July 25th, 2012
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
July 2nd, 2012
An External Hard Drive (EHD) allows you to expand the disk storage of a DVR (Hopper, 922, 722k, 722, 622, 612), or enable the DVR feature on some receiver models (211k, 211, 411). The EHD must have its own power supply, support USB 2.0, and have only a single hard disk drive (flash memory is not compatible).
Plug the EHD into the wall outlet, use the USB cable to connect it to the receiver.
When you plug the EHD into the receiver’s USB port, you will be prompted with a “Warning” message. In the top right hand corner should be the number 865. This message is just letting you know that the receiver has detected your EHD and is ready to format and install the software needed to use it with your receiver. Select “yes” to begin the process. A second message, 867, will appear, letting you know the receiver will format the hard drive and reset the receiver, select “yes” again.
An “attention” message numbered 869 or 873 will appear while the receiver is working, please do not restart, turn off or disturb the receiver or EHD while it is on the screen.
Once the process is completed, your receiver will automatically reset. When it turns back on, your EHD will be ready for use!
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
June 8th, 2012
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
May 25th, 2012
Starting today, May 25th, the all new whole-home HD DVR Hopper will be available to all new customers who except a 24-month commitment and choose HD programming with America’s Top 120 and above.
Categories: DISH & TV news
May 11th, 2012
The Hopper is an exciting new whole-home DVR from DISH Network, and it just keeps getting better.
Now DISH has announced an additional feature to Prime Time Anytime that has customers raising a call of joy: automatically skipping commercials. Known as Auto Hop, this feature allows you to automatically skip over commercials for most recorded HD Prime Time Anytime content.
Keep tuned for more exciting innovations from DISH Network and the Hopper!
Categories: Channels & Shows
February 29th, 2012
DISH Network’s new Hopper whole-home DVR system wowed the crowds at the 2012 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show. Along with the 2TB hard drive and the innovative “Joey” client receivers, which allow you to bring the TV and DVR in up to four rooms of your house, the new PrimeTime Anytime feature was very impressive.
The Hopper’s exclusive PrimeTime Anytime feature gives you instant OnDemand access to three hours per night of HD primetime programming on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. These shows will be available for up to 8 days from the initial due date. No more having to remember to set your DVR or having to choose between your favorite shows. Best of all you still have two tuners to use to record or watch other shows during primetime, and it doesn’t take up any of your personal DVR space, so you still have enough room for over 250 hours of HD programming available.
The opportunity to watch all of the best primetime shows OnDemand and still watch and record other programming, all while conserving space on the 2TB hard drive? Sounds like the perfect solution for the TV lover in all of us!
Categories: DISH & TV news
January 20th, 2012
DISH Network made waves at the 2012 International CES with the unveiling of the new multi-room DVR the Hopper.
The Hopper is DISH Network’s new whole-home DVR. Packed with an impressive 2 terabyte hard drive – enough space to store up to 1,000 hours of of SD and 250 hours of HD recordings – and the ability to record up to 6 HD channels at once during primetime with DISH Network’s Prime Time Anytime. A Sling adapter is fully integrated in the receiver maximizing and simplifying DISH Network’s TV Everywhere. You can use one Hopper to connect up to three TVs with the smaller Joey boxes at each TV, or two to connect up to six!
If you connect your Hopper to a broadband internet connection you’ll be able to use DISH On Demand and Blockbuster @Home like before, allowing you stream hundreds of movies and shows straight to your living room, and access and manage your DVR through the web with Dish Remote Access just like before. That’s not all though, with the new Hopper and broadband internet connection you’ll be able to download and use apps allowing you easy access to social networks, games, news, sports and weather directly from your TV with your remote.
Categories: DISH & TV news
January 11th, 2012
DISH Network now offers the popular DISH Remote Access app for the iPad to allow DISH customers to watch thousands of on-demand streaming movies and TV shows, live TV and manage your DVR! DISH customers who subscribe to the Blockbuster @Home package or select premium movie packages – including HBO and Cinemax – can now watch popular movies, TV shows and kid’s programming directly on their iPads, free!
Streaming movies and TV shows using the enhanced DISH Remote Access app requires a DISH log-in ID and a broadband-connected iPad. The DISH Remote Access app is available today and is free to DISH customers from Apple’s iTunes Store. To watch live TV on the iPad, subscribers need a DISH Sling Adapter and a broadband-connected compatible DISH HD DVR receiver.
Categories: DISH & TV news
January 2nd, 2012
DISH Network’s 722k HD DVR gives you the best technology at the lowest price! See how DirecTV’s Tivo HD DVR stacks up against the 722k.
| DISH 722k HD DuoDVR | DirecTV Tivo HD DVR | |
| Service on 2 TVs | Yes! | No |
| Upfront cost to connect 2nd TV | $0 | $199 |
| Monthly service fee for 1st TV | $0 | $5 |
| Monthly DVR service fee | $6 | $7 |
| Total monthly equipment fees | $6 | $12 |
| Instantly watch PPV movies | Yes! | No, must download movies before you can watch |
| TV Everywhere – instantly watch live TV and DVR recordings on your mobile device | Yes! | No, DirecTV’s Nomad service requires you to download before you can watch |
| iPad remote control | Yes! | No |
| Live TV streaming functionality | Yes! | No |
| Game Search | Yes! | No |
| Picture in Picture | Yes! | No |
| SRS TruVolume to eliminate volume fluctuations | Yes! | No |
| 3D viewing with 3D televisions | Yes! | No |
As well DirecTV’s DVR falling far short of the 722k HD DVR, DirecTV’s Nomad service doesn’t even begin to compare to the TV Everywhere. DirecTV claims you can use Nomad to watch recorded content anywhere at any time, but before you can even begin watching you have to download your DVR content in real time. That means to download a one hour TV show can take over an hour! And you can’t even view live TV. With a DISH DVR and a Sling you can truly have all TV, recorded and live, with you instantly on your mobile devices.
Categories: DISH & TV news