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DISH & HBO.. still **bleep** fighting. Will a streaming device help reduce buffering on HBO GO
I can tell you that my experience with HBO Go is touch and go, no pun intended. I don't normally use HBO Go, but when I have it's worked fairly well during the day and late at night, but in the evenings, when most people are online, I saw some buffering. And, unfortunately, there's no way to manually adjust the definition, so there's no way to reduce the amount of bandwidth needed for the streaming. This was mostly using a Windows 10 laptop, though I did try it a few times on a Windows 10 desktop, including just now, with the same results.
One thing I'm not sure of, though, is your HBO subscription with Dish due to the carrier dispute. If it's not active, as in an active HBO subscription, HBO Go will likely not work for you, as your Dish sign on credentials may not show an active subscription. The best thing you can do is just try it. It only takes a few minutes to do it through the HBO Go site. You'll have to choose Dish from the provider's list pull down, then sign in using your Dish credentials. If it doesn't work, you'll know. And, if that's the case, you'll have to look into HBO Now, which you have to pay for.
As for how well HBO Now works with HughesNet, I can't tell you, but it's likely that it's similar to HBO Go. In other words, there are no guarantees regarding buffering, as it appears that HBO Now doesn't allow manual adjustment of definition, either.
