If TiVo helped popularize the concept of "time shifting," then the new Slingbox gets credit for helping bring "place shifting" to the masses.

揟he Slingbox is a new consumer electronics device that allows you to watch your living room TV programming anywhere you want,?says Jeremy Toeman, a Slingbox spokesman. 揑t lets you take your TV with you around the home, to your kitchen or bedroom, it lets you take it with you to the office, you can bring it on the road on vacation ?anywhere you want to go, you can take your TV with you."

The SlingPlayer is basically a TV that runs on your computer. The unit also comes with a SlingRemote that lets you control your home device just like you control a TiVo.

Aside from giving it access to a high-speed Internet line, hooking up a Slingbox is pretty much like hooking up any box under your TV.


揑t's kind of like hooking up a VCR or DVD player, with one extra cable for your network,?Toeman explains. 揃asically you need to give your Slingbox power, you need to give it some sort of audio video source, and then you need to give it a network connection.?

Now here's where things get a little tricky for your family. Because your cable box can only watch one thing at a time, the same thing goes for your Slingbox. What that means is: If your child wakes up and wants to watch the Flintstones, and you wake up across the country and want to watch the morning news, you now have a long distance battle over the remote. But all hope is not necessarily lost.

揑f you have the Slingbox hooked up to your DVD player at home and your wife's watching your regular TV feed, you can still watch whatever's in that DVD player,?Toeman explains. 揟he Slingbox is actually capable of controlling over 5,000 different devices, including DVD players, CD players, and DVRs like TiVo, Replay, Echostar and Dish Player."

And although this concept has been tried before, some think Slingbox is the first in a position to bring it real popularity.

揟he key is that Slingbox is a lot cheaper solution than stuff that was out there already at 250 bucks," says David Carnoy of CNET Electronics. "This other stuff was $1,000, and that's when this space gets interesting ?when you can bring out devices for 200 bucks.?

Slingbox has lots of security built in to help calm potential fears of cable and satellite companies. One such feature: only one computer at a time can access any one particular Slingbox.

Right now, you'll need a Windows 2000 or XP computer, as it doesn't yet work with Macs.

Is there a multiple user hack for slingbox yet?

"Slingbox has lots of security built in to help calm potential fears of cable and satellite companies. One such feature: only one computer at a time can access any one particular Slingbox. "





If TiVo helped popularize the concept of "time shifting," then the new Slingbox gets credit for helping bring "place shifting" to the masses.

揟he Slingbox is a new consumer electronics device that allows you to watch your living room TV programming anywhere you want,?says Jeremy Toeman, a Slingbox spokesman. 揑t lets you take your TV with you around the home, to your kitchen or bedroom, it lets you take it with you to the office, you can bring it on the road on vacation ?anywhere you want to go, you can take your TV with you."

The SlingPlayer is basically a TV that runs on your computer. The unit also comes with a SlingRemote that lets you control your home device just like you control a TiVo.

Aside from giving it access to a high-speed Internet line, hooking up a Slingbox is pretty much like hooking up any box under your TV.


揑t's kind of like hooking up a VCR or DVD player, with one extra cable for your network,?Toeman explains. 揃asically you need to give your Slingbox power, you need to give it some sort of audio video source, and then you need to give it a network connection.?

Now here's where things get a little tricky for your family. Because your cable box can only watch one thing at a time, the same thing goes for your Slingbox. What that means is: If your child wakes up and wants to watch the Flintstones, and you wake up across the country and want to watch the morning news, you now have a long distance battle over the remote. But all hope is not necessarily lost.

揑f you have the Slingbox hooked up to your DVD player at home and your wife's watching your regular TV feed, you can still watch whatever's in that DVD player,?Toeman explains. 揟he Slingbox is actually capable of controlling over 5,000 different devices, including DVD players, CD players, and DVRs like TiVo, Replay, Echostar and Dish Player."

And although this concept has been tried before, some think Slingbox is the first in a position to bring it real popularity.

揟he key is that Slingbox is a lot cheaper solution than stuff that was out there already at 250 bucks," says David Carnoy of CNET Electronics. "This other stuff was $1,000, and that's when this space gets interesting ?when you can bring out devices for 200 bucks.?

Slingbox has lots of security built in to help calm potential fears of cable and satellite companies. One such feature: only one computer at a time can access any one particular Slingbox.

Right now, you'll need a Windows 2000 or XP computer, as it doesn't yet work with Macs.

My friend had it for over a year now, which is probably the only reason we've been watching so much tv at work :).

My friend had it for over a year now, which is probably the only reason we've been watching so much tv at work :).

Need to send you guys my resume...:yes:

I have a Sling Box Classic and it's awesome. I was "Slinging" my D**hnet with a ROM102 'till I got hit by Black Xmaslast week. Now, I "Sling" my Pansat 2700. I can watch my FTA from my desktop at work, my laptop anywhere in the house, I even watch it on my PocketPC phone! I've got my FTA anywhere I have WIFI. Maybe I should get a life????:blink:

It's an awesome product. I can open my EPG and scroll through my PPV's and watch a great movie anytime I'm in a hotspot. People in the US with Unlimited cellular broadband can watch thier TV anwhere they get a cell signal! Yes, it works on cell phones too.

As far as the "multi" user possibility... the free service that allows you to find your SlingBox on the net, tunnels your home IP and the WAN IP (like a VPN)for better bandwidth. They use the same encryption as the major banks, so it's pretty secure (thier server issues new keys on each connection).

There can only be one connection at a time and realistically, it's better that way.Even if it was unlocked and you had more than one connection to it, the quality would suck. One connection is necessary in order to handle the high frame rates and stereo quality.

After re-reading this post, I think that I should get some kind of commision from SlingBox!

I love mine too. Can't get any work done at the office but who cares? buy.com has the AV version on sale right now for 108$ after google checkout which is a great deal!!

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