5 things I ***WANT*** with the DISH VIP 922

[garygaryj]

I previously posted a list of 5 things I like on my 922.

But there are some things I ***Want*** from DISH Network concerning the Dish VIP 922. It is a good box with a good GUI, but I would like to have a great box with a great GUI. Possible???

1. I would like Dish Network's VIP 922 Software Engineering group to set-up a method for a positive relationship with actual VIP 922 customers - to form a "Cutting Edge" group that helps the software progress to a better place, using customer testing and feedback, and to set up an online form "Suggestion Box" for the VIP 922's features and functionality (in addition to the one specifically for Dish Online experience already in existence.)
   
   
2. I would like Dish Network to have an accurate online VIP 922 detailed guide on how the 922 actually is supposed to work, always updated with the changes of the latest version. It should contain all of the short-cuts, and all of the "insider" knowledge that one should have on this box. It should be open and honest in every way about every feature and detail. It should be linked on the Dish Network Sales page, so people have a chance to truly review the box in detail (if they wish) before they buy or pay the lease down-payment fee.
   
   
3. I would like Dish Network to have an on-screen message appear after any software upgrade, to explain what is in the upgrade and what has changed. I would like this message to be shown automatically on the first view after the upgrade, but also accessible from the System Info screen (pressing Menu button twice.)
   
   
4. I would like Dish Network to open up a "Software Bugs" online form for the 922 - so customers can easily report things they believe are software bugs, and know it will go to the correct place for evaluation toward future software release fixes.
   
   
5. I would like Dish Network to change the following things about 922 Sling capabilities:

- Make available an official 922 PC and Mac Software Client for direct Slinging in HD with the 922, where the Dish Servers are not involved in authenticating or the slinging. The 922 already has its own authentication ID and password code.

- Make the Dish Online and Dish Remote Access authentication servers more robust and reliable.

- Move the best parts of Remote Access code over to the Dish Online code - there are many styles and features that are better on Remote Access. Please do this before turning off Remote Access.

- Put in an online or client "gate" to warn about disrupting a TV2 recording, before serving up TV2 for the Sling connection, and thereby stopping a recording in progress. Indicate in the gate what is currently recording, so the choice can be an informed one.

- Make sure that whenever the Client or Dish Online/Remote Access connects with the 922, that it leaves the box in the same condition it found it. If it was "off" - then turn it back off. If it had a certain selection on the menus - leave it that way. Leave no trace after online use.​

So say we all?

 

[GaryPen]

Make available an official 922 PC and Mac Software Client for direct Slinging in HD with the 922, where the Dish Servers are not involved in authenticating or the slinging. The 922 already has its own authentication ID and password code.

Does it not work with SlingPlayer software?

 

[garygaryj]

Slinging currently only works on the 922 by:
1.) Logging into DishNetwork.com's Remote Access
2.) Logging into the new Dish Online
If you are doing slinging only within your LAN, the box knows to only authenticate through the website, but then the traffic is local.
Many have been wishing and hoping for an HD client for computers that directly communicates with the 922 internal slingbox.

I did notice that Sling.com (Mac, Windows) also has a sense in which they prevent (or are limited) in direct client HD slinging access. I don't know whether this is technical or business decision.

A forum friend at DBSTalk says that an old client will work with the 922, but I suspect not in HD.

 

[GaryPen]

It is most definitely a business decision. Anything that can be done within a browser using a plugin can not only be done with a standalone application, it can usually be done better.

Why don't you try using the SlingPlayer software with your 922, if your buddy says it will work. You can see for yourself what the PQ is like. Even if its just very good SD, that probably looks pretty damn good on a laptop in a hotel room.