Sunday, July 9, 2006
The Slingbox Reviewed at TrustedReviews
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "HARDWARE" @ 10:00 AM
"The Slingbox was born out of frustration after the founders of the company found themselves unable to watch their beloved baseball, basketball or ‘Football’ team, (or whatever sport it is that seems fascinate Americans so much), when they were on holiday. This gave them the idea of using the Internet to bring their home TV to them. SlingMedia calls it ‘placeshifting’. So how does it work? It’s actually quite simple. The Slingbox is a small box that connects to your cable or satellite set-top box, and then to your home router. The Slingbox takes the incoming TV signal from the set-to box and encodes it on the fly into a Windows Media video stream. Once you’ve installed some software onto your PC or laptop you can then access that TV stream, whether you’re sitting in the same room as your set-top box or in an amphitheatre in Rome. The Slingbox is a one on one experience though – only one person can access it at one time, so you can’t share your TV with a group of friends."
Well, they're probably the last people in the world to review the Slingbox, but that doesn't make it any less valuable of a review. It is the first review of the Slingbox that I can recall from the UK perspective. If you've missed all the previous reviews of the Slingbox, or are still on the fence about it, check out the review.
Well, they're probably the last people in the world to review the Slingbox, but that doesn't make it any less valuable of a review. It is the first review of the Slingbox that I can recall from the UK perspective. If you've missed all the previous reviews of the Slingbox, or are still on the fence about it, check out the review.
