Remote TV watching when on the go
pc-user, somewhat tech savvy, a home owner
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JAN
21
2008
Sling Media - Slingbox —
Slingbox Pro Review Title: Remote TV…who knew?Pros: Pretty good streaming video (but depends on internet connection speeds), no fees
Cons: action video (e.g. sport) can tax your bandwidth
This is a very cool device. I use it to watch TV when I'm traveling. As well, I also use it to watch TV at home on my laptop (in a different room from my TV) via my home wireless connection. The video quality at home is excellent (of course it functions at high network speeds) when it can stream at about 3 Mbps. When on the road the quality depends on the local download speed. I can sometimes hit 600 Kbps which is pretty good for watching sports. Anything less that 300Kbps and the video will be pretty jerky. I even have loaded the version of the player on my Treo 700p. The quality here is surprisingly good, but of course the screen is small. The Treo version is useful for setting my TiVo in case I forgot to do so before leaving the house.
Setup was quite straightforward. I used the automatic setup mode and the software automatically found the Slingbox, created a finder ID and even made the required changes to my wireless router. I had an issue a few weeks later when my virus software was upgraded but the Slingbox site provided a solution for this problem. Overall I have had a great experience with this product and would highly recommend it.
Last edited on Jan 21, 2008
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