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Sling Media Slingbox Pro
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|  | Recieved the unit as usual on time, what can I say, very easy to set up, documentation clear and simple, approx 5 mins messing around with internet connections, but then all working, tried it locally picture very good, tried it a few weeks ago on a visit to vietnam, and france excellent, picture is a little bit pixelized but still really watchable in both places...... (only thing I would check is your upload speed, the area I live in is very far away from the main junction box!, check with your provider to see if it can be increased.
This unit is therefore highly reccommended!! - (Only downside is the arguments with the Wife for access to the controls while I'm away!! :-))
| | | This is a fantastic product, does what it says on the tin at first time of asking and if you have any issues, mine were related to my being non-technical..... DO NOT WORRY!! Their support staff are brilliant, with a very effective & speedy online support function. SLING ONE IN TOMORROW!!
| | | I'm afraid I can't review the Slingbox Pro as I gave up trying to set it up!!! I'd originally purchased the Slingbox with a view to ensuring that I could watch the World Cup whilst away from the UK. I'm not the greatest mind when it comes to electrical equipment, but I thought that it would be fairly simple to connect a SKY HD Box and a Panasonic Flat screen HDTV to the Slingbox Pro. The instructions accompanying the Slingbox itself were very poor, bordering on useless. The Slingbox website looks great but didn't help despite being packed with technical information. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but I really hoped for a simple step by step....i.e. red plug goes in to red slot etc.
Hours (and I mean hours!)of Googling did little to help, lot's of very technical and clever people out there, but nothing straight forward and simple. If anyone reads this and can help me (in simple English), then thank you, I look forward to learning from your comments! Sling Media Slingbox Pro
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| | The setup can be a bit tricky, especially if you have more than a simple modem/router -> Internet setup, but it's otherwise painless.
Once connected you can stream a number of sources anywhere you want!
There are a number of inputs, and I use it for TV in the home, and checking in on security cameras whilst away, and it does the job...
Problems:
The quality of the streaming is poor - even at max settings the picture is blocky on full screen even on a small laptop, but it's fine if you want a little distraction in a window to the side of your work / browsing.
There is no Program Guide!
It's plastered all over the website, and the feature is there, but if you're in the UK, it's just a greyed out option.
To make matters worse, during setup you can tell the SlingBox to scan Digital Freeview and it lists all the channel names, but once that is done you're back in the main interface with channel numbers only - yep, just numbers!
You can manually add the channel number / name to your favourites list, but this is a huge gap in the basic functionality of the unit.
Overall, if you want to stream video or music to a mobile device (iPhone & Android are supported now, but you will need to pay again for the software) or are planning a few days away and want to keep up to date with UK TV, or monitor security feeds, it's a handy unit.
If you're thinking of buying one to extend your home media to other machines in your house, there are other products that are cheaper & better.
It looks like Sling Media have no plans to release the Slingbox HD in the UK, so we're stuck with a slightly crippled, slightly overpriced Pro as the best offering.
Get it, try it, but keep the packaging nearby just in case!
| | | I love this product! I live in South Africa and was a bit worried the line speed wouldn't be fast enough but it's great. While in the UK I configured the slingbox no problem and I'm not a techie person. The instructions supplied made it really easy. When I got back to South Africa I lost connection for some reason but was up and running again after a couple of calls to the helpline. The technical support guys are truly amazing and retuned the box remotely for me which fixed the problem. If you live overseas or travel a lot and miss UK TV this product is truly amazing.
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