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Sling Media Slingbox SOLO (SB260-100)
from: Sling Media
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sling Media
EAN: 0852619001448
Label: Sling Media
Manufacturer: Sling Media
Model: SB260-100
Publisher: Sling Media
Release Date: September 27, 2007
Sales Rank: 193
Studio: Sling Media
Amazon.com's Price: Too low to display
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Features: - Watch your HDTV anywhere on your laptop or mobile phone with no monthly fees
- Watch and control a high-definition or standard definition A/V device, such as a DVR, cable set top box, satellite receiver or DVD player.
- Full set of pass-through connections for easy integration with virtually any A/V device.
- Clip+Sling ready. Use your Slingbox to clip segments of your favorite TV programs and share them with friends and family online.
- Supports Windows XP/Vista, Mac and Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm OS-based mobile devices.
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Sling Media Slingbox SOLO (SB260-100)
from: Sling Media
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The Slingbox SOLO allows you to watch and control your favorite TV source - including your HD content - from anywhere in the world on your laptop or cell phone. So now you can watch your DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player wherever you see fit. With the Slingbox SOLO, you can watch your favorite TV shows and sporting events from anywhere.
Amazon.com Product Description:
The Slingbox SOLO allows you to watch and control your favorite TV source from anywhere in the world on your laptop or mobile phone. So now nothing can come between you and your DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player. The Slingbox SOLO not only allows you to watch your home television anywhere, but it also allows you to watch any cable subscriptions, special programming, or sports packages you may have--at no extra cost. If it's on your home TV, it's on your computer and phone--with no monthly fees. With the Slingbox SOLO, you can watch all your favorites wherever you see fit. - Watch and control your HDTV anywhere on your laptop or mobile phone.
- No monthly fees.
- On screen remote control.
- Crisp video streaming.
Slingbox SOLO can connect to a myriad of A/V devices--over 5,000 of them. |
Features:
- Watch your HDTV anywhere on your laptop or mobile phone.
- No monthly fees.
- Watch and control a high-definition or standard definition A/V device, such as a DVR, cable set top box, satellite receiver or DVD player.
- Full set of pass-through connections for easy integration with virtually any A/V device.
- On screen remote control. Every feature that's available on your TV remote control is accessible through the included SlingPlayer software for your Windows or Mac laptop. This means you can view your electronic program guide (EPG), change the channels, queue a recording on your DVR, or even watch pay-per-view movies.
- Clip+Sling ready. Use your Slingbox to clip segments of your favorite TV programs and share them with friends and family online.
- Mobile phone compatibility. SlingPlayer Mobile software lets you watch and control your TV and all of its programming on compatible Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm mobile phones. Separate download required.
- Crisp video streaming. SlingStream is the innovative streaming technology that ensures you receive the clearest picture possible at any given location.
- Supports over 5,000 A/V devices.
- Broadband internet connection w/router required.
- Supports Windows XP/Vista, Mac and Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm OS-based mobile devices.
So, maybe this was obvious to other buyers, but it was not to me. While this product is marketed as an "HD" Slingbox, this only means that you can connect video to it via HD Component Cables (not HDMI). The actual video that the Slingbox outputs always has the same maximum resolution of 640x480 (otherwise known as 480i or "standard definition").
I read numerous reviews that described the video displayed from the HD Slingbox as "somewhere in between standard def and high def." This is definitely not the case. The device has an absolute best case maximum of standard def.
This might still make sense if your primary purpose is to watch TV/video content on your mobile phone. (You definitely can't see any more than standard def on that.)
BUT, if you are wanting to use the Slingbox to view TV or video in another room of your house (on a PC), via a wired or wireless home network, you may be very unhappy with the resulting low quality.
Any wired (100 megabit) home network, and many wireless home networks, are fully capable of moving full HD quality video around from room to room. If you are looking for a solution to view HD video in other rooms of your house, you might want to look at other "multi-room viewing" solutions, such as multiple DVRs (e.g. Tivo), or something like Tivo-2-Go, which allows you to actually move and play the full HD video (from recorded TV) on any PC on your network.
Average Rating:
Rating:  -
So, maybe this was obvious to other buyers, but it was not to me. While this product is marketed as an "HD" Slingbox, this only means that you can connect video to it via HD Component Cables (not HDMI). The actual video that the Slingbox outputs always has the same maximum resolution of 640x480 (otherwise known as 480i or "standard definition").
I read numerous reviews that described the video displayed from the HD Slingbox as "somewhere in between standard def and high def." This is definitely not the case. The device has an absolute best case maximum of standard def.
This might still make sense if your primary purpose is to watch TV/video content on your mobile phone. (You definitely can't see any more than standard def on that.)
BUT, if you are wanting to use the Slingbox to view TV or video in another room of your house (on a PC), via a wired or wireless home network, you may be very unhappy with the resulting low quality.
Any wired (100 megabit) home network, and many wireless home networks, are fully capable of moving full HD quality video around from room to room. If you are looking for a solution to view HD video in other rooms of your house, you might want to look at other "multi-room viewing" solutions, such as multiple DVRs (e.g. Tivo), or something like Tivo-2-Go, which allows you to actually move and play the full HD video (from recorded TV) on any PC on your network.
Rating:  -
A friend bought a slingbox more than a year ago and I thought it was great, but without a Mac client it was useless to me. When this year's Tour de France came on I REALLY wanted to watch at the office and so with a Mac client now available I bought the SOLO. What an amazing device. On the home network the picture is astounding, over the internet, it is amazingly clean and smooth.
My only down check is that I am still waiting on an iPhone client.
A great gadget, I recommend.
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I am impressed with the Slingbox Solo. It does everything the company said it did. Installed very easily. My first trip out of town after it was installed was a place with a very slow internet connection. In spite of this, the Slingbox worked very well, Recommend highly.
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Unbelievable....I can watch and control my Dish network anywhere I have internet access (which is a lot of places with a Verizon USB720). It may not be perfect but I think it's great.
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If you travel, this is a must. Took a bit to setup, but not bad. Customer service was great.
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