The announcement I read on CNET said it would work with all ViP receivers, so that should include the 722/622/222/211 with and without a k.
DISH NETWORK® INTRODUCES TV EVERYWHERE™
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Well I agree with you, but then again I won't be paying for it anyway because I don't use DRM'd equipment, other than the Dish receiver itself which I don't have any choice in. I won't even pay them for an external disk.
So, what if I do not want to use their special HD monitor? Would you somehow be able to use this new product to connect an existing HD Monitor via Sling? ie. My 622 is in the basement, but would like to receive a signal (HD or otherwise) in my daughters room without running any cabling and use of an additional receiver, or would the only way to do this to be to buy her the special HD Wifi monitor?
The new Sling 300 will get you there if you have a 922.
I don't know how interference will play here. The microwave oven in the kitchen is a big source. Also they should offer a 20"-25" option. The 15" maybe ok in the kitchen, but too small for other locations.
Three questions about the WiFi monitor:
1. In this sentence,
shouldn't they have used the word "receive" instead of "transmit"? Or should I not be confused about this?
2. Did I miss where it tells us that we need our own, already-existing WiFi network for this to work?
3. Can it view recordings/live programming separate from TV1 and TV2, or does it have to take over one of those two tuners?
1. In this sentence,
shouldn't they have used the word "receive" instead of "transmit"? Or should I not be confused about this?
2. Did I miss where it tells us that we need our own, already-existing WiFi network for this to work?
3. Can it view recordings/live programming separate from TV1 and TV2, or does it have to take over one of those two tuners?
The answer should be yes. People have been calling it TV3 for a year now, since last CES.
After more reading, with your 622, I think you might need the new USB adaptor and the Sling 300.
I see the minimum Mac requirements for HD streaming are a 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo processor or equivalent. I do not think HD streaming is possible on a Mac right now, but a 2.8 GHz processor is more than I have on my relatively new high end Apple computer. My processor is 2.66 GHz. If it becomes possible to stream HD on a Mac and mine won't handle it I am going to be disappointed. I think my graphics card would support video acceleration.
There really are not enough details in the released spec sheets to say what the listed processor requirements mean, because there's no definition of "HD streaming." If by that they mean 1080i, then that could indeed mean they need a 2.8 C2D to keep up with the stream. But if you've ever downloaded a 1080 HD movie trailer from Apple, you've seen that in QuickTime Player, it takes up the full size of a large monitor. A 720 download is way smaller, and still looks great when you play it fullscreen. Streamed, 720 resolution would take much less processor power. It's certainly possible that the 700U will only stream at one rate, but I think it unlikely, as that would not play well with most wireless setups. Instead, it may stream at the best possible speeds for the current network and hardware environment (this sort of thing is built into the QuickTime frameworks, so it's reasonable to assume that Sling's engineers would take advantage of it). Or the HD streaming resolution could be settable via a preference. But we won't know for sure until people have a chance to corner some Sling engineers and ask them.
I do not think you have to bet, if you read the press release carefully I believe this is an absolute certainty.
While this is totally cool I think you may have figured something out.
I was told the 922 has just 2 tuners, so you cant watch 3 different things at one time.........
sling doesnt have a tuner of its own
sling doesnt have a tuner of its own
I don't think anybody ever said it was a 3rd tuner, Bob, they said it was a 3rd output. You know, versus using a non-integrated slinger to watch one of the normal outputs. So you can watch three things at once, but a maximum of two of them can be live.
At least that's what I've assumed from everything I've read.
At least that's what I've assumed from everything I've read.
You mean only if you buy the Sling 150 to work with the 922? If so will the TV3 be independent from TV1 and TV2, in other words will it add another tuner to the 922?
You're using the words "tuner" and "output" synonymously. They're not. Haven't been since the 622, at least. What I take it to mean is that you can watch a recorded program independently of what's being watched on TV1 or TV2. I certainly don't expect it to be a third tuner, otherwise they'd advertise the 922 as having three tuners to begin with.
Does the homeplug version in the current dish receivers support enough bandwidth for streaming HD? Maybe they are bumping up the homeplug version in the 922?
Another question.
Can the 922 support multiple streams via the sling connection or even have more than one device viewing the sling stream?
My sling box can only be accessed by one PC at a time.
If not, it is not that impressive.
Can the 922 support multiple streams via the sling connection or even have more than one device viewing the sling stream?
My sling box can only be accessed by one PC at a time.
If not, it is not that impressive.
If true then I am less impressed. It is just TV2 split-fed to two TVs, although wirelessly and in HD, it does answer many people's call for the TV2 to be HD capable, but at some added cost of the additional hardware.
It would have been easier just to make another HDMI output for TV2, let people wire for themselves to the second TV, hardwired or wirelessly.
