I'm thinking about using the slingbox 500 to watch TV on my HDTV in another house. What equipment beside a internet do I need - will WDTV live work? Thanks for all the answers. I ordered one yesterday.
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Apple TV, or what I do when I am in a hotel and my Apple TV is not available is, use a dongle that goes from my iPad with an HDMI out. Launch the SlingBox app and watch it on the hotel TV.
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Yes, I've tried it, but it does not work well. The SlingPlayer software doesn't utilize the ION GPU and stutters badly in hi-def. I've tried both wireless N and a wired (powerline) connection with the same results. I can watch Sling in HD using the same network connection on my three year old laptop in the same location. Would love for this to work, as the Acer is small and otherwise works well, including streaming fairly hi-def (720p) movies from my server. Should note I have some weird results with the Sling in HD. When I start it and just stream HD it works ok - with about 70% CPU utilization, as soon as I start to use the remote, however it starts stuttering and CPU drops down to 35%. Perhaps a bug in the Sling software?
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Sorry, I can't provide any insight to your situation, as I don't utilize TWC. I currently use the DVR for over the-air-reception, though I can tell you it does work with DirectV and Dish, but using it via Channel 3 on the Magnavox as the input from the set top box going to the Magnavox then to the TV. Although it was not true HD, the picture quality was excellent.
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The TV needs either direct connectivity to the internet (some TVs have this capability) or you need a device such as a Kindle, which is connected to the internet and the TV. So if your other house has a WiFi network and you are streaming to a Kindle connected to that network via the Slingbox, you could view the same thing on your TV via a hdmi connection from the Kindle to the TV.
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no. actually you don't even need to have a tv...just have a dedicated cable line and cable box for the sling box...it will work perfectly
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In general Slingbox is a peer to peer (point to point) connection such than only one connection is allowed. Sling does not stream to the internet, but streams only from point A to point B. So only one device at a time can use the Sling connection. That device may be in the next room or hundreds of miles away.
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If I remember correctly you need to use the Ethernet port on the back of the TV and connect to your router directly. Not many people have this close to their TV though.... then sign up for amazon. The few movies I watched were decent. If it was wireless it would be easier.....
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I use Slingbox expressly for this purpose -- to watch my home U-Verse service at the cottage.I recently upgraded the speed on our home network to get greater upload speed, but at the cottage I have DSL which sometimes gets to 8 MB speed (but usually closer to 3-4 MB).I use my laptop to run Slingplayer, and connect via HDMI cable to my 19-inch LCD. The quality is pretty stunning. Very close to HD quality. Slingbox/Slingplayer does a nice job of optimizing the signal and speed, and gives me exactly what I want, without having the expense of Dish/DirecTV service.
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It'll support the TV it is connected to and 1 other device at a single time. Unfortunately if you are looking, for example, to watch on your computer at the airport while your wife is on her iPhone at the Dr's office, that will not work. One device can stream from the account/ slingbox at a time.
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It now has the ability to stream outside your home network but only iOS devices are supported. It also has heavy restrictions on remote streaming due to copyright restrictions. For example, if you plan to stream your hometown baseball games while travelling on the road, it will not let you. I ended up putting a Slingbox 350 in between the Roamio Plus and the TV, using component connections. The Web Slingplayer supports the Roamio Plus remote, so I could watch recorded baseball games remotely while travelling on the road.
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We use four. HD for a DVR. TV, computer, and one which connects to our modem to the AC house current. Having checked our internet connection speeds with a wireless laptop vs the desk computer the downloads and uploads are comparable. The Sling connection "finds" the Inet faster.
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I just bought this model, and both the salesman and my cable company told me that I will need a box to get HD channels. Are they selling me a bill of goods? I don't want to pay for a cable box if I don't need one. We are currently running the TV (analog only) from just the cable with no cable box. pananer
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I don't think it will stream live TV, only movies, you have to have some provider of live tv on the other end with a sling box connected to cable or satellite.
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Yes, the slingbox solo really works as it was advertized. The solo does not get a good picture quality. I just wish that I had ordered me one with HD. It would have been much better. Highly recommanded
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bec. the slingbox is not wifi capable. you have to connect the RCA/Component cables from the cable box.
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I don't know but $300 is a ripoff. As you say, no wifi or HD means this should be $150 in my opinion. Its a freakin' accessory and not a Slingbox. Bad move Sling.
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I do not have wireless router intenet. I have LAN Ethernet. Will I still be able to bring up Netflix and hulu and amazon. I already have accounts with all of them. I can use my roku 3 but I use that in my bedroom and was putting this in living room and hoping not to drag wires to this tv.