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Awesome! Very useful! . I was first offered the Sling Adapter from our local Dish Network when we upgraded to an HD DVR. What I liked was that you can be anywhere around the world and via Internet, access your Dish Network DVR and watch a program anywhere. And I figured, why would I need this? The last thing I needed, was to be busy at work and then having the TV play on our cell phone, iPad or device.
But the reason why I purchased it was for the main purpose of giving my wife and child access to the DVR when I'm busing watching something on the main TV (movie, playing video games, etc.) So, now they can watch Dish Network on her laptop, computer or iPad. So, no more kicking me off the TV or vice versa.
I. THE SLING ADAPTER
The Sling Adapter is quite thin. It just sits on top of our DVR but it's a device as pictured...just plug it in to the back of your Dish Network DVR, connect to the Internet (I use a Logitech HD Powerline 200a, so one of the Powerline Adapters is connected to the router and the other one is connected to a wall socket that plugs into the Sling Adapter) and that's it.
II. HOW IT WORKS
You then go on Dishnetwork.com and log in and go to my account and then to DISH Remote Access. And you can access what's on your DVR, watch any program or schedule your DVR from your computer Laptop, iPhone or iPad. There is an app for iPhone and iPad. Very easy to use and lag depends on if you are doing many things on your computer. Note: Only one person can access the sling adapter at one time.
JUDGMENT CALL:
Aside from giving my wife and son another way to catch their shows when their father is hogging up the TV, I found it important during an emergency situation.
On March 10, 2011, the Sling Adapter had become so important in my life. On the day of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, while I was working and talking with a client from Japan late that night (afternoon, March 2011 in Japan), the earthquake hit and she had no idea what was going on and it was long. I was on Twitter and Japanese news trying to get updates of what was going on and I was able to access CNN from my iPad via the Sling Adapter and watching the US news, while utilizing my other work computers to watch the live Japanese news via Ustream.
The Sling Adapter was so useful as I was on the Internet working on the news of this disaster while watching both Japan and American news broadcasts. Although I was in the US at the time of the disaster, I realized, that if I was in Japan on business at the time and had access to the Internet, I could still watch the CNN broadcast or if you have NHK on your Dish Network service, I could have access that as well. Anything from Dish Network, I could access anywhere around the world from my iPad or iPhone through the use of my Dish Network service, DVR and Sling Adapter.
Also, I was recently at a relative's place who had Internet access but wished he had access to a sports game. No problem, I told him that I can access it using his Wi-Fi and then connecting to Dish Network on my iPad and sure enough, we were able to catch the game.
Another an example recently was when I traveled with family members. My father had to take a stop to a Ham Radio event and we were left in the car for which seemed like over an hour or maybe even two. Fortunately, where the event was located, there was free access to Wi-Fi and once again we were able to access Dish Network via the iPad through the Sling Adapter and tada...the kids had access to programming.
Overall, At first, I thought this device was something I would never use but now I realized how awesome this device is. It was more useful in our lives than I would have expected and I saw the importance of it especially during emergency situations.
It's only $99-$100+ and there is no extra cost from Dish Network to utilize this device.
I give this device my highest recommendation!
But the reason why I purchased it was for the main purpose of giving my wife and child access to the DVR when I'm busing watching something on the main TV (movie, playing video games, etc.) So, now they can watch Dish Network on her laptop, computer or iPad. So, no more kicking me off the TV or vice versa.
I. THE SLING ADAPTER
The Sling Adapter is quite thin. It just sits on top of our DVR but it's a device as pictured...just plug it in to the back of your Dish Network DVR, connect to the Internet (I use a Logitech HD Powerline 200a, so one of the Powerline Adapters is connected to the router and the other one is connected to a wall socket that plugs into the Sling Adapter) and that's it.
II. HOW IT WORKS
You then go on Dishnetwork.com and log in and go to my account and then to DISH Remote Access. And you can access what's on your DVR, watch any program or schedule your DVR from your computer Laptop, iPhone or iPad. There is an app for iPhone and iPad. Very easy to use and lag depends on if you are doing many things on your computer. Note: Only one person can access the sling adapter at one time.
JUDGMENT CALL:
Aside from giving my wife and son another way to catch their shows when their father is hogging up the TV, I found it important during an emergency situation.
