Comments on: “SlingLoaded” DISH VIP 922 Details

By: mediamogul

mediamogul — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:48:26 +0000

Dish has DVR down, so the delay must be bringing Sling to Dish’s version of Linux and CODEC hardware, no easy feat.

By: reality

reality — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:27:53 +0000

here it is Feb 2010 and this thing still has not come out. It was announced at the end of 2008. Must be A LOT of problems with it. Dish web site has a whole page showing 922 with tons of accessories along with a red dot next to each product that says ” Coming Soon! “.
When you call Dish to get a rough idea they say it could arrive in 1 month or 9 months (?!). Something is not right – period. What do you think ?

By: znyguy

znyguy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:49:57 +0000

Sling Loaded,

What.is.your.problem.?.?.?.?

Really, what is sooooo difficult about the IntelliTXT. Don’t put your cursor over one of the icons and you won’t have a problem.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:54:51 +0000

Sling Loaded, those “crap inline text ads” help fund my ~$1500 out-of-pocket trip to CES to cover topics such as these. However, I’m totally fine if you and others would like to block them (and the RSS feed remains ad-free). IntelliTXT has been in place like 3 years now, so I’m not sure about the “increasingly difficult” part.

By: Sling Loaded

Sling Loaded — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:08:39 +0000

@Todd – pleeeeease start using a new style to reply to posts. The tired punctuation thing is annoying. Worst. Reply. Ever.

Also – to those interested – if you’re finding zatznotfunny.com increasingly difficult and annoying to read because of those crap inline text ads (such as the ones from Vibrant) – might I suggest you check out Greasemonkey and a javascript called “Disable Text Ads” that is made for Greasemonkey. Addons for Firefox, and will quickly make this site tolerable again.

I just installed them and I can actually get through an article without windows popping up everywhere. Best. Addon. Ever. (Next to Adblock Plus, anyway…….)

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:19:10 +0000

cypherstream, not what that tru2way announcement is referring to. CableLabs specs for retail tru2way DVR manufacturers have not been finalized or shared. Perhaps they mean the hardware is capable, or perhaps it’s running an OCAP precursor. Or perhaps they have a cable-co partner who will deploy it.

By: cypherstream

cypherstream — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:11:22 +0000

Wow that’s a really nice Web 2.0 ish interface.

Not sure how I feel about the touchpad remote. Who knows, it could be the next best thing. I guess we all have to give it a fair try. Who would of thought the mouse would of been so popular?

I hear the software is Tru2Way, therefore an easy cable port is an option. Ben’s blog makes it sound like it will be a DVR available for cable. If so, where do I sign?!!!!!