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Anyone own a Slingbox?

I just got one. I didn't want one, didn't think I'd use it, didn't think I'd care... This thing is insane though! Really nice to be able to just have a small window controlling your TV off to the side on your desktop. The remote viewing is awesome and stupidly easy to set up. If you're a network idiot you can have this thing good to go for internal viewing in seconds and if you've got a UPnP router you'll be viewing it externally nearly as fast. Any of your friends or family can watch it by simply having the SlingPlayer (free download) installed and having your Slingbox's ID and password. The image quality is far from perfect, but still really good, and it's only going to get better. Certainly good enough to have running in a small window.

I'm still learning all of the intricacies, but I really like the favorites bar. Basically it's a set of icons with network labels that you associate with a channel number. It's really non-intrusive, sits along the bottom of the SlingPlayer software and allows you to change channels in a way that's far more meaningful than having to sort through 50 channels you never watch anyway.

Apparently, the Slingbox is able to completely control a Tivo as well. I haven't set it up for that yet because like I said I didn't expect to like it this much, but it really is an awesome product. You can even view your Slingbox content on some mobile phones (not Blackberrys ).

If you like TV, check it out, you'll really like the Slingbox.

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I'd be interested in the Slingbox if it worked with RDP (so I could watch at work) but no video seems to work with Windows Remote Desktop, even on a gigabit lan so it's the protocol, not a bandwidth issue.

Aslanna wrote:http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/view ... hp?t=17246

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Hey thanks!

I saw that post before I posted. I figured since it was over a year old, and since I actually added some additional information that I'd go ahead and post anyway. Next time I'll clear it with you first.

Winnow wrote:I'd be interested in the Slingbox if it worked with RDP (so I could watch at work) but no video seems to work with Windows Remote Desktop, even on a gigabit lan so it's the protocol, not a bandwidth issue.

Yeah, I have good luck with audio over RDP, but video (of any kind) doesn't seem to work.

noel wrote:

Aslanna wrote:http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/view ... hp?t=17246

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Hey thanks!

I saw that post before I posted. I figured since it was over a year old, and since I actually added some additional information that I'd go ahead and post anyway. Next time I'll clear it with you first.

Yeah because the reply button is greyed out on year old threads. I understand!

I heard about being able to watch programs from your Slingbox via your mobile device, that sounds pretty awesome.

Too bad I have neither a Palm OS enabled device, nor a Slingbox.

I've had a slingbox for over a year now, bought one at work after an exec came in with one wanting it put on our network so he could watch TV from home...boggles the mind.

Anyway, after telling him it didn't work that way and security policy didn't permit that kind of network activity (and of course he tried pulling rank, etc. etc. but our CISO told him to take a hike) our boss bought one to "test" to see what we had to block to keep people from watching tv from home.

I volunteered to take it home and set it up on my network and we watched the NCAA basketball tournament using it last year. I left it hooked up and nobody ever asked for it back so I still have it. Problem is I disconnected it about six months ago to move some stuff around and never put it back on my network. Guess I really should do that one of these days.