Please enlighten us. I have the Sling Adapter..
You reinforced my statement, I don't mean that in a rude way. You have a Sling Adapter, not a Slingbox. Dishonline and use of the Adapter is horrid, and it is ridiculous.. Lets make that clear. But Dish offers a system that does rings around anything the Adapter can do with use of the Slingbox. There are two models the least expensive around $130 and the other arout $240, but both can be had for less used or refurbished and there is an intermediate one that they no longer make but is available that is close to the top end one, with no digital tuner. The computer "App" is free and works flawlessly. Anything you can do at home with a Dish receiver you can do remotely. Not to mention it can support security cameras, or radio receivers, most any device with video or audio. There is an actual Digital Dish remote just like the one you would have.
The higher end one has an additional OTA tuner, and the computer APP can pause live TV. There is much more including a channel guide. It does not disable any tuner, but whatever the slingbox is watching from the Dish receiver you have to be watching at home if you are there also,
on that one tuner. Other tuners are not affected.If you use the built in Tuner it has no affect on the Dish receiver. I have a dedicated older desktop connected to my 55" TV in Ct. where I can watch Florida local channels, via OTA directly from the Slingbox,(Or I could use the Dish receiver) or check my security cameras, etc....
The APP for smartphones etc... costs $30. I don't care what a few say it is worth every penny. I use it all the time to watch parts of games when I am not home, check my security cameras, set timers, etc etc...... You get what you pay for.
I would never go the adapter route, at least alone even for free. It's a scaled down version of the Slingbox system. By the way, it uses your own router without going to the internet if you watch a TV from your house while you are in your house. Often when I am on the back deck for awhile I take my laptop and watch something.