Q&A: what are some things similar to the slingbox but cheaper?
Question by Nathan Loos: what are some things similar to the slingbox but cheaper?
Best answer:
Answer by mrbungle3825
A HTPC (Home Theater PC). If you already have a network, just hook up a PC by your TV and network it. I haven't used it, but check this out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220003
It's cheap, and will probably do great.
What do you think? Answer below!
Anyone use a Slingbox on PC?
Question by well now i'm antsy times 4: Anyone use a Slingbox on PC?
I bought one and I'm working on getting it set up and I'm unsure. I guess you have to run one cable line to TV and one to PC, so I know I need a splitter, but will I also need to amplify the signal?
Any other advice or experience with this would be welcomed. Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by gloria h
sorry, i havent.....
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Hoover’s Hosts Customer Appreciation Month with Free Sales Tools, Content and Prize Giveaways
Austin, TX (PRWEB) September 8, 2008
Hoover's, Inc. today announced the kickoff of its inaugural Customer Appreciation Month. From September 8 through October 3, Hoover's customers and site visitors will have complimentary access to a range of offerings, including Webinars, White Papers and articles about topics including sales prospecting and lead qualifying, plus a weekly opportunity to qualify for Guitar Hero and Slingbox giveaways.
Hoover's will focus on a weekly sales theme, including Prospecting, Sales Lead Qualification, Presentation Skills and Overcoming Objections, and Closing the Deal. The event will also highlight Hoover's 2008 product enhancements, including the addition of millions more professional contacts and a re-platformed infrastructure.
"Our customers are our number one priority and we strive to provide them with the most comprehensive and highest quality information and sales tools available," said David Mather, Hoover's president. "This month-long event is a small token of our appreciation for their continued loyalty and willingness to regularly engage with us to continually improve Hoover's products to better meet their needs."
Hoover's Customer Appreciation Month will include:
Live Webinars from best-selling sales authors Tony Parinello (Sept. 
and Zig Ziglar (Sept. 25)
Free topical Sales Training Modules
Free sales-focused White Papers and articles
Easy access to relevant Allbusiness.com blogs and sales content from experts at Miller Heiman and CanDoGo
About Hoover's, Inc.
Hoover's, a D&B company, provides its customers the fastest path to business with insight and actionable information about companies, industries and key decision makers, along with the powerful tools to find and connect to the right people to get business done. Hoover's provides this information for sales, marketing, business development, and other professionals who need intelligence on U.S. and global companies, industries, and the people who lead them. Hoover's unique combination of editorial expertise and one-of-a-kind data collection with user-generated and company-supplied content gives customers a 360-degree view and competitive edge. This information, along with powerful tools to search, sort, download and integrate the content, is available through Hoover's (http://www.hoovers.com), the company's premier online service. Hoover's is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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Slingcatcher
Some cool slingbox images:
Slingcatcher
Image by Ramen Junkie
This is the second one of these I've set up. We use them at work for remote monitoring (at a TV station). We also have something like 5 Slingboxes for various uses at various locations.
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Image by akent
Slingbox booth - with half hourly slingbox giveaways
Slingcatcher
Image by Ramen Junkie
This is the second one of these I've set up. We use them at work for remote monitoring (at a TV station). We also have something like 5 Slingboxes for various uses at various locations.
slingbox question?
Question by kayleigh w: slingbox question?
I have a question about the slingbox first of all does it work with comcast direct tv, and Say someone else is watching the actual tv and is changing the channel does it change the channel on my phone or computer? And how do you work the slingbox with a dvd player?
Best answer:
Answer by Jono
It works wonderfully with comcast especially with ONDEMAND and if you want to watch recorded programs on your DVR. The nicest thing about using comcast and slingbox together is when you are not home you could tell your comcast cablebox what to record (if you had a dvr) this way you won't have race home to catch the new television shows you have been eager to watch. This is especially effective if you forgot to tell your dvr what you wanted to record. You could also look up when your favorite programing will be airing next if you just need to know (you don't need a dvr for that).
