Dish Hopper Hands-On

Posted by Jacob Krol on June 28, 2012 8:51 pm in Hands-On, Television | 0 comments

While at CE Week I stopped by the Dish booth. They showed off Dish Hopper to me, this is one of their newest features. There are 2 types of boxes that work with the hopper package. You have the Hopper which is the main box and then you have Joeys. The Hopper contains 2 1- Terabyte hard drive inside of it, for the most part it is a multi-room DVR that has some very special features. Then the Joeys are connected to the Hopper, and you can access all of your recordings from there. The Joeys connect to the Hopper via COAX. For every Hopper you can have 3 Joeys. Let’s dive into some of the awesome features that come with Hopper from Dish. First of all you get PrimeTimeAnytime, this will certainly be a popular feature. Dish partnered with ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. There is PrimeTime Content on these 4 channels every night, and the Hopper automatically records the programs during this time. It is then saved on one of the 1-Terabyte hard-drvies and saves it for 8 days. AutoHop is also a really cool feature that allows you to automatically skip over all of the commercials. This way the content runs as it was meant to be. You know that a show has the AutoHop feature because you will see a small red kangaroo in the corner of that program’s button. When you select a show that has Auto Hop you can choose whether or not to turn AutoHop on. And this feature is free and as of now it is excessive to the Hopper. And yes it is available on the Joeys as well. Dish also has one of the nicest menus as well, it moves really quickly thanks to a fast processor inside. It has the fastest processor out of an Satellite Box on the market, a 750 MHz processor. It also really easy to use and you also have some nice applications that work over an internet connection. This applications are Facebook, Twitter, Games, and much more! Rotten Tomatoes is built-in to help you find the best movies and entertainment to watch. You also have Video-On-Demand which gives you access to thousands of titles at your control. If you like brining content on the go with you can connect a “SlingBox” to Hopper. You listen to the hottest music via SiriusXM Satellite radio on your TV. If your like me you lose your remote control a good about of times, well Dish has something that will make the search easier. And that is a remote locator. Overall, Dish does have some of the other television providers beat with the Hopper. I am very excited about the Hopper from Dish and cannot wait to check it out even more. Be sure to check out the full gallery below! For more info keep checking NJTechReviews or go to this site: http://www.dish.com/technology/hopper/ .

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