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Switching from DTV to Dish

Discussion in 'General DISH™ Discussion' started by Dean Thompson, Feb 20, 2021.

  1. Feb 20, 2021 #1 of 5
    Dean Thompson

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    I am going to switch from DTV to Dish and I have a few questions. I have cable at most locations in my home, but not all. I assume you have to go fully wired or wireless. In other words, you cannot mix wired and wireless? Second question, if I were to go fully wireless how well does the wireless system do on range? My DTV has struggled to reach some locations sporadically. Final question, buy or lease equipment? I heard Dish changed there lease structure recently that makes it more of an advantage to own. Thanks in advance.
     
  2. Feb 20, 2021 #2 of 5
    James Long

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    You can mix and match. The wired Joey units can also run on Ethernet only (no coax). How many TVs are you planning on connecting?

    DISH is now charging a lower receiver fee for owned receivers than leased receivers but it is not a huge savings.
     
  3. Feb 20, 2021 #3 of 5
    scooper

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    Buy or lease - you're paying for the priviledge of having extra receivers

    You can mix wired and wireless, but personally, if it is at all possible to go wired - I would - the farther away the more I'd go wired. If you want to take advantage of a Hopper3 and 4K video away from the Hopper - that location ( Joey 4) will have to be wired. You also need to have internet access for the Hopper for PPV , receiver communications etc.

    Your wiring will need to be in a star configuration, and all the wired Joeys will be connected via splitters unless you use ethernet (I'd have the Hopper on ethernet for this as well - Dish only does 100 Mb ethernet).
     
  4. Feb 20, 2021 #4 of 5
    n0qcu

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    The H3 is 1Gbs.
     
  5. Feb 20, 2021 #5 of 5
    scooper

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    Ok - I only know about the Hopper w/Sling (and by inference, the original Hopper).
     

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