No. But Dish has released a new dual tuner OTA module. Its available at Dishdepot.com. The SW to activate the second tuner is expected to be released in May.
I just got one of the new dual tuners, $52 on EPray. Works like a charm. The RF front-end seems to be quite sensitive, picks up as many channels as the tuner in my pricey TV. I thought we were supposed to get guide data? I get none.
At minimum you should get data for the channels DISH carries (also mapped to the -01 channels received OTA).
If you have just connected the module it may take some time for the guide to populate.
I'm now getting guide data, nice. Again, I've found the dongle to work well. But, can't say as much for the Hopper software itself. Asking it to do an OTA scan works the first time. Do it again and random things start failing. Examples, just sits claiming it's scanning but never does, or when you exit, you get a little image in the corner like when you're in the guide that you can't get rid of without a reboot, or going back into the OTA menu and having it show every channel as unlocked and no signal, even though you can watch them just fine. Annoying but not fatal.
I am researching Dish and have a question about using the dual tuner dongle. If I have this does it mean I can only watch or record two OTA channels at the same time? If so this will not work for me being I sometimes record 3 or 4 OTA channels on Directv. This would be with the Hopper 3 receiver.
With the AM21 connected to the HR24 I can only record two shows at a time. This is controlled more by the HR24 than the AM21, being it has only two tuners. The AM21 is not supported by Directv any more and once this one dies I cannot get another one. Directv has a new LCC (local channel connector) going through the test markets now. It is also limited to two tuners.
You can have both the sat locals and the OTA adapter at the same time as many of us do. With the H3's 16 tuners plus the OTA adapter's two tuners you could record up to 18 channels of local programming at the same time if you wanted to. Depending on where we are at the time and for how long, I sometimes leave the sat locals set to our previous location when we're still within the spot beam, and then use the OTA stations for local news, etc.
This would be exactly what I want. On most of our trips I leave the HR44 at home and take the HR24 with us. But on trips longer than month I may take them both with us. I would want the option to do this with Dish also. This is why I am leaning more toward a tripod setup instead of a portable automatic antenna. I have the option also of converting my Directv Trav'ler to Dish. I am trying to cover all bases.
My plan now is to take the Hopper 3 and Joey with us on trips. I would get the OTA adapter to use on overnight stops to keep from changing the locals so much. I will change out my tripod first and then eventually change out the Trav'ler.
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