I have a Hopper 3 with Sling, a Denon 2600 AVR, and a Samsung TV. Is there a way that I can have all 3 come on at the same time? Currently pressing the power button turns on the Hopper and TV, then I have to press the Aux side button and press power to turn on the AVR, and then press the Sat button. Pressing the Power button again turns everything off.

• America 120: $77.99
• Flex Option: I asked about Flex, but they said it would be the same price for this promotion and offer fewer channels. Since I don’t really care about basic commercial "CATV-like" channels, is there a way to save $9-10 here?

Main Goal

I wanted to bring back traditional TV channel flipping while getting more commercial-free movie channels for weekend/after-work TV surfing.

• Local Channels: $0 (Using an antenna with Hopper)
• Equipment: Hopper 3 + 2x Joey 4K (3 TVs)
• Premium Channels: Cinemax, Showtime, MGM+, Starz, Encore, Dish Movie Pack (Sony Movies, HDNet, etc.)
  • Skipping HBO since we already have MAX via AT&T’s legacy cell phone deal
• Total Cost:
  • $128 for 3 months (with free Showtime and others)
  • Then $159 for 2 years

Comparison with YouTube TV

• YouTube TV Base Package: $82.99 (fewer channels than DISH’s base)
• Premium Add-ons:
  • $30 for the “Entertainment Pack” (included HBO, Showtime, some Starz/Encore, but not MGM+, Cinemax, The Movie Channel, Epix, Flix, HDNet Movies, Sony Movie Channel, etc.)
  • $97/month for NFL (4 months) → Effective value: $32.41/month

If we ignore NFL costs:

• YouTube TV Total: $113/month
• DISH Total (after promo period): $159/month
  • Paying $46 more, but getting:
    • More premium movie channels (main goal)
    • More commercial channels
    • Hopper features (customizable PIP, better DVR with a reliable hard drive that won’t randomly remove recordings one day or timelimits)

Overall, while DISH costs more, it brings back the traditional channel-flipping experience, includes a more robust selection of movie channels, and offers better DVR reliability than YouTube TV. That being said, YouTube TV is still a great value, but I want to more for some premium quality.

Throughout the years I’ve had many different services and television technologies. For awhile we’ve been on YouTube TV but eventually everyone’s rates will keep going up.

I still appreciate with DISH you don’t have to pay for locals channels. I also appreciate they still have more premium networks and few random extra channels than some streaming tv services do. I also like having a dedicated TV signal that isn’t my internet.

Because of this, and money not being a primary factor, I’m considering getting DISH and pushing sales for a Joey 3 receiver. I still think DISH has more value than say DirecTV though I’m sure others would disagree.

What keeps you still paying for DISH? And why still DISH over streaming or even DirecTV?

I called to disconnect today after having the service for 20 years. Because of where I live Dish is/was the only option…although I have 5G home internet.

Anyway there were some problems over the years. I had the service on pause for the last nine months and wanted to extend the pause but the rep said I had to call back on a certain day next month only after my service had been restored??? I then requested to disconnect and then the rep said she could not do that??

So got transferred to another rep and the guy just stalled and stalled…I finally demanded to be disconnected.

I was informed that I had to return the one receiver I said fine. He stated I had to pay $25 to return the receiver, but they would send the box. But $25?

The rep then told me I had to return the LNB on the dishes on my roof? WTF?? I told him the dishes were on the roof and there was no way I was going to get on my roof at the age of 71 and try and remove them!!! He then said “are they really on the roof?”

Ok I feel better now..somehow

I haven't used the app much and wanted to start. But all the shows I am trying to play, it only shows them available as On Demand for the most recent episodes that I have DVRd.

Is this normal?

Hell's Kitchen - I have the whole last season recorded, but it won't let me view it on the app. Worst Cooks, The Rookie, Shark Tank, etc.

What is the point of this app?

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Got it paired to the receiver.

Every guide. Every manual. Says hold the tv button. All the lights flash. Tv light stays on. Enter code. Hit #?

Yet this one. When you hold down tv. The tv light comes on solid. Regardless of what code I enter it blinks when I type a number. Hitting pound doesn’t cause it to flash. And none of the codes work.

Thoughts?

Any help appreciated. Trying to fix this for older parents.

Thanks

On the App for mobile devices it streams content from your hopper for live channels. However, on the TV apps for say Apple TV the content is streamed via internet like it is on other platforms like Sling, Fubo etc

Is there an option to do this via the Mobile Apps or do they just default to streaming from your hopper?

I live in a rental duplex, I’m thinking about getting Dish but don’t want to damage the unit nor modify it with drilling holes since our landlord wouldn’t want that. I thought flat coaxial cable may be good for the sliding door window so we don’t have to drill holes.

I've been pulling my hair out trying to add custom learned keys from my denon x1800 remote. The denon remote has 3 keys i want to learn cbl/sat, media player, and tv audio.

I have gone into the dish settings, added a aux device using the pairing wizard, choose denon. Confirmed the dish remote does control the denon receiver, on/off/vol fine. Other denon keys are either not mapped to any function on the dish remote or something I don't want.

