee, as do the Joeys.
Must have been what we were paying for.
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 16:32
Anyone know Baja broadband? We were getting reamed for net/cable. Roomate swapped to Direct for his tv. Still have baja for net, but looking for other options.
Problem is west milliken apparently doesn't have comcast. I know theres century link, anyone know of anything better than that? Gamer/video watcher but don't torrent.
Yes Milliken is Baja, which just got bought out again a few months ago. Generally their internet is pretty good, not as good as Comcast but way better then century link. I have Baja at home for my free cable but I don't have internet. What's wrong with your Baja?
Outrageous cost.
Have had some outages on rare occasion. Struggling more with roomates router I probably need to replace. I let him handle stuff at our new location. I need to probably jump in and do it myself since he still refers to internet as "wifi" and doesn't understand a lot of these things. (He and I are still fighting over him thinking a sump pump in the house would be "2watts"."....
him thinking a sump pump in the house would be "2watts"."....
http://i.imgur.com/5tcFdYq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5tcFdYq.jpg
Linksys will cap your speed long before Comcast will. Make sure you switch to a Netgear or a D-link if you are using a Linksys.
Not sure what you mean by that blanket statement regarding a brand. I have a Linksys Router at home and it in no way is the bottleneck in my network.
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 18:46
Outrageous cost.
Have had some outages on rare occasion. Struggling more with roomates router I probably need to replace. I let him handle stuff at our new location. I need to probably jump in and do it myself since he still refers to internet as "wifi" and doesn't understand a lot of these things. (He and I are still fighting over him thinking a sump pump in the house would be "2watts"."....
I contracted to them for a couple years when they first launched internet service in most of the areas. As a company as far as management and funding they were a joke and I was always amazed when their stuff worked. But amazingly their internet has become pretty fast and reliable. They have a few dedicated technicians! Upgrading the system every couple years to keep up with demands and wants costs a lot of money.
trlcavscout
08-24-2013, 18:48
Not sure what you mean by that blanket statement regarding a brand. I have a Linksys Router at home and it in no way is the bottleneck in my network.
Linksys/Cisco is crap as a general rule of thumb and cause a lot of problems. So maybe their are a few good ones but again as a rule of thumb.
I don't know if you noticed, but Belkin bought Linksys from Cisco. As much as I hate Cisco's software, their gear powers much of the networking world. Linksys has made some really good products in my experience, your mileage may vary.
I don't know if you noticed, but Belkin bought Linksys from Cisco. As much as I hate Cisco's software, their gear powers much of the networking world. Linksys has made some really good products in my experience, your mileage may vary.
You aint lying Cisco is all over the backbone of the internet.
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-24-2013, 22:18
Ask Comcast about their 20 hours of dvr space limited to one room. It's about the hawwwwwpah with joeys.
Not sure what you mean by that blanket statement regarding a brand. I have a Linksys Router at home and it in no way is the bottleneck in my network.
My friend was telling me that he was paying for the 100Mb down speed from Comcast, but was being capped at something around half that. He switched from his Linksys router to something else and received his full download speed. I was having a problem with my Linksys while he was in town (3Mb down and 9Mb up) and switched it for the D-link I had lying around and immediately saw 30Mb down and 9Mb up. For the record, I had been having problems with my Linksys for I'd say the past 4 years or so, but never realized it was the problem.
trlcavscout
08-25-2013, 21:23
Ask Comcast about their 20 hours of dvr space limited to one room. It's about the hawwwwwpah with joeys.
If you ask for a 10yr old DVR that is true.
"Watch Commercial-Free TV.
Hate commercials? DISH created commercial-free TV so you can save an hour each night*! Now you can instantly skip commercials in recorded primetime TV. Only DISH gives you ad-free TV with the Hopper®.
Feature must be enabled by customer and is subject to availability. Only available with playback of select shows.
Record up to 6 Channels at Once.
Record up to six live channels at once during primetime, including your 4 local networks and 2 channels of your choosing, and stream four recorded programs to different TVs simultaneously. That means you can watch more and miss less of your favorite programs"
Lots of fine print, so 4 recordings during primetime for certain shows on certain channels? But hey you can record 2 shows of your choosing. Check their site for more fine print.
Linksys/Cisco is crap as a general rule of thumb and cause a lot of problems. So maybe their are a few good ones but again as a rule of thumb.
You do realize that over 80% of the Internet is powered by Cisco right?
