Even though DirecTV's website is
ready to start doling out the information on its elusive
Nomad TV box, a post on
Gizmo Lovers digs through the available information to show just how much there is to know, and how much is still unknown. Between on a DirecTV satellite installer training video, a suggestive press release by fellow RVU member Morega and the long running rumor thread over on DBSTalk, the technology in play is certainly capable of both Slingbox style streaming and TiVoToGo sideloading, but what will actually be enabled is unclear. Once it rolls out, the Nomad will connect to
multiroom capable satellite boxes via a wired network connection and transcode the video streams it pulls in for other devices like PCs and mobiles. All the other details are shrouded in rumor, regarding its use of h.264 and how much internal storage is available, but if you're wondering whether the long delayed DirecTV will really be able to compete with Sling,
Monsoon and the flood of
TV-streaming iPad apps available in 2011 then hitting the source link below is a good way to get started.
More DirecTV Nomad info uncovered, but details are still fuzzy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well the idea is a good one, but it wasn’t implemented very well. The Nomad is not a competitor for the sling adapter, not by a long shot. The sling adapter lets you stream all your recorded shows, and live subscribed channels to your mobile device anytime, anywhere. The Nomad, allows you to encode 20 hours of recorded shows and then transfer them to a mobile device. The encoding portion takes as long as the show was, and the shows will go poof after 30 days. So where the sling adapter gives you instant gratification, the Nomad makes you wait. The sling adapter is free for all qualifying DISH subscribers or $99 while the Nomad is 149.00. Working at DISH doesn’t really have anything to do with this side of it, the sling adapter is a far superior technology.
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