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Sling Media - SlingBox Solo
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| A great way watching TV on your PC, but only supports 1 connection at a time | |
|  | The beauty of the Slingbox is that its whole concept is very simple, yet brilliant. Just connect your TV source to the Slingbox, in my case a Sky+ box, plug the Slingbox into a network connection, install the SlingPlayer software on a networked PC, then enjoy watching Sky on that PC, delivered by the Slingbox. Setup couldn't be more simple, the instruction manual provided is nothing more than a tiny leaflet, so anyone who dislikes reading manuals has nothing to worry about, setup is a breeze!
The Slingbox Solo comes with a SCART connection to connect to a Sky box and Sling Media have thoughtfully made it a pass-thru SCART connection. This means the Slingbox doesn't monopolise the SCART connection and allows another SCART cable to be piggy-backed onto it.
I have tested connecting to the Sling box using every way possible - Cat5e Ethernet, wireless, homeplug, and over the internet. I can report that performance is excellent and even over the internet, where bandwidth is limited, Sky is watchable, though there are quite a few dropped frames so don't expect a smooth framerate. The best viewing experience is, unsurprisingly, via Cat5e. The picture and audio are very smooth with no dropped frames to the point where you'd never know you were watching via a Slingbox.
Because the Sky box I was using was in a bedroom with no Cat5e cabling, I instead connected the Slingbox to an 85Mbps Homeplug, so the Slingbox was effectively sending Sky over the house's power lines. One again, frame rates were excellent, not as smooth as Cat5e, which is to be expected, but still very impressive and gave a very smooth viewing experience. Connecting via 802.11g wireless was also very good, there were more dropped frames than with the Homeplug solution, but it was still more than watchable.
There is one 'gotcha' with this product than none of the other reviewers have commented on but I feel any potential purchaser needs to know. The Slingbox does not support multi-user viewing, only 1 person can connect to the Slingbox at a time. So if you're watching Sky via the Slingbox, then someone else in the house wants to watch Sky via the same Slingbox, you will be automatically kicked off the Slingbox session as soon as the other person connects.
This is a slightly annoying limitation as it means if you have Sky in an upstairs bedroom, and were hoping to, say, enable your kids in 2 other bedrooms to access Sky via the Slingbox, the kids will need to negotiate who watches it, and take turns. So if one kid is watching Sky in their bedroom, as soon as another of your kids in a different bedroom tries to watch Sky via the Slingbox, they will take over the Slingbox session and the person who was originally watching will get a "you've been disconnected" message. The only way to allow 2 people at the same time to watch Sky via a Slingbox is to buy another Slingbox, bummer!
Personally I think it's slightly mean of Sling Media not to support multi-user viewing as it surely wouldn't require much tweaking of their SlingPlayer software to allow this. Because of this limitation I've knocked a star off my overall rating, but nonetheless this is still a very impressive piece of technology that works extremely well even on low bandwidth connections, so overall I still recommend this product.
| | I can watch my TV in Rome while I am anywhere in the world! | |
| | Great product that lets me watch my TV in Rome on my laptop or PC wherever I am in the world.
It is easy to set up. Download the Sling Player for free to as many computers as you want.
The on screen remote lets you control your TV viewing on your computer just as if you were sitting in front of your home TV.
| | | my recent purchace from AMAZON, was the slingbox solo from slingmedia,i have reseached this product for some time now and all the reviews and reports live up to there claims,if you want INSTANT TV anyware then go for this item the picture as others have remarked are not HD quality but more than viewable quality i have mine connected to skyplus so if you like your tv this is a must,the tech people at sling are very helpful and will assist if you run into any probs the set up is quite easy the only hiccup was with the router settings thats where the tech guys come in,you can watch tv on your ipod or smart phone but another advantage is you can also watch it on your pc in any room,the mobile version requires the software from itunes for about £18 but well worth it last but not least purchase this SLINGSOLO from amazon you get good service and no hassle i got mine in 2days how bads is that
| | | I great item for receiving UK TV when abroad. I tried component with a Panasonic DVD recorder connected to the TV with HDMI, this is not recommended as it blocks the signal to the TV via the HDMI, changed to S-Video with no problems. My intention is to use the SlingBox when in Spain, if anyone has watched Spanish television they will understand why it's worth the money. Using the SlingBox means I no longer have to consider paying for a subscription service in Spain. I would recomend the SlingBox for anyone having a holiday property abroad, but you do need some form of internet connection there. You will need a good upload rate in the UK and a reasonable connection at your destination.
| | | I have an apartment in Turkey where I spend six months of the year and not being able to speak Turkish well enough to understand there TV programs I thought I would give this a try and it works great I set it up on my Thomson Sky box at home here in UK and it was really easy.I can now watch Sky TV in Turkey change channels on my sky box at home. The remote is a neat idea its a perfect replica of the one at home which you can bring up on the screen and do all the things you can at home. I take my laptop out with me and receive the programs on that which in turn I connect to my TV with set of composite cables so I can wattch it on a 32" TV just like at home. I cant think of any cons but if you wanted to be picky it does take about 3mins to adjust when you first turn on picture is a bit jerky but after its settled down its as good as back home so I can only recommend this Slingbox a lot cheaper than the £2000 plus to get a 2mtr dish and all the other bits needed to get Sky out there.
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