New DISH Hopper 3

Updated 1/20/2016

Some DISH dealer information . . .

• Hopper 3
• Joey 2.0
• 4K Joey
• #50 Remote
• #52 Remote
• DISH Pro Hybrid Networking

Just announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the DISH Hopper 3 is a major leap forward in satellite TV technology as well as a boon to RVers. See WIRED, Verge, or CNET articles.

This new DISH Whole-House (or RV) DVR features the following:

PROS:

• 16 tuners (Yikes !!!)
• USB 3.o – allows connecting fast hard drives to a Hopper 3.
• 4K ULTRA HD capabilities
• Broadcom BCM7445 Quad Core ARM @ 1.5 GHz chipset (It’s really fast)
• New “Carbon” user interface (Looks like DirecTV now)
• 2 TB hard drive (like the other older Hoppers)
• YouTube app (Yes!)
• HopperGO – a 64GB hard drive with a built-in private WiFi network that allows you to take your favorite Hopper 3 shows wherever you go. (Available in Spring for a one-time $99 fee).
  
• Hopper 3 available in January for $15/month. Some users (?) will be able to get a free upgrade.
• Only one Hopper 3 available per antenna. You can connect up to 6 Joeys to a Hopper 3, but that’s it — you can’t connect another Hopper 3 ( Hopper 2 or 1), or a SuperJoey.
• Simplified Wiring – you’ll only need 1 wire from your Winegard Travler or a portable satellite dish to connect a Hopper 3.

CONS:

• Hopper 3 requires DPH (DISH Pro Hybrid) equipment and if you use a portable dish, it must be a 1000.2 with a DPH LNB, not a 1000.4 dish. If you have a Winegard Travler SK-1000, you must upgrade the current DISH Pro Plus (DPP) LNB to a DPH. See Winegard Travler DPH Upgrade Instructions.
• You can only have ONE Hopper 3. While 16 tuners is great, so is redundancy . . . some folks (including me) have more than one Hopper as a backup — if one fails, you can still watch TV. With one Hopper 3 and some Joeys . . . if your Hopper 3 takes a powder, you’re SOL because your Joeys need a Hopper.
• You must use a 1000.2 dish. Sure, that means you can use your Winegard Travler (once it’s converted to DPH), but 1000.4 or 1000+ dishes will not work. Note: an Eastern Arc DPH LNB is available along with the Western Arc DPH LNB for the 1000.2.

New Hopper 3 with New Remote (same footprint as other two Hoppers)