On March 10, 2011, the Sling Adapter had become so important in my life. On the day of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, while I was working and talking with a client from Japan late that night (afternoon, March 2011 in Japan), the earthquake hit and she had no idea what was going on and it was long. I was on Twitter and Japanese news trying to get updates of what was going on and I was able to access CNN from my iPad via the Sling Adapter and watching the US news, while utilizing my other work computers to watch the live Japanese news via Ustream.
The Sling Adapter was so useful as I was on the Internet working on the news of this disaster while watching both Japan and American news broadcasts. Although I was in the US at the time of the disaster, I realized, that if I was in Japan on business at the time and had access to the Internet, I could still watch the CNN broadcast or if you have NHK on your Dish Network service, I could have access that as well. Anything from Dish Network, I could access anywhere around the world from my iPad or iPhone through the use of my Dish Network service, DVR and Sling Adapter.
Also, I was recently at a relative's place who had Internet access but wished he had access to a sports game. No problem, I told him that I can access it using his Wi-Fi and then connecting to Dish Network on my iPad and sure enough, we were able to catch the game.
Another an example recently was when I traveled with family members. My father had to take a stop to a Ham Radio event and we were left in the car for which seemed like over an hour or maybe even two. Fortunately, where the event was located, there was free access to Wi-Fi and once again we were able to access Dish Network via the iPad through the Sling Adapter and tada...the kids had access to programming.
Overall, At first, I thought this device was something I would never use but now I realized how awesome this device is. It was more useful in our lives than I would have expected and I saw the importance of it especially during emergency situations.
It's only $99-$100+ and there is no extra cost from Dish Network to utilize this device.
I give this device my highest recommendation!
Great as long as you have great broadband. . I've been pretty disappointed with the performance of this, because I have only 0.5Mbps upload on my Internet. It's not really usable in any way at this speed. (NOTE: I'm still rating this positively because it's obviously not the device's fault.)
If you are considering this, I'd strongly recommend you do this first--
1. Go find a speed testing website. One that's easy is at [...]
2. Run the speed test. All you care about is the "upload" speed which is always a smaller number than your download speed.
3. If the upload speed is:
About 500 Kbps - Prepare for sadness, consider upgrading your broadband first
700Kbps - Bare minimum for the video to run so you can at least watch it.
1Mbps-2Mbps - You're probably fine
3Mbps and up - Sweet! You should have no problems streaming HD!
Note: 1Mbps = 1000Kbps. Convert as needed.
Sadly, many ISPs in this backwards country provide sub-1Mbps upload speeds. It's a shame.
If you are considering this, I'd strongly recommend you do this first--
1. Go find a speed testing website. One that's easy is at [...]
2. Run the speed test. All you care about is the "upload" speed which is always a smaller number than your download speed.
3. If the upload speed is:
About 500 Kbps - Prepare for sadness, consider upgrading your broadband first
700Kbps - Bare minimum for the video to run so you can at least watch it.
1Mbps-2Mbps - You're probably fine
3Mbps and up - Sweet! You should have no problems streaming HD!
Note: 1Mbps = 1000Kbps. Convert as needed.
Sadly, many ISPs in this backwards country provide sub-1Mbps upload speeds. It's a shame.
Does what it does which might be great for you. . IF you travel a lot, and IF you have Dish satellite TV, and IF you have broadband at home, this thing is pretty cool. If you have a phone that runs a Dish app (as the iPhone does), it gets even cooler.
Bob Harris (author of Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!), who travels more that I do, has claimed to me that Slingbox is the greatest invention since potable water, which I figure is meant as hyperbole, but he may have a point.
If your home internet is cruddy, you may not get much out of these things, but if your speed is decent, these things rock.
You can enjoy all the programming Dish offers you at home while you are on the road. I watch a lot on my laptop, but the iPhone app isn't too shabby either. Sadly, the iPhone app will not currently display TV over HDMI (as iTunes does easily), but the video quality on the laptop is pretty good (depending on the hotel's internet connectivity and your laptop's display, obviously). And maybe the iPhone app will get better, who knows?
The installation is quite easy, too. You take the thing out of its box and plug it into the Dish box's USB port. Log in to Dishonline.com's website and there you go.
Be aware, however, that watching live TV over this will tune the receiver you're connecting to to the channel you select. In other words: if one person from the house stays home while the other travels, you might want to attach the Slingbox to a secondary receiver. Watching DVRed shows remotely doesn't interrupt the person watching at home so much, but sometimes you want to watch, say, live sports from the hotel.
