For skins fans who keep missing the games, Possible solution for ya

Anyone actually use this? Any testamonials?

DirecTV is not an option at the moment... we're locked in to Time Warner for a year...

Thanks in advance!


I do have a neighbor who has this and loves it. He uses it with shows he TIVO/DVR's. He is a comedian on the road a lot and gets a ton of use out of it. One of the greatest gifts he said.

Thank's so much for putting this up. I have been looking for a solution to see all my Skins games ever since I moved, hopefully this is the one.

i recommended this a year ago ;)

my dorm here doesn't get cable of any kind and the only internet is wireless isp... its blurry, but the slingbox gives me realtime cable tv from the dc area (it auto-degrades the picture based on your bandwidth, so it can stay real-time).

its nice, i just had my brother set our router to upnp, and it just worked. it took me 10 seconds to setup and get the tv on my computer (over 1000miles away).

slingbox.com has a 43mb download for the software. once installed, you put in your sling box's uniquefinder id (32digit hex number) and put in the password... BOOM, tv.


you need 99$ for a slingbox, and a place near dc/va/md to hook it up to (which has broadband internet and cable/sat/etc tv to send you).

a tivo time shifts content, this location shifts it. its EASY and it works well.

Slingbox is very slick. If you have someone in the DC area who is willing to host one for you, it would be a great investment.

There are 3 Slingbox models: Pro, AV, & Tuner.
Pro is the HD version. It's got all the bells and whistles. It can handle multiple devices. I don't know if this one can act as a 'Tuner' (see below).
AV can handle only one device at a time. It can control a cable or satellite box via an IR blaster (comes with it). No tuner functionality. It has A/V and S-video inputs.
Tuner is just that - a tuner. You plug a coax straight up to it and it streams the channels (either cable or off air). If you don't have a cable or satellite box, this is the one you want.

In order to watch the Slingbox remotely, it must be connected to the internet. You must forward a port to your Slingbox via your router. You must also know the IP address of your router. I've watched my slingbox with a speed as low as 256kbps and its viewable. It's not a great picture, but it's better than the alternative.

Here is a screenshot of mine. I have about 800kbps upstream at my house. I am watching it via a T3 at work. http://skinsfan.us/sf/files/slingbox.png

Thanks for the info...I've been outta DC since 1990 and only get games by going to smoky bars....oh joy...cant get the dish cause of my mamoth trees.
I just bought on on ebay yesterday for 70 bucks unopened!!
I sure hope this works!

PS...I love that song too.

i recommended this a year ago ;)

Sure, but BSB recommended it two years ago :)

That would be The BSB...get it straight, Mod.

It's a neat little setup. A buddy of mine has one so his brother can watch TV when he travels. Was able to watch from India without much trouble.