New Toy - Slingbox Pro-HD

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:20 pm

Started watching the game. What is sad is my 3g service right now is twice as fast as the hotel's wifi...

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:25 pm

So the sling box is to go from video/tuner/whatever input to digital output to watch on a PC/phone/whatever?

I thought it was to go from PC to TV...

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:53 pm

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:03 pm

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:11 pm

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:48 pm

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:23 pm

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:32 pm

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:21 am

I thought it was to go from PC to TV...

No, it receives from a satellite or cable box to ANY PC, MAC (and some cell phones) ANYWHERE in the world. It even transmits your DVR or TIVO movies and it's controlled from the remote PC too.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:24 am

The sling catcher goes from PC to TV, or Slingbox to TV somewhere else (say your home to the hotel)

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:03 am

Ok its the catcher I was thinking of then. Are the Catchers any good?

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:48 am

I never used one.

They are a little costly ($300)

I would like to try one in the hotel hooked to my slingbox at home to see how good it workes

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:00 pm

Not sure why it'd be worthwhile if you have a laptop?

http://www.slingmedia.com/go/slingcatcher

http://www.gosale.com/4949307/sling-med ... xgodG1_3Tw

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:03 pm

It is more for the people that rather not watch from a computer.

But it can also play videos from USB and it can play online videos on a TV, like hulu.com etc

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:52 pm

And it probably wont crash like a computer and will be easy to use when compared to a computer.