Does anyone know if the SLING Receiver is ever going to be available?

Does anyone know if the SLING Receiver is ever going to be available?

Yes, the ViP922 Slingloaded DVR Receiver has been available for over a year already. ViP922 SlingLoaded DVR - DISH Network (http://www.dishnetwork.com/receivers/vip922/default.aspx)

I think I should rephrase my question, My question was in regards to the "Sling Receiver 300" which would allow you to receive media onto your tv from your sling adapter or VIP 922. Sorry if I didn't phrase my question correctly.

I think I should rephrase my question, My question was in regards to the "Sling Receiver 300" which would allow you to receive media onto your tv from your sling adapter or VIP 922. Sorry if I didn't phrase my question correctly.
The Sling Extender has not been released yet. They have not given us the release date yet.

The Sling Extender has not been released yet. They have not given us the release date yet.

And it is unlikely to ever be released . Especially if they start releasing the XIP whole house dvr. They will forget all about the Sling thing and move to the latest and newest technology.

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They will forget all about the Sling thing and move to the latest and newest technology.Who says the XiP110 isn't the long awaited Sling receiver?

Who says the XiP110 isn't the long awaited Sling receiver?

It's not.

It's not.

But maybe it will be able to receive tv2 output in HD. That will be surely great for all people who have HDTV as their tv2 but have to do with SD tv2.

nope. only works with 813. it's a MoCA receiver/translator

A more plausible scenario is GoogleTV turning into the Sling Receiver.

A more plausible scenario is GoogleTV turning into the Sling Receiver.
Wouldn't that hog up your internet connection though? I know the sling extender is not suppose to do that.

EXCELLENT question. I imagine it won't take much bandwidth if it's anything like the PC player plug-in. But it would really be nice if it worked like a standalone player and didn't take any.

Yeah it would be nice if it didn't take any. Between my DSL connection that can somewhat unreliable, the $4/month fee for the DVR integration, and the fact that there could be 2 other people in the house using the internet simultaneously, I'm not sure if Google TV would be a good alternative in my household.

A Sling player native app on GoogleTV wouldn't use your Internet connection, just like the PC player doesn't except for logging into the DISH Online and pulling up the Guide. Actual video network traffic doesn't leave your home network. It would work exactly like the iOS or Android phone/tablet. And really if Sling wanted to do this with the minimum amount of work, they would wait for the Ice Cream Sandwich dev tools so that they only have to write one app to work on phone/tablet/TV. Ice Cream Sandwich's announcement is scheduled for late Tuesday night. The dev tools can't be far behind.

A Sling player native app on GoogleTV wouldn't use your Internet connection, just like the PC player doesn't except for logging into the DISH Online and pulling up the Guide. Actual video network traffic doesn't leave your home network. It would work exactly like the iOS or Android phone/tablet. And really if Sling wanted to do this with the minimum amount of work, they would wait for the Ice Cream Sandwich dev tools so that they only have to write one app to work on phone/tablet/TV. Ice Cream Sandwich's announcement is scheduled for late Tuesday night. The dev tools can't be far behind.Little correction.. what I call "administrivia" still goes out to the internet and is required.

Administrivia includes:

authentication of user
authentication of sling (you can be black balled)
Configuration push

allowed on lan
allowed on wan
remote type - to include downloads for updated remotes
control view - sling*box* users actually get remote controls (bullet above) where we regular Adapter users by default get play/pause/ff/rew buttons below the picture. When this controller information is not pushed down to your player for what ever reason, you get the default interface which allows you to activate a partially functioning but normal looking Dish Remote Controller
port information
ip internally, ip externally
configuration servers, msg servers, sparcs, and update firmware checking/push

link quality metrics (packet losses, stream quality setting, etc)
re-auth/continued auth ... most likely every 1800 seconds along with the health / "I'm alive" ping, the ability to cut you off because your status has changed


There is/was some stand alone that may not require such things.. but it seems in the past year or two, the non-authenticated method has been left behind, and so now most or all of the administrivia is required without special modifications otherwise .. (special gateway server perhaps running a localized Sling Authentication Server/Service?)