October 24th, 2013
Enjoy the freedom of mobility with Dish and the iPad2. Watch Everything live and recorded on your free iPad2 from Dish included when you sign up for Dish and Hopper. Transfer your recorded TV shows to your iPad and watch them without an internet connection. Manage your DVR recordings remotely. With Dish you can enjoy the benefits of flexibility, instantly skip commercials, store up to 2,000 hours of your favorite shows, and record up to 6 different shows at the same time.
Call us today to learn why the Hopper is the winner of 17 industry awards, including Best of Show from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Learn from our sales specialists how Dish can simplify you life and save you time and money!
No other satellite or cable tv provider is offering an iPad2. Call us today to get an iPad2 just in time for the holidays to share with your friends and family.
Categories: Specials & Deals
July 24th, 2013
When DISH introduced AutoHop, a feature on the Hopper set top receiver that allows customers to automatically skip commercials on prime time network TV shows that are prerecorded with the Prime Time Anytime function, it caused quite a stir. Not only were customers excited and estatic to see a product that they’ve been wishing for since the dawn of DVR, but network television executives were furious that consumers would be able to watch programming unfettered by commercials.
Since its launch networks have been trying to legally crush the Hopper and the AutoHop feature, insisting that it violates contracts and infriges copyright. The networks would like the courts to issue an injuction, a move that would prevent DISH from providing AutoHop to its customers. Judge Sidney Thomas of the Ninth Circuit, who upheld the ruling from last fall denying the injuction, disagreed with the networks’ claims of infringment, and cited the landmark Sony Betamax case from 1984 in which the electronic manufacturer went up again studio giant Universal over its development and distribution of VCRs. Its been an accepted fact that home recordings of television shows and broadcast movies for time shifting – viewing later or more than once – is not a copyright infringement and is protected by fair use.
“This decision is a victory for American consumers, and we are proud to have stood by their side in this important fight over the fundamental rights of consumer choice and control,†Dish’s executive vice president and general counsel, R. Stanton Dodge, said in a statement.
Categories: DISH & TV news
June 3rd, 2013
The Hopper with Sling is the most impressive whole-home HD DVR on the market. Boasting an impressive 2TV hard drive, the amazing features of PrimeTime Anytime – which automatically records all primetime shows when enabled – and AutoHop – which automatically skips commercials in PrimeTime Anytime content when enabled – as well many others, including Facebook and Pandora apps and the ability to stop watching a feature in one room and start watching in another. The Hopper from DISH is simply the best receiver out there, and with the new Sling capability you can take your great DISH programming, including live television and DVR recordings, with you anywhere you go! DISH Anywhere is truly anywhere, all you need is a mobile device, tablet or laptop with WiFi or a data connection and you can keep up with your favorite shows and even manage your DVR recordings and timers.
Categories: Specials & Deals
May 3rd, 2013
DirecTV has made some additions to their “everywhere” service recently, including extending some basic features like DVR scheduling to their iPhone and Android apps. Features DISH customers have been enjoying with the Dish Remote Access app for years. So when DirecTV says “Everywhere”, what do they really mean? Do they mean you can go anywhere in the world with your iPhone, iPad, Android, tablet, laptop or other internet connected device and view your live DISH television service or DVR recordings, like you can with DISH and Sling’s TV Everywhere technology?
No. DirecTV’s “Everywhere” service allows you to control your DVR, view DVR and OnDemand content, and some live television when you’re out. For anything else you must be at home on the same internet connection as your DirecTV receiver. Seems a bit misleading to call it “Everywhere” then.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
April 15th, 2013
The award winning Hopper is the most technologically advanced whole-home HD DVR on the market with amazing features like Auto Hop that allow for commercial free viewing and Prime Time Anytime that when enabled automatically records prime time television! The Hopper has been the greatest hit since it was released at CES 2012, and with the unveiling of the Hopper with Sling at CES 2013 it’s obvious DISH isn’t content to just be the best, they’re aiming to be better than the best.
Think you could never get a Hopper? Think again! Customers who qualify for the Digital Home Advantage promotion and take a 24-month commitment can get the Hopper for free with programming package America’s Top 120 and above! With a promotional price of $24.99/month for the first year you can’t beat such great savings and technology! With America’s Top 120 you get the best value and America’s favorite channels, like Disney, AMC, Discovery, ESPN, and more!
