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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: nickgregory on March 24, 2006, 08:50:55 PM

Title: The slingbox
Post by: nickgregory on March 24, 2006, 08:50:55 PM

now this thing is pretty cool....dont know how long they will be able to offer it without encryption as it could be a hell of a tool to take an unencrypted signal and send it anywhere, but I may need to get one.  Very sweet when traveling and want to see a local game or the like...basically it takes your tv service out of your receiver box, packetizes it, and makes it available to you through the internet, so even if you are 2000 miles away, if you have a high speed connection you could watch your local programming, or movie channels that you have already paid for from your satellite/cable provider...neat stuff

(http://store.slingmedia.com/buyslingmedia_assets/product_images/2692669.jpg)

http://www.slingmedia.com/

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: eric.B on March 24, 2006, 08:56:13 PM

well now thats quite nifty..

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: Nick's Picks on March 27, 2006, 07:17:47 AM

my friend has one.
we stream TV out to his pond when we ice fish.  its pretty sick

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: nickgregory on March 27, 2006, 07:41:56 AM

Quote from: Nick's Picks on March 27, 2006, 07:17:47 AM

my friend has one.
we stream TV out to his pond when we ice fish.  its pretty sick

now that is a sweet use for it...hell i was just thinking of hotels when I travel and when I am at work...

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: pfife on March 27, 2006, 08:15:45 AM

There's a thread about the PSP in the open forum where similar items such as this have been discussed.... paging MacDaddy.... pertinent discussion begins here: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=42698.msg798673#msg798673

I think these things look pretty awesome too.  I think the main difference between slingbox and location-free is that location-free can hook to a wireless network (maybe?)?

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: hzgone on March 27, 2006, 11:50:13 PM

we stream my bosses to our pda and laptops at work

Title: Re: The slingbox
Post by: macdaddy on March 28, 2006, 10:22:14 PM

location free attaches via lan. but if you have a bluetooth enabled network, you can also stream to your psp...

you still need a dedicated directv box, too...