The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Watch Satellite TV on my laptop?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by dell111, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. dell111

    dell111 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    165
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hey i got a MBP and a HDTV receiver from Bell canada at home. I am off at school about 50km away. Is there anyway i could stream or do something so I could watch my satellite channels on my mac? Ive heard of slingbox but dont really understand it!
     
    dell111, Sep 28, 2007
    #1
  2. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    175
    Messages:
    1,571
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Basically, you can get a slingbox and attach it to your cable box. Then, connect it to your router. It will stream your TV channels through the internet to other computers anywhere on the planet!
     
    hehe299792458, Sep 28, 2007
    #2