As Comfortably Numb stated. This means that the DA is using the very same propriatary encoding tech or tech used in a Slingbox to provide really good PQ in even slow internet connection situations. Every other competitor (and I don't know if they even still exist), including TiVo's Stream tech are absolutely AWFUL at less than best internet speeds with pixialtion and fuzzyness or stuttering in low bandwidth situations. The SlingMedia tech will be a part of the Dish experience for a long time as part of the technology offered by Dish's sister company Echostar. It is just that SlingMedia will no longer produce any more stand alone SlingBOXES to the general consumer for placeshifting without any need for a cable or sat subscription to work, A Slingbox can control cable/sat STB's and DVR's, other branded DVR's such as TiVo or Channel Master DVR+, Blu-ray/DVD players and recorders, VCR's, etc., but Dish will continue to use SlingMedia tech for a long time built-in to Dish DVR's or any other product they wish to have such functionality. Slingbox was a complety independant product of SlingMedia (owned by Echostar, not Dish) to sale to the general public for any type of place shifting needs. Some folks have a Slinbox providing content from one country to another for expats or military personal overseas along with other useful things slinging to a remote location can provide.
I think I understand what you mean by not being a "Dish" product, but is AirTV under Dish Corp or Echostar Corp?
I agree and sympathize: I HATE (most) commercials, and I prefer the ad free experience in EVERY situation, but ads in our current times are an ugly, necessary evil, and that is the messy fact of life on the internet and all the "FREE" stuff from Google. It has been suggested that in order to keep some privacy and reduce ads, users should be able to select getting stuff from the internet either "FREE" but with ads and tracking galore, or opt to PAY for whatever it is we were seeking. The irony is that I suspect the vast majority of us would choose "FREE" but with ads and invasive tracking if not only because none of us (but the most wealthy) could affor to PAY for all the "FREE" stuff we downloand or access on the internet. I really wish someone with credentials would do a proper study and price out how much it would cost us if we had to PAY for all the FREE stuff just from Google alone that we use and depend upon. And Windows 10 is FREE (you can go around the pay wall for Win10 still today) for nefarious reasons: it is horribly invasive, but it sure beats paying the $400 such an OS used to cost. In some cases, such as Slingbox or even the Ring video doorbell, I would prefer to PAY a small fee each month or per year if it meant more privacy and less tracking or that it would continue to be supported indefinately, but I don't think I could affrod to pay fees for everything I use today. We have to pick are poison.
"Presented in full Technicolor!" Welcome to the 60's
