DISH 'downgrades' dishanywhere
I've been a DISH customer for 16 years. I use it at home with a 211k box. When on the road I take my box and tailgater. At home I used to binge watch some shows or watch an episode I missed. I...
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MrWizard wrote:
I don't have any satellite equipment
But as I understand it "dish anywhere" is internet based
Allowing you to watch programs from your cell phone or tablet
Just put in your account number, log in and watch tv
It is a service that has NOTHING to do with the equipment in the house
It's tied to your account, a digital notation yes/no
It would seem this is a ploy to get users to upgrade to more expensive equipment
If I wanted it bad enough I would raise holy he'll with somebody at dish
I would investigate more into why the sling player won't down load and install allowing you to watch tv on your mobile device
Dish Anywhere is an app that connects your remote device to your Hopper3 or Hopper w/Sling so you can stream programs using one of the tuners or stream recorded programs from the DVR using Sling's "place shifting" technology under license from sister company Echostar. SlingTV is an entirely different service owned by Echostar that streams online programing with a separate subscription similar to Hulu, Netflix, etc.
