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Is Slingbox worth purchasing? No not Slingblade… I was wondering if any of you have the Slingbox that enables you to watch your television anywhere you have an internet connection. This would be great for watching programs when you are out of town. I am thinking of purchasing one, but wanted to see if anyone here had one, and what they thought of it.

Answer #1: I do not have one, but I have heard alot of positive info on it. I believe it can also control your TiVo too (I know it can control replayTV) so you can also stream recorded shows to yourself. I was thinking of splitting the cost with my brother for one, for when I was away on business & so he could watch the New York Giants (he lives in Oregon and doesn’t get Giants games there).

Answer #2: I have one. And I have to tell you that I was absolutely shocked at how well it works when I first got it. I was thinking along the same lines as you - if you happen to be out of town and need to catch a game. I will tell you this - there is some confusion in the reviews/media about it regarding the issue of changing the channel over the broadband connection. Let me tell you that this is NOT an issue and you can easily change channels with the sling media player.

I honestly don’t own stock in the company or anything but it’s an amazing product- the quality is amazing and I have NEVER experienced any skipping, etc. even on a medium range broadband/dsl connection.

Answer #3: It also controls the TIVO/Replay TV. Get one, and the slingbox can do whatever you need to do tomorrow night.

Answer #4: Think of it like this - your TV pops up in a broadband window on your cpu - when you change the channel, the info comes up - it is exactly like sitting in front of your TV except you control the channels with your mouse instead of a remote control. It doesn’t filter out any information, etc. For example if you wanted to you could order a pay per view and then watch it on your computer. One FYI is that there is about a 2-3 second delay between the actual television and the broadband viewer but that is to be expected. It is completely streamed - no hiccups, no skipping, no audio problems- honestly it was probably the best Christmas present I ever got.

Answer #5: That is it would work with HBO if your television has HBO - it just transmits YOUR television data- so if you left in the morning and were watching ESPN, ESPN would be on when you turned on the box. If someone in your house changed the channel, then the channel would be changed on your computer.

Answer #6: For people who have a pocket PC the people at Slingbox are in betatesting a mobile sling player, amazing I was sitting in class the other day watching the Yankees spring training game on mute…. I thank the Lord for this device every day.

Answer #7: If you have regular old cable, put a spliter on the line. Then the person at the TV can watch one thing while the person at the computer watches another. If you have a cable box you both can watch the same channel togethter but can’t be on 2 differnet channels.

If you really want to get fancy, you can use your bluetooth connection from your pocket pc to connect to your cell phone and use your slingbox in the middle of church - you need a bluetooth enabled phone.