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That Guy · 08-28-2007, 06:40 PM

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.

08-28-2007, 06:40 PM	#13
That Guy Living Legend Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: VA Age: 42 Posts: 17,620	Re: For skins fans who keep missing the games, Possible solution for ya 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.