*Good Thing to Know* The slingbox software can control every single button function on your comcast remote.*
The actual software which has an image of your device remote or a standard set of remote control buttons that control the functions of your device. There is a wire for the IR tranmission included in the slingbox package, this wire connects to the slingbox itself and this is what allows for the slingbox to change channels with the software.
Basically, everything you see on Screen at home you will see on screen on your computer, laptop, or phone. This means if you change the channel at home you change the channel on your computer, laptop, or phone and vice versa.
The Slingbox also works excellently with a DVD player. It works in the same fasion as a cable-box. The signel is sent through ethernet connections and decoded by the slingbox software on whichever system you are using. Simply put you plug the DVD player's outputs into the Slingbox connections, connect to the internet with the included ethernet cable, and load the software on your system. Run the software calibration and your set to go. Just a quick note: when using a slingbox with a DVD player you can only watch the DVD disc inside of the DVD player. You would be better off using the interal dvd drive on your computer as it will have better quality then broadcasting the signel to yourself. Just bring a few DVDs with you.
I think that controlling one device with a slingbox A/V is the way to go. Best price for the overall function. I would skip the pro version unless you are one who always wants the best of the best and needs to control 4 devices to be watched on the road.
What do you think? Answer below!
Diversion Media Slingshots Sling.com
Diversion Media Slingshots Sling.com
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 3, 2008
Diversion Media, LLC, a New York-based broadband video company, announced that it has provided technology development and support for the new Sling.com video entertainment destination, which launched to the public on November 24, 2008.
"Diversion Media's development is the gold standard and they've been a great partner," said Jason Hirschhorn, President of Sling Media Entertainment. "They have been instrumental in building a next generation video experience in Sling.com."
"Sling.com is a game-changing product, and we are very proud to have been a part of its development," said Diversion Media CEO Nicholas Butterworth. Butterworth was formerly CEO of The MTV Interactive Group, Inc. ("MTVi")
Diversion's engineering team, led by CTO Tatum Lade, partnered with Sling Media to deliver key code components and provided hosting and infrastructure support for the site.
"I am very proud of our team and pleased to have helped make a great product," said Lade. Formerly Mr. Lade was VP/Engineering at iFilm, Inc.
About Diversion Media
Diversion Media, LLC (http://www.diversionmedia.com) is a broadband video company based in New York, offering technology development, video production, encoding and syndication services. Diversion also publishes the consumer-facing sites Travelistic (http://www.travelistic.com) and Snowvision (http://www.snowvision.com).
About Sling Media
Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is a leading digital lifestyle company offering consumer services and products that are a natural extension of today's digital way of life. Sling Media's product family includes the internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Slingbox™ that allows consumers to watch and control their living room television shows at any time, from any location, using PCs, Macs, PDAs and smartphones and the revolutionary new SlingCatcher™, a universal media player that seamlessly delivers broadcast TV, Internet video and personal content to the TV. Sling Media is also the company behind the video entertainment web site, Sling.com, offering consumers a wide variety of popular TV shows, movies and other entertainment free for viewing online or on the TV using SlingCatcher. For more information on Sling Media, the Slingbox or the SlingCatcher, visit http://www.slingmedia.com. To watch your favorite TV shows and movies, check out http://www.sling.com.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Media contacts:
Chris Bernier
Diversion Media, LLC
cbernier(at)diversionmedia.com
(631) 219-9708
Brian Jaquet
Sling Media, Inc.
jaquet(at)slingmedia.com
(650) 293-8022 office
(415) 235-4844 mobile
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MegaPlug A/V 200 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter & 4-port Hub
MegaPlug A/V 200 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter & 4-port Hub
The MegaPlug A/V 200 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter & 4-port Hub Kit uses your home electrical lines to create a 200 Mbps network throughout your home. Perfect for high-bandwidth applications like HD video and audio streaming. Access high-speed internet, DirecTV On-Demand, Blu-Ray players, Tivo, DVRs, Slingbox, HDTV's with internet access and online services such as Netflix. Powerline adapters can reach places wireless can not, so they are perfect solutions for computers, printers and fax machines that are too far for your wireless network to reach. Includes WPS pushbutton security, it's expandable and easy to set up.
