Dish has made it easy to watch DVR content on the go for a few years now, thanks to the Hopper with Sling (now the Hopper 3) and the Dish Anywhere app. But this solution requires an Internet connection. The new HopperGO removes that limitation. The $99 HopperGO box is a small portable storage device for your Dish Network DVR recordings. Load it up by connecting it to your Hopper via USB, and you have a tiny drive full of shows you can watch on your mobile device through its own local wireless network. But it's rather pricey for what is essentially a 64GB memory card, and copy protection means you can't take all of your recordings with you.

Design

The HopperGO is a 2.6-inch wide, 0.7-inch thick black plastic square with rounded corners, about half the size of a smartphone. The front panel holds a single power button and indicator light, while around back, there are USB and micro USB connectors alongside a pinhole reset button. It weighs just 2.4 ounces, making it small and light enough to fit into nearly any pocket. The drive is thoroughly Dish-branded, with a HopperGO logo on top, a Dish logo on the front, and a red stripe around the sides that give it the same style as the most recent Hopper and Joey set-top boxes.