Dish Anywhere on Apple TV

[Foxbat]

Thanks, Scott, I will try and look and report back. Breakfast first!

 

[Foxbat]

The AppleTV DishAnywhere App shows the green wavy lines as you said, Scott. I tried using the OTA adapter and it worked, but the video quality from home is lower than our Locals here via the Dish, and the Peacock app does an even better job. (4K isn't a factor here as we are using an ancient Spectre LCD 1080 HD set.)

I'm using NBC's Olympics coverage for the comparison.

 

[FLEABttn]

Not at my Apple TV right now but many channels are now streamed directly from the channel instead of from your Hopper.

Those that are not streamed from your hopper will show a green wavy line next to it showing that it's streaming and not from your hopper.

Example from my iPhone below.

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Huge upgrade, I love this.


Edit: Wish the sound was 5.1 when applicable but the picture quality is higher than that of what's on the satellite.

 

[Foxbat]

I finally found another good use for the Dish Anywhere App on my AppleTV 4K: PiP!

I can watch F1 Qualifying via the F1 TV App and watch the Notre Dame game in the inset.

 

[Foxbat]

Sorry to bring back an older thread. Usually we activate our Pay as you Go on our vacation home 211k receivers, but this year we are trying the DishAnywhere on the AppleTV in the living room TV and our DSL connection is working fine. This seems like a usable situation instead of paying for a month of Flex with the 2nd 211k. The only thing we're missing out on are the Local stations.

The OTA tuner in the 211k is picking up several channels so we're not cut off from local happenings, plus DSL/Internet. Mrs. Foxbat and I are checking out Magnolia and the Beachfront Renovation, seeing how much cheaper things were before COVID upended the construction business.

 

[Foxbat]

Well, on one hand, being able to watch Dish programming by streaming the channels we were interested in without paying the ~$70 for a whole month of PAYG on the Outdoors account was nice. What was a bummer was the two different days of Internet outages that hit the Island's landline ISP, TDS. At least the digital OTA tuner on the ViP 211k was working great. No DVR, though, without service, which surprised me.

So, DishAnywhere worked out fine this time, but without a rock-solid Internet connection, I'd stick with the Dish Network PAYG payment. Not to say it wouldn't have an issue with the rain we got, but nothing in Life is 100%.

 

[Bobby]

Well, on one hand, being able to watch Dish programming by streaming the channels we were interested in without paying the ~$70 for a whole month of PAYG on the Outdoors account was nice. What was a bummer was the two different days of Internet outages that hit the Island's landline ISP, TDS. At least the digital OTA tuner on the ViP 211k was working great. No DVR, though, without service, which surprised me.

So, DishAnywhere worked out fine this time, but without a rock-solid Internet connection, I'd stick with the Dish Network PAYG payment. Not to say it wouldn't have an issue with the rain we got, but nothing in Life is 100%.

I am assuming you own your 211K. Why not add it to your home account instead of the Outdoors account. That costs $7 a month and you can turn it on and off at will just as long as you own it. When you turn it off you don't pay anything at all.

 

[Foxbat]

I am assuming you own your 211K. Why not add it to your home account instead of the Outdoors account. That costs $7 a month and you can turn it on and off at will just as long as you own it. When you turn it off you don't pay anything at all.

We share the two ViP 211k receivers with my brother and sister's families, so we just each pay the Monthly cost when we're visiting. If I had a receiver that I owned myself, I could see doing what you said, just enabling that receiver when we're here.

I might get a Wally for the future, or wait for the Fiber to be installed.