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nightowl6900 · 2012-01-25, 03:26 PM

Dishnetwork is releasing the hopper and joey soon. I hope bell releases it soon too. Its amazing can record six hd shows at once and the joey can watch the shows in another room. Also comes with a 2tb hard drive.

JoeLouie · 2012-01-25, 04:54 PM

There is a discussion about this in another thread in here somewhere (I don't remember exactly which one). I suppose it's possible that Bell will release it eventually... but don't plan on it being soon.

rogue17 · 2012-01-26, 10:43 AM

A thread on a possible Bell 9252 receiver in the satellite HD PVR section.

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/show...highlight=9252

QCK · 2012-01-27, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by rogue17

A thread on a possible Bell 9252 receiver in the satellite HD PVR section.

The 9252 will never happen now. Dish is not releasing anymore equivalent 922's to their customers. There is no one working on the firmware for it anymore. The Hopper and Joey receivers are what Dish Network wants new users to start using beginning sometime in March they say.

rogue17 · 2012-01-27, 10:41 AM

My post was a confirmation of what JoeLouie said, That the Hopper and Joey had been discussed in another thread which happens to talk about a possible 9252.

QCK · 2012-01-27, 12:18 PM

Yes I saw the link, and in this thread I'm letting anyone know in simple terms that there will not be a 9252, and the the Hopper and Joey is the real future at least for Dish Network and Echostar. Maybe ma Bell in a year or two may add them as well, but they avoid anything complicated receiver wise it seems.

primehifi · 2012-03-15, 11:05 PM

I think you'll be wrong on that.

Bell will get all of Echostar's Dish 922's refurb units and rebrand them to Bell and swing them to us like the next best thing since sliced bread.

Bell is putting it off because the 922 stock (including all sold active use units, refurb and unsold) is small compared to that of previous receiver versions. They need to bridge the gap so they can ream us on the 9252 for a few years while the stock of hopper/joey refurbs builds up, then we get that, while echostar moves on to something else.

JoeLouie · 2012-03-16, 07:32 AM

@primehifi, I think he meant that it was released on Dish yesterday. If it was released on Bell I think we would have heard a little more about it

MCIBUS · 2012-02-02, 07:07 AM

I was wondering about the name they given this new PVR, then it came to me

Hopper-Kangaroo
Joey-Baby Kangaroo

Costa · 2012-03-15, 07:57 PM

It was released today.

biffripjock · 2012-05-28, 08:37 PM

i read on line that dish network has released a product called a hopper which is something like a gateway, suggesting no need of multiple stb in a home just one. as bell and dish are both echostar, anyone know?

thanks

Pinza · 2012-05-28, 09:07 PM

Suggest more reading, it is a system called the Hopper & Joey, with the Hopper being the main unit and the Joey's being the receivers in other locations in the home.

Been discussed many times before, not much chance of seeing this with Bell for quite some time, if ever.

numba1killa · 2012-06-24, 01:44 AM

Any more news on this? I used the Hopper at a friends house across the border and damn is it cool. Totally want to get a dish network subscription now ...

QCK · 2012-06-24, 08:33 AM

No and don't expect it anytime soon. Bell just recently moved into the DPP era...

Pinza · 2012-06-26, 05:03 PM

Bell are pushing Fibe, so there will be very little 'new' in the Satellite world until they realize that not everyone can get Fibe......

2012-01-25, 03:26 PM	#1
nightowl6900 Rookie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 19	Hopper and Joey Dishnetwork is releasing the hopper and joey soon. I hope bell releases it soon too. Its amazing can record six hd shows at once and the joey can watch the shows in another room. Also comes with a 2tb hard drive.

2012-03-15, 07:57 PM	#10
Costa Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 520	It was released today. __________________ Everything

2012-05-28, 08:37 PM	#11
biffripjock Rookie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6	hoppper? anyone? buelller? i read on line that dish network has released a product called a hopper which is something like a gateway, suggesting no need of multiple stb in a home just one. as bell and dish are both echostar, anyone know? thanks

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2012-01-25, 04:54 PM	#2
JoeLouie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 908	There is a discussion about this in another thread in here somewhere (I don't remember exactly which one). I suppose it's possible that Bell will release it eventually... but don't plan on it being soon.

2012-01-26, 10:43 AM	#3
rogue17 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 570	A thread on a possible Bell 9252 receiver in the satellite HD PVR section. http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/show...highlight=9252

2012-01-27, 10:41 AM	#5
rogue17 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 570	My post was a confirmation of what JoeLouie said, That the Hopper and Joey had been discussed in another thread which happens to talk about a possible 9252.

2012-01-27, 12:18 PM	#6
QCK Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,140	Yes I saw the link, and in this thread I'm letting anyone know in simple terms that there will not be a 9252, and the the Hopper and Joey is the real future at least for Dish Network and Echostar. Maybe ma Bell in a year or two may add them as well, but they avoid anything complicated receiver wise it seems.

2012-03-15, 11:05 PM	#7
primehifi Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 141	I think you'll be wrong on that. Bell will get all of Echostar's Dish 922's refurb units and rebrand them to Bell and swing them to us like the next best thing since sliced bread. Bell is putting it off because the 922 stock (including all sold active use units, refurb and unsold) is small compared to that of previous receiver versions. They need to bridge the gap so they can ream us on the 9252 for a few years while the stock of hopper/joey refurbs builds up, then we get that, while echostar moves on to something else.

2012-03-16, 07:32 AM	#8
JoeLouie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 908	@primehifi, I think he meant that it was released on Dish yesterday. If it was released on Bell I think we would have heard a little more about it

2012-02-02, 07:07 AM	#9
MCIBUS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ottawa Posts: 2,140	I was wondering about the name they given this new PVR, then it came to me Hopper-Kangaroo Joey-Baby Kangaroo

2012-05-28, 09:07 PM	#12
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,684	Suggest more reading, it is a system called the Hopper & Joey, with the Hopper being the main unit and the Joey's being the receivers in other locations in the home. Been discussed many times before, not much chance of seeing this with Bell for quite some time, if ever.

2012-06-24, 01:44 AM	#13
numba1killa Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SSM Canada Posts: 282	Any more news on this? I used the Hopper at a friends house across the border and damn is it cool. Totally want to get a dish network subscription now ...

2012-06-24, 08:33 AM	#14
QCK Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,140	No and don't expect it anytime soon. Bell just recently moved into the DPP era...

2012-06-26, 05:03 PM	#15
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,684	Bell are pushing Fibe, so there will be very little 'new' in the Satellite world until they realize that not everyone can get Fibe......