Slingbox in a vacation home: Can you use Slingbox to stream your home content over your TV in another location by connecting it to an internet-ready receiver?
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No. You need to have the TV in your vacation home connected to a PC that is connected to the internet using at least DSL speeds (ie, not dialup). The TV will be the video display for the PC or a laptop, but note that the PC and the TV must have the same kind of connector, like HDMI or VGA with an audio cable. An internet-ready TV will allow you to connect to Netflix, Pandora, and a few other services, but not Slingboxes.
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This device makes streaming from a video signal to the Internet. To see it you must install the slingplayer software. For windows and mac for free, for android is payment. Greetings.
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Hi Kathleen, yes this will work with any slingbox. You would need to order two of the SlingLink Turbo's, however when you plug them into the walls of your home they will act as a long Ethernet cable. Keep in mind once you plug in the slinglink you will use a ethernet cable from the slinglink to your slingbox 350. And the same goes from your router to the other slinglink.
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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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You must run a LAN line or set up a wireless access point to fool the Slingbox into thinking its hard-wired, but that isn't for the faint of heart.
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I am not 100% certain, but I believe the slingbox cannot do that (all by itself) as it is geared toward doing the opposite (ie: Routing the input from your TV and routing it to your PC or mobile device). However, Netflix is available directly for many low cost devices that can connect to a TV. For example a Roku can receive Netflix and output to a TV and (a refurbished Roku 2 XS can be purchased for about $35 to $50. The Roku 2 XS does upto 1080p, has builtin wifi and has output to HDMI as well as (old style Red,White,Yellow) RCA+composite outputs for older TVs. For older TVs using the RCA+Composite the output would be standard definition. Roku requires a credit card for registration but has no annual fee (except for the fee you already would be paying to netflix). You can even remove the CC number from Roku's site once the Roku has been registered. For a lower max resolution (720p) option (that still supports legacy TVs via RCA+composite as well as HDMI) take a look at the Roku LT, which often sells for about $40 new on Amazon).
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I don't know why you couldn't. I have sent my slingbox thru it to my tv with this cord.
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You connect your Cable box (no matter what cable/telecom provider), or Tivo, etc. to the sling box. Then you connect your sling box to your home router. You then run thru the setup of the slingbox software from a PC connected to the same home network..and voila! You can now take your laptop anywhere in the world and watch your channels as they appear on your cable system on your laptop..as long as you are connected to the internet. For an additional cost (~$20) you can also pay for the app and watch your TV on any iOS, or Android devices as well. There are ways to get the apps w/o paying, but that's illegal :) The HD quality is really good as I've been watching Knicks playoff games streaming over a 4G connection.
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I have direct tv whole house system with dvr in each room....this allows me to access all dvr list from any room and can play any dvr in any room....If i hook a slingbox on one dvr will i still be able to access all my dvrs from that one box.
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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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This is an accessory to a Dish subscription. The Sling adapter will stream your content from a compatible Dish receiver. From my experience you will want to use a wired ethernet connection to your Dish receiver while using the Sling adapter to get a constant HD stream.
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Here's how to think about it, you are both watching the same cable/satellite device, so the answer is yes. The same is true for Slingbox.For your second question, the answer is no. I believe the content you are watching must be running in a Chromecast enabled app (e.g. Google Chrome Browser). Since Chromecast did not exist when the Monsoon client software was written, and since they have been sued out of business here in the US. I do not believe we will ever see a Chromecast enabled player from Monsoon.
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hi i do have 2 sperate cable boxes, one for the tv, one for the slingbox. however when someon is home an di am away, the remote will chnage both cable boxes. how do i avoid this?
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I use mine with sling box all the time. Not sure what platform you want to use but, I would guess it should. Also it will depend on your connection.Jack
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Yes if the sling is getting signal from the same box. You change sling, sling changes cable box. Someone changes the box channel, you see what they see slung at you.
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Yes, with some qualifications. You have to have a solid internet connection on both ends, one that has enough bandwidth and low enough latency to handle streaming media. Generally, if your internet service in both locations will handle Netflix, it will handle an Slingbox. Then, you have to connect the receiving device (in my case, my laptop) to the television. That simple step has caused me numerous problems as my laptop is a couple of years old and lacks the HDMI port I would like to have. Also, since I've installed the Slingbox app, the laptop tends to freeze on occasion during downloads. So, yes, it will work but be prepared to spend some time trouble shooting.
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I'm thinking this won't work since the remote you use for a Slingbox is virtual (you click on it with your mouse). Since your TV isn't hooked up to a computer anymore, you won't be able to control the channels, much less get the connection to Slingbox even started.