Topic: The slingbox

[nickgregory]

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://www.slingmedia.com/

[eric.B]

well now thats quite nifty..

[Nick's Picks]

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

[nickgregory]

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...

[pfife]

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?)?

[hzgone]

we stream my bosses to our pda and laptops at work

[macdaddy]

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...