What is Hopper Joey and Super Joey?

The Super Joey is a one-off expansion to the Hopper that also functions as a regular Joey. It adds two additional tuners to the Hopper’s three, for a total of five tuners that can work simultaneously in your home—not something everyone needs, but if you want it, it’s a solid add-on and a worthy Editors’ Choice.

How do I connect my Super Joey to the Hopper?

Go to the room where your Joey is located. Press the “Home” button on your remote three times. Scroll down and select “Whole Home.” Use the arrow buttons to highlight your Hopper and press “Select” twice. The linking process may require up to a minute to take effect.

What is the difference between Joey and Super Joey?

Super Joey is a Hopper companion receiver. Unlike the regular Joey, the Super Joey has two additional built-in satellite tuners. This means that an account with the Hopper and a Super Joey has a total of 5 available tuners and can record up to 8 different shows at the same time (if PTA is enabled).

What does Hopper with sling include?

The Hopper With Sling lets you place-shift live TV out of the box. Besides watching live TV remotely, you can transfer recordings from your DVR to your iPad for watching offline through the free Hopper Transfers app.

How many tuners does a hopper Super Joey have?

Super Joey is a Hopper companion receiver. Unlike the regular Joey, the Super Joey has two additional built-in satellite tuners. This means that an account with the Hopper and a Super Joey has a total of 5 available tuners and can record up to 8 different shows at the same time ( if PTA is enabled ).

What kind of hopper do I need for a Joey?

The Joey, Wireless Joey, Super Joey, Joey 3.0 and 4K Joey are all DISH receivers that connect TVs throughout your home to your Hopper. Connect a Joey to each TV in your house, no matter where it might be.

Is the Dish Network Hopper compatible with Sling?

The Dish Network Hopper with Sling ( at Amazon) really impressed us when it was released, partly because of the functional whole-home watching systems with Joey receivers in different rooms. However, it was limited to three tuners which, outside of primetime with four specific networks, could only tune to or record three shows at once.

How did the Hopper and Joey system get its name?

DISH named the system Hopper and Joey because each Joey “hops” from the main “kangaroo” to other TVs in your home. The Joeys are the baby kangaroos; they are smaller and borrow tuners and full HD-DVR functionality from the Hopper, the main receiver. How many TVs does the Hopper and Joey system provide DISH service to?