Recent content by Goattee

Multiple sources: - Dish support (both first person I spoke to and then his supervisor-- I just could not believe that they had the audacity to market the product as "slingloaded" but not make sure it worked with their full line of Sling hardware) - The forums I was using a 722 with a...

It is official that the 922 won't work with the Slingcatcher. Worse yet there seems to be ahigh defect rate for Dish DVRs. Particularly the 922. But a standalone Slingbox is reliable. If I had an ideal technical choice I would have a TiVo in conjunction with cable.

Thanks for that. Finally some signs of light. I can successfully access the DVR using direct IP from Windows Slingplayer 1.x. Mac Slingplayer 1.0.10 does not work-- I get an error saying that this client will not work with the backend. Mac Slingplayer 1.0.4 does work. (But the first two...

Good luck. I would wait longer than two months.

Unstable DHCP connections to ethernet Problems using the external hard drive to restore old shows (that won't affect you as a new customer) Inability to export shows to external hard drive at the current time (they say a future software release will solve that) Sluggish response on web: "Dish...

My advice is that the VIP922 is a very promising DVR but it would not be wise to switch to a completely new account and to the VIP922 right now. The product seems to be unfinished and rather unstable. You might want to keep checking back here after there have been two or three more software...

Yikes! I cannot believe they would do something so stupid! I use a Slingcatcher to watch TV in the bedroom. Why didn't they tell me about all the limitations? (Is it maybe because they released the product without completing it?) What old versions of the player will work? I have both Mac and...

[On remote] Click on Menu twice. The ID and pw are on the lower left. Please let me know if you get this working. I am trying to get my Slingcatcher going. (Also Slingplayers on Mac and PC.)

To find your Sling ID number (it used to be called the "finder ID"): [On remote] Click twice on Menu. The Sling ID and password appear in the lower left of the screen. I will be interested to know if that solves your problem.

Thanks for the guide. But like everything else Dish Network has been doing to develop, release and "support" the VIP922, it is superficial and incomplete. Does the Sling circuitry support: Slingcatcher Slingplayer 2.x Windows Slingplayer 1.x Windows Slingplayer 1.x Mac Also: Does the...

Anyone using Slingcatcher? Slingplayer on PC or Mac? I cannot successfully connect to the VIP922 from Slingcatcher. Or by using Slingplayer software on my PC or Mac. I have a lot of prior Sling technology experience over the past few years-- and networking expertise. So you'd think my...

You are fortunate. I cannot get either of the EHD's with 722 content to work consistently. One drive never works. The other only worked once. Both drives tend to make the DVR freeze sometime after connection. If the connection works at all. Sometimes I get random connected or disconnected...

I was using a Slingbox Classic with a VIP722 for quite a while now. If my new experience with the integrated VIP922 Sling circuit & software is any indication, a standalone Slingbox is far more reliable. Actually not far more-- it's completely reliable. Of course you have to have all the network...

Although this may have been your particular problem, I have seen this happening even though my router (Linksys WRT54GLS with Tomato firmware) has a reserved IP address and recognizes the DVR by its MAC address. There is no problem with renewing the lease. During the install, the tech had to...

If nothing else proves the point that this product is not ready for wide use-- this one is it. I am having similar problems. (Among many others as you can see by my posts.)