I work for one of the largest Telco's in the world and Cisco is the only gear we use for routers and switches. Considering our network provides 99.999% reliability I'd say the Cisco gear does a pretty good job.
Rooskibar03
08-26-2013, 18:03
Well I made the call. Tomorrow morning Dish is coming out to hook me up. Comcast wasn't interested in extending me any breaks so they will be gone once Dish guy leaves.
Ill be saving a little over 50 bucks a month and now ill have DVR and HD on all 3 TVs instead of one. Will be keeping Comcast for Internet but I'm going to bump down to slower speed and see what happens.
Ill report back with update. Did a fair bit of research on the Hopper and I'm kinda excited.
trlcavscout
08-26-2013, 19:23
You do realize that over 80% of the Internet is powered by Cisco right?
I work for one of the largest Telco's in the world and Cisco is the only gear we use for routers and switches. Considering our network provides 99.999% reliability I'd say the Cisco gear does a pretty good job.
You do realize we were discussing personal wireless routers don't you? Again Linksys/Cisco cable modems and routers suck ass.
Based on the number of forum members I'm finding out work for Dish, I think we need to schedule some time with the grill before summer ends :)
Well I made the call. Tomorrow morning Dish is coming out to hook me up. Comcast wasn't interested in extending me any breaks so they will be gone once Dish guy leaves.
Ill be saving a little over 50 bucks a month and now ill have DVR and HD on all 3 TVs instead of one. Will be keeping Comcast for Internet but I'm going to bump down to slower speed and see what happens.
Ill report back with update. Did a fair bit of research on the Hopper and I'm kinda excited.
Looking forward to your report back; I still haven't made the change but I plan on it by the end of the week.
USMC88-93
08-26-2013, 20:03
Based on the number of forum members I'm finding out work for Dish, I think we need to schedule some time with the grill before summer ends :)
And not invite the lone Comcast guy..................Runs to pout in corner.
Based on the number of forum members I'm finding out work for Dish, I think we need to schedule some time with the grill before summer ends :)
Schedule it during a UFC fight and I can get the fight for flee.
Schedule it during a UFC fight and I can get the fight for flee.
Sure thing, Mr. Beta. [Coffee]
I have a Hopper with a Sling adapter and Hopper with Sling and a Joey hanging off of each. I've been a Dish customer since transitioning off of my 1st Gen. Sony DirecTV receivers. I've had quite a few different Dish receivers and the Hopper and Joey hardware is the best I've ever had. I can watch programs off of either DVR from any TV. I can even stream my Pandora music channels from the Hoppers and Joeys.
Dish Anywhere is pretty slick.
I still have Comcast for my Internet. I am paying for what was the 13Mb line of service and I get 29Mb down and over 5Mb up....with my Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Surfboard modem and my crappy Linksys E4200 router.
BigNick73
08-26-2013, 21:38
Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.
Channel 215
You can always stream it via a computer or roku box as well.
Everyone that had contracts with Algore's Current network will be carrying it. I would have preferred to see the network sold to Glenn Beck, but Algore wasn't going to let that happen and was apparently more comfortable with the folks at Al Jazeera.
Sure thing, Mr. Beta. [Coffee]
I have a Hopper with a Sling adapter and Hopper with Sling and a Joey hanging off of each. I've been a Dish customer since transitioning off of my 1st Gen. Sony DirecTV receivers. I've had quite a few different Dish receivers and the Hopper and Joey hardware is the best I've ever had. I can watch programs off of either DVR from any TV. I can even stream my Pandora music channels from the Hoppers and Joeys.
Dish Anywhere is pretty slick.
I agree one of the slickest features of the hopper/joey is the whole home sharing of the DVRs. There is something I want to watch, no need to run upstairs to rec it or set a web timer off my phone. I can record it and watch it later on another TV.
Beta FTW!
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-26-2013, 21:50
Comcast hates guns. [panic]
trlcavscout
08-26-2013, 21:54
Comcast hates guns. [panic]
Wait I am confused I thought they hated whitey?
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-26-2013, 21:56
Wait I am confused I thought they hated whitey?
One and the same right?
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-26-2013, 21:57
Wait I am confused I thought they hated whitey?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/22/comcast-gun-ads/2009717/
I really find myself not caring at all about this. Perhaps someone can convince me?
hghclsswhitetrsh
08-26-2013, 22:05
I really find myself not caring at all about this. Perhaps someone can convince me?
So move along and don't post here?
