Dish Begins Selling $99 Portable Mobile Video Drive Launched at CES

Dish Network began shipping the $99 HopperGo, a personal mobile video drive it announced at CES (see 1601060011). The 64 GB device can store up to 100 hours of recorded video content from a Hopper 3 or Hopper 2 DVR for offline viewing, said Dish Thursday. HopperGo creates its own private wireless cloud that supports simultaneous viewing of different programs on up to five mobile devices via the Dish Anywhere app, said the company. It’s compatible with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, plus Kindle Fire tablets, Dish said. The battery-powered device can stream for up to four hours on a charge, it said.