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    Slingbox, any good?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by LIVEFRMNYC, Feb 25, 2007.

  1. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    I heard of Slingbox but never really looked into it until now. I'm not really interested in viewing it on my smartphone as I know alot of people do.
    I just want to be able to have QUALITY TV on my laptop at home and at work sometimes, with out being tied down by a TV tuner or it's sometimes poor quality which I can't use beyond my home.

    And I figure it use it's software to connect remotely to the slingbox. :confused:

    And looking more into it on the Slingbox website, I guess the PRO is better than the AV version.

    What about recording etc: ?

    And what are the setups like? Meaning differ ways to connect it to Cable TV and such?


    Any info by a Sling User or someone with knowledge about? I would be grateful :)
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Feb 25, 2007
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  2. dragonesse

    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    I know a couple people who use Slingboxes and are very happy with them. My officemate is one of them, I'll ask him how the quality is tomorrow.
     
    dragonesse, Feb 25, 2007
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    grumpy3b Notebook Evangelist

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    something to consider with a slingbox is they works great over your home network. If you want access over the web then your service upload speed is the determining factor. Also, most major (and many smaller) ISP's cap your bandwidth and that is both upstream and downstream. If you access it a fair amount from the web it could result in "The Letter" from your ISP that you are a bandwidth hog and if you leep it up they will ban you from their service.

    That actually happened to a buddy here in town who was with Verizon...his kid was downloading junk 24/7 via P2P...it wasa mess I guess....

    Just thought I would mention that side of the deal...I think the SlingBox is a cool thing to have!!
     
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    grumpy3b Notebook Evangelist

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    that makes great sense!! I am lazy and just pay more for my connection... ;) I like your idea better.
     
    grumpy3b, Feb 25, 2007
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  5. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Yea, I read about the upload speed from the Cnet review.

    I have 5mbps download and around 382kbps Upload.
    Give or take a little on upload speed.
    I think that should be decent enough, and I don't plan to run it 24/7.
    I don't run anything 24/7.

    After Watching the Videos from Cnet, Slingbox site, and some Vids on YouTube, the quality seems to be Great.

    I plan on getting it, but I will wait it out until I get a new notebook in the mid summer or early fall. I might increase my speed to 10mpbs if the price is right. That should leave me with atleast 500+ kbps upload.

    I'm just wondering about any recording features, they show how you can easily connect to a dvr like TiVo. But I don't have TiVo or a Dvr and would just like to record from the software itself.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Feb 25, 2007
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