Rooskibar03
08-26-2013, 22:38
Nevermind
EDIT: Crap, I was thinking I was in the Al Jazera thread. My bad.
skierbri10
08-27-2013, 00:18
no VOD on directv, if i want to watch something i missed i have to download it from the web. MAXGO and HBOGO offer online access (with a pc) if you have a directv account.
on-demand was cool, comcast, not so much.
This is not true I watch VOD on directv nearly every night.
Comcast's xfinity.tv system is outstanding you can even attach it to a hulu account to get even more.
Comcast is a very hostile company, as much as I hate them Im forced to live with them because the other options are terrible.
I personally pay $50 a month for comcast internet and basic cable from them. Get blazing fast internet that I use to accquire movies and tv in less than legal means as well as cable so I can use the xfinity.tv system.
If anyone in the springs needs home entertainment feel free to ask and ill come over and help you out for free.
james_bond_007
08-27-2013, 10:16
Is dish carrying Al Jazera? That's my main motivation for dropping comcast.
"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer." - Michael Corleone,The Godfather Part II
It is never a bad idea to keep an eye on what your enemies are doing and saying...
..but I DO understand why you don't want to pay (i.e. support them) for that channel.
On the other hand, not much different than all the other 100's of channels of crap that you pay for and will never watch.
As an exercise, look at the channel listing you receive, and rank them :
-1 = channels I DO NOT ever watch
+1 = channels you want occassionally
+2 = channels you watch consistently
Add them up and see if you end up with a POSITIVE number ...
I did not .
Rooskibar03
08-27-2013, 11:11
I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.
"My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer." - Michael Corleone,The Godfather Part II
It is never a bad idea to keep an eye on what your enemies are doing and saying...
..but I DO understand why you don't want to pay (i.e. support them) for that channel.
On the other hand, not much different than all the other 100's of channels of crap that you pay for and will never watch.
As an exercise, look at the channel listing you receive, and rank them :
-1 = channels I DO NOT ever watch
+1 = channels you want occassionally
+2 = channels you watch consistently
Add them up and see if you end up with a POSITIVE number ...
I did not .
Zundfolge
08-27-2013, 11:23
I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.
The big question is if AJ didn't buy CurrentTV because CurrentTV already had contracts in force with the cable and satellite providers, just how many of these cable and satellite providers would still be picking up AJ? That will show the true biases.
The dumb thing is that these cable/sat companies could pick up The Blaze along with AJ and most people would shut up about it (and then the cable/sat companies would end up making more money than they'll lose with AJ alone).
Rooskibar03
08-27-2013, 11:30
I don't know all the numbers but I do know that Comcast didn't offer Current but jumped to carry AJ. The CEO of Comcast is also a giant Liberal and has audiences with his Highness in the White House (golf corse actually) on a regular basis.
The big question is if AJ didn't buy CurrentTV because CurrentTV already had contracts in force with the cable and satellite providers, just how many of these cable and satellite providers would still be picking up AJ? That will show the true biases.
The dumb thing is that these cable/sat companies could pick up The Blaze along with AJ and most people would shut up about it (and then the cable/sat companies would end up making more money than they'll lose with AJ alone).
james_bond_007
08-27-2013, 11:40
I'm ok with points of view being shown that I don't agree with, but at the same time offer things I do agree with. To offer a channel like AJ and not something like The Blaze shows your bias.
I tried to make 2 points ...
1) Maybe it's not a bad idea to see how AJ is representing the News
2) I have to buy too many "CRAP" channels just to get the ones I want; I'll just not watch any channels (AJ) that I don't like.
I didn't even consider having AJ vs not having something else (i.e the Blaze) as a "political statement/stance/position".
I figured it was mostly a "business" thing to attract more viewers...and $$$.
Thanks for pointing that out to me ...
Schedule it during a UFC fight and I can get the fight for flee.
I'm actually working the night of the fight. VP wants 6 people staffing the desk during the fight in case of software issues. We don't even have 6 people staffed on a weekday.
Rooskibar03
08-27-2013, 19:05
Ok off the discussion of AJ and back to the service.
Dish was installed this morning, one Hopper and two Joeys. First off they gave me a 8-12 window and at 7:56 the truck pulled in, great service. The tech installed in 3 hours or so and that included waiting for another truck with a 40' ladder to get on roof. Great guy and great work.
I was with Comcast for 10 years and had the same damn DVR the entire time. Old Moto unit, dated interface but it did want it needed to. I had one analog box in a spare bedroom and nothing on the downstairs tv.
