TV where I want it.

Moonliner · 03-22-2013, 08:43 PM

I picked up a Slingbox 350 this week and my initial review is Hell Yeah! I should have nabbed me one of these years ago. Smoothest setup I've ever seen.

So what does it do? In short it re-broadcasts my home cable service over the Internet so I can watch any live or DVR'ed TV show via the Internet using my phone, tablet or whatever PC I happen to be using.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-22-2013, 10:11 PM

Nirvanaman has had one of these forever. Seems to come in handy. Now that GD is traveling a lot this might be good though we watch mostly Netflix streaming at the moment.

Scrooge McSam · 03-24-2013, 07:39 PM

Glad to hear your positive review of this, Moonie. After I get Sonos set up the way I want, a Slingbox will probably be my next step.

Moonliner · 03-25-2013, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Glad to hear your positive review of this, Moonie. After I get Sonos set up the way I want, a Slingbox will probably be my next step.

Ooh! I looked into options for whole house music (including Sonos) then in a moment of clarity I remembered I have teens living at home and no good could come from that combination....

I'll revisit the topic in another year or so once I become an empty nester.

Stan4dSteph · 04-02-2013, 08:45 AM

Grand St. is selling the Slingbox 500 for $300. Is that a good deal? I like the concept of it, but haven't taken the step to do any sort of Roku/slingbox/Apple TV thing yet. They all still seem a bit of a mystery to me.

Moonliner · 04-02-2013, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Grand St. is selling the Slingbox 500 for $300. Is that a good deal? I like the concept of it, but haven't taken the step to do any sort of Roku/slingbox/Apple TV thing yet. They all still seem a bit of a mystery to me.

Amazon has it for $298 so I'd say it's nothing special. Plus the one I have (Slingbox 350) is only $178.00 and probably does what you would want it to.

On a side note, I used Slingbox to watch the Nationals season opener yesterday and it worked beautifully!

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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Nirvanaman has had one of these forever. Seems to come in handy. Now that GD is traveling a lot this might be good though we watch mostly Netflix streaming at the moment. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	Glad to hear your positive review of this, Moonie. After I get Sonos set up the way I want, a Slingbox will probably be my next step. Last edited by Moonliner : 03-25-2013 at 04:38 AM.
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Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	Grand St. is selling the Slingbox 500 for $300. Is that a good deal? I like the concept of it, but haven't taken the step to do any sort of Roku/slingbox/Apple TV thing yet. They all still seem a bit of a mystery to me.
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