My questions -
We are moving from a (leased) Vip 922 and (owned) Vip 211k to a 'Hopper + two Joey' arrangement this weekend. Will cost us about $ 9 more per month, but the initial upgrade is free and 2 TB of space seems pretty ample. renewed my two-year deal but gave me some freebies (premiums, PPV, etc.) so its all good.
I have a couple questions about the wifi quality and the sling functionality.
(1) Right now, I use a powerline broadband connector for the slingloaded 922 and, for the streaming funtion, the powerline adapter seems *ok* - I tend to get about half of my Internet speed (i.e. about half of 6 Mbps or about 3 Mbps streaming) when grabbing something from Blockbuster @ Home (can't believe they are cancelling the blu ray part of that service but don't get me started). On release, the Hopper w/Sling was talked up as having this great new chipset and built-in wifi. How does the wifi speed compare with the powerline connection? Should wifi work good enough to stream a movie (right away - no waiting) like I do now?
(2) Other question is on the sling feature. Right now, the 922 'takes over' TV#2 when I sling. I understand that, with the Hopper, when you use one of the three tuners for DVR recording, you can "hit the red button" to select a different (unused) tuner. Does the sling feature work the same? That is, if someone is slinging and (I assume) taking one of the three tuners, can you "red button" your way to a free tuner from the remaining two?