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As good as advertised ...
There isn't, honestly, much I can add that you're not seeing in either (well written) spotlight reviews. The Slingbox is, in my opinion, every bit as impressive as its reputation led me to believe it was. There were, however, a few things I labeled as being pretty important though, that I didn't clearly understand going in. I was hoping to just clear those up for any potential customers.
1. The way this works is that Slingbox, basically, hijacks one of your cable boxes. For...
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Works well at a great price
Installation on a normal home network setup is very easy. My setup was a little more complex due to voip router, and 2nd wireless router. Sling has instructions on their web site but I still had to mess around with my settings in order to get it to work. To work on multiple routers you have to do port forwarding on both routers to port 5001. Once I worked this out everything is great.
Video quality is good in the house, haven't tried it from another location. I'm running the Sling AV...
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10/21/2006
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92%
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Simply Awesome!!!
I have been considering the Slingbox for quite some time. I decided to go ahead and buy one when Sling Media came out with this new model.
Installation was an absolute breeze. It was so easy I was shocked! I was watching DirecTV/TIVO on my PC within 5 minutes of opening the box. I have broadband internet which is quite fast. Full screen viewing on my 20" 16:10 screen is somewhat grainy and blurry, but definitely viewable. I prefer to use about 1/3 of my screen for the viewer (S...
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09/30/2006
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90%
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Mac Slingbox user-International User
MAC issues
If you have a mac, the slingbox AV is not that easy to configure, especially the Remote Viewing option - which is the reason I bought it. I have a Linksys router and despite that is UnDp enabled, it was impossible to configure it even manually. When I used a Windows PC, using Slingbox software, it finally worked. But be careful, your ISP might block the ports you need to use.
International Issues + Remote Viewing
I also bought another Slingbox Tuner for my brother...
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01/11/2007
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71%
(10 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful
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sling this
I found this product to be useless I returned it a week later
I was told to wait a week other wise i would have have returned it
after opening the box and reading the fine print
To use this product it must have its own cable box
this product is non mac compatible
this product has low resolution
this product will only work on one Pc at a time
and there is no customer service whatever
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Don't buy if you can't plug directly into router
I have been unable to get the slingbox to work becasue it's located in a different room from my router and the ethernet brdiges that I have tired produces a very weak signal. I'll likely be selling it on ebay
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06/07/2007
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28%
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Hook up your security camera...
Well going on the claim that I could hook up my security camera to it, I went and did just that. Only one problem, you can't record anything. So unless I sit and watch it 24 hours a day it does no good. It doesn't interface with any third party software so again we're out of luck. Contacted the company and they confirmed it. My advice is don't buy this if it's for security.
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CAN NOT RATE
I COULD NOT GET THE SLING BOX TO WORK FOR 3 DAYS AND COUNTLESS HOURS WITH TECH SUPPORT WE COULD NOT GET IT TO WORK THE TECH SAID IT WAS MY DVR BOX THAT IT WAS NOT WORKING WITH THE SLING BOX SO I SENT IT BACK. I DID NOT WANT TO BUT IT WAS USELESS TO KEEP IT. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO COME TO MY HOME AND INSTALL IT I WOULD REORDER IT. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
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16%
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Great Product
Bought the Slingbox AV last week, took about 15 minutes to get it working on my home network. Got good quality video even on wireless with WAP enabled. Works great from my office as well. Great product overall, the only thing you need to aware of is that the slingplayer mobile is not included. If you want to watch on your PDA device, it will need to be purchased separately.
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10/24/2006
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100%
(9 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Exceeds Expectations
Bought this so my stepson, a college student, could watch TV downstate without having to pay cable fees. Works nicely. We tested and used it while in Las Vegas and the box was in Maine -- no problem. It took calling the company to get it set up properly. They were cordial, efficient and effective. Had it running after 10 minutes online with the service tech. Kind of wish I had bought the one that allows more than one user at a time. Be sure you are getting the one that you want relative t...
[Sling Media Inc INTERNET TV BROADCASTER (SB220100) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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03/30/2007
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100%
(6 of 6) Users Found This Review Helpful
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