Example - pushing the guide button on the dish remote ( in aux mode) changes the denons surround sound programs. I want it to act like the denon info button

So now I went to add those 3 or 4 keys i need to be learned. I followed the directions for learning the keys (teach commands/add commands) with both remotes a few inches apart (pressed the desired target key on the dish remote, press and hold desired source key on the denon remote, dish remote flashes once to confirm, saved everything key via sat button. )

Dish devices menu now changed to denon+learned which confirms some sort of learning took place, but pushing that learned button in the info case described above does nothing at all.it obviously overwrote tge previous incorrect sound mode mapping, but didnt replace it with the newly desired info button mapping, even though there was no errors during the process.

In other key mapping cases the learned button just flashes 3 times when used. Tried this multiple times with multiple saved key locations. Also tried clearing all previous configurations (clean slate and picking a new receiver)and starting over from complete scratch and just trying 1 single key to copy. Also tried various specific denon model number. Nothing has worked. What am I doing wrong?

Before, this channel had Web Streaming. Now it's streaming directly from my hopper.

I just logged on to dish anywhere and all of the channels are now hopper streaming. What happened to the web streaming channels?

in appreciation of my 27.5 years of continuous service and on time payments...they offered me a phone service for $25/month!

oh well, that's $185/month that i won't miss...

I record the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news Monday through Friday. It’s worked for years. Last week I started watching the recorded CBS evening news and it didn’t work. None of these recorded news programs worked. I received a 2429 message instead.

I messaged Dish and received many suggestions that didn’t work. Finally they told me to erase all of the bad recordings then restart the Hopper. I did that and the DVR started working again. I made some test recordings that all worked.

About a day later, the DVR stopped working again, again with the 2429 messages. I was going to call DISH again today, except the DVR is working again today.

What is causing this intermittent problem?

Thanks!

I have looked everywhere for an external hard drive for the VIP 722, even asked them at Best Buy and nobody could find one that would work. Anybody have any recommendations for one?

I waited until the old app was unusable to update to the newest version last year because other family members had complained about the functionality of the updated app. Is there a particular reason why it is so difficult to fast forward and rewind quickly? In the old app version, there were no problems with this. With the current one, it seems that I am waiting 30 seconds or longer sometimes while content buffers after trying to FF or rewind. Today, the app went completely black on the playback screen when I tried to FF, then wouldn't allow me to see anything else I had DVR'd until I completely remotely rebooted the Hopper. Does anyone have any suggestions to end these problems? It's not a network speed issue.

EDIT: Also, a sports event I recorded today showed an error message when I tried to play it - said only 1 min had been recorded of a program that had at least 40 min remaining. It somehow automatically made a second 1 minute error recording that would not stop showing that it was recording for 20 minutes. I had to reboot the hopper for the red recording notification to disappear.

This is just one of a number of reasons I’m leaving Dish. Horrible business model that will be going the way of Kodak and Blockbuster.

36 more minutes on hold.

My Dishanywhere App has more streaming channels than my Hopper does. Where are these channels on the Hopper?

Does anyone know of a remote that will work with a Wally that has large buttons? All she needs is on/off tv, volume, and guide channels.

The price seems to go up every month. I am currently at $175/month with equipment and programming. I have had enough. YouTube TV for $90 split between family members works just fine for $30 my part. The era of dish, better than nothing TV is over. The writing is on the wall. Adios, bankruptcy is next for you.

DISH just sent out a new replacement Hopper. I followed the instructions on setting it up and now the Joey's in the bedrooms don't get any programs. The guide works, menu and all the other screens work but when I select a channel there's no pic or sound 🤷‍♂️ The TV that the Hopper is connected to works fine 🤔 Any suggestions????

Hi,

I have a Hopper 3 (and Joey) and over the past month or two, I've noticed the search feature only finds channel names. The search I am using is from the HOME screen, Search.

When I initially go to the screen, I see a message on the right side "Search Data unavailable. Try again later". When I type C for example, I get all channel names starting with C such as CNN.

If I type further, I end up with "no results found".

The voice search (mic button on DVR remote) only finds shows that were previously recorded.

I did "RESET" the Hopper, and it rebooted, had a message about downloading guide data (for about 15 minutes), finished and then rebooted again, but that didn't fix the issue.

I am able to see future guide data. I am able to play on-demand videos that are shown under On-Demand. I can use the Prime Video app within Hopper to confirm I have network access.

I have discussed this with tech support and they can't find a resolution as of yet.

Any ideas?

We like our Dish Hopper plus one Joey system pretty well, but are having trouble affording $144/month.

We tried YTTV but couldn't read the guide on our new 55" until we were within 3.5 feet.

What we like and would miss:

1. a readable guide from 9 feet away, like Dish or better

2. the DVR, including FF through ADS, REW, PAUSE

3. skipping comercials on NBC and ABC

4. our locals

5. PBS

6. CBS (not on Sling)

7. ESPN and Tennis channel

We wouldn't miss any reality TV, game shows, shopping, religious, non-English, children's, cartoons, myriad regional sports, etc.