I was initially cracked to discover my the dish remote is RF and couldnt use my Harmony. The idea of using two remotes almost had me rethinking but I remained calm and Googled on. After some searching and tweaks I'm pleased to report the remote controls the Hopper. I still need to configure some of the special functions but so far so good.
So first The Hopper itself. The interface it slick. The guide and menus are much nicer looking, it feels kinda like app boxes on ipad. I used to sell sat systems way back in the day at Circuit City and I remember the interface and channel surfing being painfully slow. Im happy to report that I can flip as fast as I could with cable.
Picture quality is as good, if not better than cable.
The SlingBox feature is very cool. I was able to watch TV on my iPad with no more than a few clicks and account number. I see this being a big plus.
After so long with Comcast learning new channel numbers and postions is driving me mad. Mrs Rooskibar has cussed at me several times already. I haven't recorded anything yet so I cannot speak to the DVR function, but I was able to fumble through the guide and find some series I record.
The search feature leaves something to be desired. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but its clumsy.
Now the downside. I guess I miss understood the way the system works (which I should have remembered from when I sold these) with regards to the tuners. With cable I had two tuners, I could record two shows at once, and watch one or the other, or record one and flip around on the other.
So Dish has 3 tuners, very cool. But I neglected to understand those tuners are for all devices. So lets say I'm recording two shows on the Hopper and watching a 3rd, no one can watch something different on one of the Joeys. I also found that if one (or both) of the Joeys are left on the Hopper alerts you the other tuners are on before you can change channel or record something.
There are only 3 of use in the house so I don't think it will be a issue once we learn how to work the system. I guess I was expecting more, my bad.
Overall I'm pleased for now. I've only been home a few hours and between setting up my Harmony and putting the entertainment systems back together I'm just sitting down to play.
Ill report back as I explore more.
trlcavscout
08-27-2013, 20:11
So the joeys use tuners from the hopper? They are not independent boxes linked to the hopper?
Rooskibar03
08-27-2013, 20:30
So the joeys use tuners from the hopper? They are not independent boxes linked to the hopper?
Correct. It's basically a slave unit.
How did you get your normal remote to work with the hopper?????
Rooskibar03
08-28-2013, 09:15
How did you get your normal remote to work with the hopper?????
Its a Harmony One. I had to set it up as a digital set top device, Dish TV, Hopper. I also had to go into the menu on the Hopper and tell it to accept IR as well as RF.
Im still trying to get a few specail function buttons to work. The trouble is the hopper remote doesn't send IR so I can't use it to teach the Harmony new functions. I can get into everything through the menu, it just takes a few extra steps.
Zundfolge
08-28-2013, 10:13
Anyone else here start reading Rooskibar03's post in a Boston accent after he mentioned the hopper?
[ROFL2]
BigNick73
08-28-2013, 10:54
Its a Harmony One. I had to set it up as a digital set top device, Dish TV, Hopper. I also had to go into the menu on the Hopper and tell it to accept IR as well as RF.
Im still trying to get a few specail function buttons to work. The trouble is the hopper remote doesn't send IR so I can't use it to teach the Harmony new functions. I can get into everything through the menu, it just takes a few extra steps.
If you want the aspect function (* button on the left side of 0 on the dish remote) once your in myharmony where you can assign/edit the bottons (remote on one side and a list of functions on the right) there's a aspect function listed you just have to drag it over to the correct button. And you will want to know where this is cause someone always sits on the remote or accidentally pushes it and can't figure out how to take it out of zoom mode. Took me a few to find that as it's a RF function on the dish remote so couldn't do the whole hold the remotes back to back and press the button thing. I want to say everything else programmed in fine for mine, just had to use my TV remote to add the volume up and down.
Rooskibar03
08-28-2013, 10:57
Anyone else here start reading Rooskibar03's post in a Boston accent after he mentioned the hopper?
[ROFL2]
You got a problem with Da Hoppa?
Ill be under the bed.
Just to close out my portion of the thread, I called Comcast to cancel and they lowered my bill by $60 a month for 2 years (with an agreement but I'd have had one with Dish anyway). I then returned one of their DVRs and got a Tivo (first one I've ever had). I'm very happy so far and thinking of replacing their other DVR with a mini. I was surprised to see that Tivo works great with Comcast on-demand and the search is integrated with on-demand, Netflix and Amazon which is pretty cool.
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