Since both I and the better half travel (separately) pretty often, we're going whole-hog -- two receivers each connected to a Slingbox.
Oh, and I didn't even mention the most startling thing about attaching these things to Dish boxes: Dish doesn't charge you anything extra when you do it. That's pretty unexpected, and some won't believe me at first, so I'll say it again: There is something in the world Dish Network doesn't charge you extra for: attaching Slingboxes to your Dish box.
Bob Harris (author of Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!), who travels more that I do, has claimed to me that Slingbox is the greatest invention since potable water, which I figure is meant as hyperbole, but he may have a point.
If your home internet is cruddy, you may not get much out of these things, but if your speed is decent, these things rock.
You can enjoy all the programming Dish offers you at home while you are on the road. I watch a lot on my laptop, but the iPhone app isn't too shabby either. Sadly, the iPhone app will not currently display TV over HDMI (as iTunes does easily), but the video quality on the laptop is pretty good (depending on the hotel's internet connectivity and your laptop's display, obviously). And maybe the iPhone app will get better, who knows?
The installation is quite easy, too. You take the thing out of its box and plug it into the Dish box's USB port. Log in to Dishonline.com's website and there you go.
Be aware, however, that watching live TV over this will tune the receiver you're connecting to to the channel you select. In other words: if one person from the house stays home while the other travels, you might want to attach the Slingbox to a secondary receiver. Watching DVRed shows remotely doesn't interrupt the person watching at home so much, but sometimes you want to watch, say, live sports from the hotel.
Since both I and the better half travel (separately) pretty often, we're going whole-hog -- two receivers each connected to a Slingbox.
Oh, and I didn't even mention the most startling thing about attaching these things to Dish boxes: Dish doesn't charge you anything extra when you do it. That's pretty unexpected, and some won't believe me at first, so I'll say it again: There is something in the world Dish Network doesn't charge you extra for: attaching Slingboxes to your Dish box.
it works great . the sllng adapter works great, it arrived fast in the mail
i can watch all my shows on my dish
dvr anywhere on my smart phone
you must have a fast internet
i can watch all my shows on my dish
dvr anywhere on my smart phone
you must have a fast internet
Cons Review
Great Idea kind of like World Peace and equally likely to work . TV anywhere, thats what they tell you. Watch the big game on your phone from the back of a cab! Wow, this is what technology is capable of, endless entertainment. WRONG!!!! This thing is the biggest piece of crap in the world. If you doubt me, try google searching "sling adapter won't work" on google. Scroll through the endless posts from people like me trying to get this thing to work. By the way, most of the posts are on the dish support website. Thats right, the dish support website has multiple threads about how their product doesn't work. That should tell you the level of support you will get from Dish and how much they care about their customers. I would almost respect them more if they just removed all the threads about their product not working. They are essentially saying "We know it sucks, but we don't care enough to fix it or even pretend to be looking into why it doesnt work". Save your money and hope a competent company buys Dish out.
Big disappointment! . I bought this with high hopes. I was very excited because of the android capability. To my disappointment, it is EXTREMELY laggy. Do not plan on ever fast forwarding a recorded show, because you will only be frustrated. It is slow to respond, making it impossible to fast forward and play as planned. Poor quality over 3g (often doesnt work at all). The app itself has a long ways to go. I downloaded the most recent update as of 5/25/11 and it still forces close all the time.
Pros-The app is free. No monthly fee.
Cons- The adapter is $100. Quality on phone is poor. Controls are extremely slow to respond.
Pros-The app is free. No monthly fee.
Cons- The adapter is $100. Quality on phone is poor. Controls are extremely slow to respond.
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Feature Sling Adapter
- Permits Dish Network VIP 722 to be a Sling Receiver
- Watch live or recorded shows in High Definition on your computer's browser or mobile device anywhere you can connect to the Internet.
- Just plug the Sling Adapter into a ViP 722 or ViP 722k HD DuoDVR that's connected to high-speed Internet service.
- Connect your ViP 722 or 722k HD DuoDVR to high-speed Internet Service.
- Log in to DISH Remote Access on your computer and start watching TV.
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Product Details
EAN : 0767322103658UPC : 767322103658
MPN : Sling Adapter
Brand : Sling Media
Weight : 1 pounds
Height : 1 inches
Length : 8 inches
Width : 4 inches
Binding : Electronics
Manufacturer : Sling Media
Model : Sling Adapter
Publisher : Sling Media
Studio : Sling Media
Where To Buy
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