You could be onto something, interesting no Sling equipment is needed. Since this is or has been in development it makes the Hopper with a Sling adapter obsolete before it launches......or am I missing something?
.) Anyway, being as though this test drive allows you to do the things you can do with the Sling adapter without it I can now say for certain that I was right. I have been saying that there was a time that I could access my DVR (broadband connected) to schedule recordings, delete recordings, and yes even watch my recordings all online from any computer. There have been others who agreed they once had this capability and there have been many more that insist this was never a possibility without Sling. These people will claim that it just appeared that way and instead was a link to that program on some other online site and I assure you that was not the case. It is clear as day that the technology exists to do this without a Slingbox and this Test Drive is my proof. Before Dish acquired Sling anyone who had a Broadband Connected Receiver (Model Varying) could do these things. Then as happens often someone realized that money could be made by restricting this access and requiring the purchase of an additional piece of equipment (only available from Dish). Now I know that I will meet much opposition about this, but I know what I know and I know what I could do then and what I cannot do now without the so called necessary adapter. Of course I know that most people do not care and it's not a big deal being as though you can purchase an adapter for the low price of $30 these days, but still it's the principal of the matter.
