Dish Receivers - Anyone using a wally?

iagary wrote:
Bill, I like my 211K also. The two things I like more about the Wally are the size and the RF remote. I will just stick with my 211k and deal with those issues. Thanks everyone for the input.

Gary

Good!

Bill, I like my 211K also. The two things I like more about the Wally are the size and the RF remote. I will just stick with my 211k and deal with those issues. Thanks everyone for the input.

Gary

The Wally ( have one that stays at home, ) is the latest 211 style meant to replace the 211z someone told me . It's also meant mostly be a basic home receiver .like the 211's you can add a usb hard drive to it and give single tuner recording and also a tuner module to combine Ota with satellite on the same guide. I don't use mine ( Wally ) in the rv .i use a 211k and a z in the bedroom . The Wally stays at my house for the limited time we still spend there,and for my adult kids if they come to town and use my house While we aren't there. From what I remember it has the same outputs as the z
The best deal in my mind is a recon 211k but that's just me.

GordonThree wrote:
So the wally is a basically a stripped-down receiver, that's small and intended for rv?

Kind of strange, since it's marketed as an RV receiver, why does it require ac power? A 12v option would have been nice.

No, it is not intended for an RV. It's just a receiver built by Dish. It certainly can be used in an RV but Dish would not know or care about that. It requires 120V power because it was built for household use. It's stripped down because most houses do not need anything more than a receiver with an HDMI connection.

So the wally is a basically a stripped-down receiver, that's small and intended for rv?

Kind of strange, since it's marketed as an RV receiver, why does it require ac power? A 12v option would have been nice.

K Charles wrote:
We got a 211K. when they upgraded and said the 211Z was the latest and greatest they took away the OTA tuner. Now there latest thing is to take away the coax? I guess I'll stick with the old 211K.

The 211z doesn't have the coax output either...

We got a 211K. when they upgraded and said the 211Z was the latest and greatest they took away the OTA tuner. Now there latest thing is to take away the coax? I guess I'll stick with the old 211K.

iagary wrote:
No. I mean Wally. It is pretty new. 2oldman, I have searched for Wally several times and read many posts about it. I know how to search. However, I have not found the answer to my specific questions. I see many posts that people have it or are considering it. I see NO posts on how satisfied they are with it. I have looked at the dish site and have looked at the tech specs. I DO NOT see power usage information. It seems that the few times I try to ask for some help from other members on here there is always someone ready to criticize.

The Wally power specs are here.

iagary wrote:
I know how to search.

My comment wasn't intended for you. My comment was for those who don't even know what you're talking about.

I was hoping that link I provided would help in some way as those posts have the word in them.

Got this after doing a Google Search;

https://www.amazon.com/Dish-Network-Wally-HD-receiver/dp/B01E1OOYQQ

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