Hi, Rick. I didn't upgrade to the hopper until a week ago or so; so I probably wasn't paying attention. I did call a few people in tech support including one in their broadband department who said he would relay my concerns to engineering. But, like you, I never would hear anything from Dish whenever I had something I needed to tell them about the iPhone app. In all fairness, I should say that AT&TU-verse was no better. I never could find anyone I could talk to. I don't see why they couldn't put this feature back in. After all, the 922 has a sling adapter built into the receiver. If nothing else, they could make it possible just to control the hopper and not the joeys. Who knows if they will. It would sure be nice if a blind user could have just ten minutes with the developer of the app. Thanks.
On Jul 6, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: > Paul, > > You may have missed it then but I did post my findings regarding this feature > being missing with the Hopper. I emailed them regarding this and never got > any kind of response. I did speak to their tech support rep and the most he > could tell me was that after investigating he could verify that the feature > was not there but he couldn’t say whether it was by design, or simply > overlooked. He did offer to see what he could do about replacing my Hopper > and Joeys with models supporting this feature but I declined. The Prime Time > Any Time feature in our case was too good to give up. > > Best, > > Rick > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Paul Henrichsen > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Dish receivers 922, 722 and hopper/joey and streaming with i > devices > > I used to have a 922 and a 612. I was very disappointed to see the watch on > tv feature disappear with the hopper. > Sure wish we could get them to put it back. > If I had known that the watch on tv feature was not available on the hopper, > I probably wouldn't have switched. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 7:59 AM, "Rick Alfaro" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I currently have the Hopper along with 2 Joeys. I also have a SlingBox > adapter plugged into one of the USB ports on the Hopper. You can get the > adapter for $30 from Dish. > > My experience with streaming has been ok for the most part. If you get the > free Dish app for your iDevice, you can stream stuff on your DVR or watch > live TV. Unfortunately, the part of the app that actually displays the video > on your device has a bunch of unlabeled buttons so you really have to poke > around to figure some of them out. > > The one big issue I have with this is that if you have a Hopper, the “watch > on TV” option is no longer available. This option allows you to find > something in the program guide and when you click on watch you can choose to > watch it on your tv and not stream so it’s sort of like an accessible remote > control allowing you to have it change the channel on your DVR to watch real > time. > > This feature is there if you own a 722k or 922. Not sure why they decided to > not make it available with the Hopper. I have spoken to them and also > emailed them with no real responses so not sure if it will ever be added back > again for the Hoppers. > > The Hopper has 3 tuners but it has the Prime Time Any Time feature. > This feature when enabled, uses 1 tuner and automatically records all 4 > major networks between 7pm and 11pm. It’s a fantastic feature. The DVR > itself of course isn’t accessible but you do have the ability to view the > program guide through the app where you can schedule recordings along with > the ability to stream previous recordings. Again, it’s stream only which > isn’t the case with the 722 and 922, or so owners of those boxes have told me. > > Hope this helps somewhat. > > Feel free to contact me off list if you have any more questions or we can do > Skype as well if you want. > > Best, > > Rick Alfaro > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cristobal > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 7:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Dish receivers 922, 722 and hopper/joey and streaming with i devices > > Hello list, > > So, I’m a Dish subscriber and have the opportunity to upgrade to any of the > above receivers for free. I recall reading on here that some other dish users > had issues with the Hopper receivers and streaming to their iPhones/iPads. > > I currently have two dvrs for four tbs and my understanding is that with the > Hopper, you can have up to six tvs hooked up where as with the other 922 and > 722 boxes, it’s only two tv connections with only the 922 receiver having > slingbox capabilities. > > Can anyone speak as to the accessibility with any of these receivers and > streaming to an iPad or iPhone or exicuting any of the dvr recording features > online and so on? > > I don’t have an Apple TV, but will most likely be getting one later in the > year. > > I would be upgrading from a couple of 625 receivers one of which is mine. I > was thinking about buying a netgear usb adaptor to insert into the receiver > that I own to catch my wireless router, but I’ve read conflicting reports > online that this particular dvr > device is not Internet capable outside of being hooked up directly to a > landline which I do not have. > > I would appreciate any feedback or observations on any of the above. If I do > decide to upgrade and sign on for two more years, I’d like to get the right > receiver. > > Thanks, > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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