The 722 was good for a long time, but it's time is gone... What has you so anti Hopper? Having 16+ tuners is pretty nice, and the HD pic quality is better than any pre-Hopper model. Not to mention 4K.

Not sure, likely a cost saving measure.

Yes, I think in April of next year, all international programming will be only available via the internet.

I assumed with the dropping of 129 Dish would go back to the Dish 500 with a new DPH or DPZ lnb. But I have yet to see one. When we tried to order them a few months back from Dish, they shipped us 500+s :rolleyes:. What is worse, they sent us 500+s w/o a 110 bracket, so they are really useless...

It is surprising how poor of a job roofers do when putting these back....

So you are saying, "Soon".... ;)

More power to you, but these were pieces of junk 25 years ago. I can't imagine they would work on any level these days...

Hope so....

Wallys "can" be a real pain in the rear. A couple things to check, make sure it isn't stuck in the "tuner 0" glitch. Go to the signal strength screen, and make sure tuner 1 is selected, then try the the switch check again. It can take a bit of "smacking it around" (so to speak) to get past that...

66 is actually very good signal strength. It goes to 125 for no good reason, I think the strongest I have ever seen, on a spot beam transponder with a large commercial grade dish was upper 70s. When I install a dish, I am perfectly happy with a signal in the 50s. It is very unlikely you could...

They are, but that moca runs over coax just as everything else in the setup.

Depends on how it is all connected now, how many joeys do you have? But it doesn't really matter, the cable that runs a HWS now, will run a joey after the upgrade, no issues.

As others have said, Hopper 3 is the way to go. So much better than 2xHWS.

Went out on a service call for a Wally/Tailgater yesterday (1st problem was TV was on wrong input). We hadn't had any RV service calls in a few months, and I hadn't thought much about it, but I assumed dish would have had a software fix for the tailgater 129 issue by now.... Nope, software...

My bad, I live on the West coast and forget that plenty of people can see 61.5. Around here it is at an 8 degree elevation and next to impossible to see. Yes it should work fine assuming you can see it.

My boss was on the phone with King Controls and according to them, the Hybrid option doesn't work, as soon as it can't find 61.5, it is done. We have yet to test that though. They also did confirm it is Dish's issue, Dish needs to update software. HEY DishHelp , GET ON THAT!

We have been dealing with this issue for many weeks now, it affects all receivers designed to work with the tailgater. During the satellite acquisition stage, the receiver will get stuck on 3 of 3 for 211 receivers or the 3rd part of the progress bar on Wally's. It is looking for 129, which of...

The hybrid lnb emulates multiple different lnbs. The Hopper 3 utilizes "DPZ", which is how it gets it's 16 tuners. You can run up to 8 or even 16 Wallys (in single tuner mode) off of 1 DPH lnb and a DPH42 power supply. Generally that is only done in commercial installations. It emulates the...

Yes, all the Hopper Duo needs is a DPP lnb. They are a good deal cheaper than that DPH lnbs, so they are used whenever possible. It will work with a DPH lnb, the DPH lnb just emulates a DPP lnb when that is what is needed.

Solo node works for Hopper 1 & 2, not 3. You need a Dish 1000.2 & Hybrid LNB, you need a hub if you are going to add wired Joeys. You will need a Western or Eastern Arc LNB, depending on where you live.

No, you cannot have a Hopper duo on an acct with any other hoppers (we have tried). It is silly, but that is their rules...

Also, the only difference between a 211z and a 211k is the z lacks component and channel 3 output and off air antenna in, just like the Wally. Functionally they are identical.

No it does not, only 211s and Wallys. Hopper Duo "might", it is just a Wally with a hard drive, but it would have more trouble running on 1 tuner than the Wally does.

You don't

This is a problem with Wallys, 211Ks, 211Zs and probably the original 211 if there are any of those still out there. Dish NEEDS to get software fixes for all of them, they are having fits with tailgaters and the lack of 129. A couple work arounds that sometimes work. Unplug your receiver...