Dish Debuts AirTV 2 OTA-Over-WiFi Device

[pgde]

See Dish Debuts AirTV 2 OTA-Over-WiFi Device

 

[Kelly_A]

Looks like this may solve my issue about integrating an OTA with my Hopper 3. Looks like you can connect either wirelessly or wired?

 

[sam_gordon]

While I like the idea, I have SO many questions...

1) Does it just send the raw OTA signal out via wifi, or it's actually a tuner?
2) If only a tuner, how many tuners? Can I watch four different programs on four different TVs?
3) Does it require a special app to receive it's signal? That's easy for mobile devices, but maybe not TVs.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I don't believe you can tune into the Air TV 2 on your Hopper system. You can view it with the app on your phone or via Sling TV.

(I don't have an Air TV 2 so I don't know for 100%, but I believe this is accurate.)

 

[Tvland1]

AirTv2 has been around for a couple months now on Amazon..

 

[Partysox]

You need either the Sling Tv app or the AirTv player or Mini to get OTA from the AirTv 2, The AirTv 2 replaces the AirTv Classic.

 

[Kelly_A]

So no way to integrate with an H3.

 

[Nominal]

Since Sling TV (the live TV streaming service) by and large doesn't carry local channels to keep costs low, this model of the AirTV is a device to stream OTA channels from an antenna over wifi to the Sling TV app where the OTA channels are integrated into the Sling TV guide on supported devices like Rokus and Fire Sticks. You can also add an EHD to DVR OTA channels and the recordings show up in the Sling TV app alongside your Cloud DVR recordings. Only a dual tuner though and not compatible at all with a Hopper. You can also use the AirTV 2 and the Sling TV app without a Sling TV subscription with no fees for guide data (for now).

 

[Tvland1]

You can also use the AirTV 2 and the Sling TV app without a Sling TV subscription with no fees for guide data (for now).

That "for now" part is the catch..They will push this and after a year from now you will see a fee to keep the service

 

[Nominal]

Here's a review from YouTube in case I did a poor job of trying to describe it.