How's The Picture Quality On a HTPC via the Sling Adapter?
I was all ready to pull the trigger and purchase the Sling Adapter from Dish when I found out that ALL equipment (laptops, PC's HTPC's, smart phones) that you want to use to watch video on that will be pulled from your 722 (via the Sling Adapter) has to connect to the adapter via the Dish site.
That means if you have a PC, laptop, or HTPC on the same internal network segment, instead of pulling the video directly from the 722/Sling Adapter, they have to go out to the Internet to the Dish site, connect to the 722, and request the video (live or recorded). That means the video travels from your 722, up to the Dish site, then back to your home network (all via the Internet) to your device (PC, laptop, or HTPC).
I understand the need to have the Dish site serve as a focal point for requests from outside your home network (smart phone, laptops, computers, etc), but why for devices on the same network the 722 is connected to. Seems like a waste of Internet bandwidth.
With that said, how is the picture quality on a local HDTV that are playing the video via a HTPC (that has HD capability)? Yes I understand that my Internet bandwidth plays a big part in the quality (still think that leaving the local network to retrieve local data is stupid, my HAVA box doesn't have to do it) and my speed tests should support it (average 10mbs down/3mbs up) but I want to know if I'll get full screen HD quality video.
Anyone out there doing this?
I was all ready to pull the trigger and purchase the Sling Adapter from Dish when I found out that ALL equipment (laptops, PC's HTPC's, smart phones) that you want to use to watch video on that will be pulled from your 722 (via the Sling Adapter) has to connect to the adapter via the Dish site.
That means if you have a PC, laptop, or HTPC on the same internal network segment, instead of pulling the video directly from the 722/Sling Adapter, they have to go out to the Internet to the Dish site, connect to the 722, and request the video (live or recorded). That means the video travels from your 722, up to the Dish site, then back to your home network (all via the Internet) to your device (PC, laptop, or HTPC).
I understand the need to have the Dish site serve as a focal point for requests from outside your home network (smart phone, laptops, computers, etc), but why for devices on the same network the 722 is connected to. Seems like a waste of Internet bandwidth.
With that said, how is the picture quality on a local HDTV that are playing the video via a HTPC (that has HD capability)? Yes I understand that my Internet bandwidth plays a big part in the quality (still think that leaving the local network to retrieve local data is stupid, my HAVA box doesn't have to do it) and my speed tests should support it (average 10mbs down/3mbs up) but I want to know if I'll get full screen HD quality video.
Anyone out there doing this?
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