New customers can also get HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax free for three months! As well as HD free for the life of the account and Blockbuster @Home free for three months! That’s thousands of movies and HD programming and it’s all free!
Categories: Specials & Deals
March 20th, 2013
DISH Network offers the best technology at the best price and backs it up with the best customer service. With such great products and programming and support, why would you ever pay more for satellite television? New, qualifying DISH customers enjoy some of the best deals in satellite internet!
Categories: DISH & TV news
March 11th, 2013
The Hopper was unveiled at CES 2012 where it was a massive hit with consumers and industry insiders. It’s sleek design and impressive whole-home HD DVR offerings made a fan of everyone who came across it. At CES 2013 the Hopper was back on the showroom floor showing off it’s all new Sling capabilities. As well as already popular features like Auto Hop, the ability to automatically skip commercials in certain programming when activated, with the new integrated Sling functions you can now take your DISH programming and DVR recordings with you where ever you go! These all new upgrades have made the DISH Hopper a co-winner of Best in Show at CES 2013, an honor given to the most innovative and excellent technology displayed at the international function dedicated to displaying the best technology in the world!
The Hopper with a built-in Sling is wi-fi capable, allowing you to wirelessly connect to your broadband home internet service and view your programming anywhere you go with your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or other internet connected device. You can also take advantage of great apps like Pandora streaming music, Facebook, Game Finder – so you never miss another game because you forgot the channel again, and more! You can also check out thousands of free movies and shows, take advantage of easy PPV and VOD ordering, and even check out Blockbuster @Home’s library of 10,000s of titles!
As well as offering amazing Sling capabilities and built-in wi-fi functions, the Hopper whole-home HD DVR is the first receiver to offer wireless audio streaming. With Bluetooth you can broadcast your programming to a headset so you can listen to music or catch every play of a game without disturbing anyone else in the room or even while working in another room!
Categories: DISH & TV news
February 25th, 2013
3D on DISH works with modern 3D HDTVs. Some older 3D TVs may require additional hardware in order to view today’s 3D content, so be sure to ask the TV manufacturer.
Depending on the 3D HDTV manufacturer, the glasses may have to be purchased separately from the TV. Consider purchasing more than one pair so that everyone in your home can enjoy the 3D experience.
High-speed HDMI cables (10.2 Gbps or higher) work just fine with the HDMI 3D pass-through technology found in 3D-capable HDTVs and Blu-ray players.
The ViP 922 HD DVR and Hopper whole-home HD DVR can both play 3D content.
That’s all you need to enjoy immersive and fascinating 3D content with DISH! Check out this page to see all of the great 3D titles currently playing on DISH!
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
February 18th, 2013
What could be better than the most technologically advanced whole-home HD DVR on the market? How about being able to watch that whole-home HD DVR anywhere and anytime? With the DISH Hopper with Sling you can take your live programming and DVR recordings with you anywhere. With DISH Anywhere technology you can watch your favorite TV shows and catch up on your DVR queue from any internet connected device. With the Sling you can also download DVR recordings to your iPad to watch later, even if you don’t have an internet connection.
The Hopper with Sling offers the amazing features and qualities of the ground breaking Hopper whole-home HD DVR receiver, and keeps it all at your fingertips even when you’re away from home!
Categories: DISH & TV news
February 1st, 2013
DISH Network’s whole-home DVR, the Hopper, is an innovative and customer-oriented set-top box that aims to give customers what they want: more programming and less commercials. With the AutoHop feature, which automatically skips commercials in the pre-recorded PrimeTime Anytime content, they’ve given customers exactly what they wanted! Since its introduction though many networks have come out against DISH and their new technology, and CBS even went so far as to deny the Hopper it’s rightful place as CNET’s Best in Show for CES 2013 – CBS cited ongoing legal action and a “conflict” of interest in their obvious maneuver to deny the Hopper it’s rightful recognition.
On the 28th the Consumer Electronics Association put their weight behind DISH and filed with the courts the argument that the 1984 ruling of the Supreme Court in the Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. case, known colloquially as the Betamax case, makes the AutoHop feature completely legal. In the landmark Universal Studios sued Sony, who had just introduced the Betamax VCR, for enabling copyright infringement with their recording devices. The Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that recording complete television shows for the purpose of watching later or skipping commercials is not copyright infringement and allowed under Fair Use laws.
Categories: Equipment & Remotes