Price: $ 139.99
Sold by Buy.com
Slingbox connecting to Wi-Fi Network..Need Help?
Question by ronnin72: Slingbox connecting to Wi-Fi Network..Need Help?
I am brand new to the Sling Community and the WI FI World. I just got a 2wire wireless router from ATT> It is set up at the other end of the house, and connected via ethernet to my Mac. Now, my Main TV and my Slingbox will be at the other end of the house.
IT looks like I should buy the Ethernet bridge and just plug into the wall. However, I am also looking to boost my wireless access in the house, since it only reaches half way through. If I buy the ethernet bridge, I would also buy a booster or antenna...BUT, is there a device that I could use for my slingbox AND Boost my wi fi in the house? Does this make sense?
I was hoping I could find a 2nd Router that I could plug into the TV/SLING BOX that connects to my router in the back of the house.
I am guessing I will just need to go with option 1, but i wanted to explore my possibilities...thank you
Best answer:
Answer by Dr. Education
If they're color coded, match the yellow with the yellow; the blue with the blue, green with the green. That should work.
Doc
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Nice Slingbox photos
Check out these slingbox images:
sling8
Image by Hector Milla
La Alta Definición (HDTV) se incorpora a la nueva generación de SlingBox, de Sling Media.
Slingbox FTW
Image by william couch
Using the Slingbox to broadcast the talk live to the company intranet.
Sling
Image by Hector Milla
La Alta Definición (HDTV) se incorpora a la nueva generación de SlingBox, de Sling Media.
Retrevo Searches the Ends of the Web to Find Great Dads and Grads Gifts
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2007
Retrevo research provides recommendations for Father's Day and graduates as the popular 'Dads & Grads' time quickly approaches. This year, get today's gadget loving Dads and tech-savvy students consumer electronics gifts . But don't become the ticket to life-long tech support after you give a gift -- let your dad or grad know about Retrevo the gadget owner's resource Web site.
Retrevo is a comprehensive shopping and support site for gadgets. Retrevo scours the Web for professional and user reviews, anecdotal "hacks" and fixes and has the largest catalog of online product manuals available. Dad and grads can use Retrevo to search the products they receive and find everything they could ever want to know about the product. It's a complete online shopping resource with reviews from passionate users and expert users alike; plus, once you buy a gift, Retrevo has all the information Dads and grads need to be a trusted advisor that they can keep turning to for support.
Depending on your Dad or grad, Retrevo has recommendations for everyone. If you are sending your high school grad off to college or your college grad into the real world, a laptop computer is required gear. If Dad travels a lot and doesn't want to miss the big game, a Slingbox allows you to view any TV programming on your laptop. Or for those Dads and grads that want to capture each moment of their life, a digital camera is the answer. You can view all the details and more gift recommendations here:
Gadgets for Dad or the Grad
Time flies and before you know it that little kid in diapers is graduating from school and it's time to reward him or her with a gift. It's also that time of the year to show Dad how much you appreciate everything he does for the family. Retrevo's gadget experts have some great gift recommendations for today's tech-savvy students and gadget loving Dads.
Laptops for Grads
Whether you're sending your high school grad off to college or your college grad into the real world, a laptop computer is required gear. Today's laptops are as much internet terminals and entertainment centers as they are portable typewriters. Good laptops will have lots of built-in wireless connectivity like WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G along with multimedia capabilities like high resolution widescreen displays. They should offer all flavors of WiFi (802.11a,b,g, plus the latest super fast n), Bluetooth and in some cases 3G cards (or at least slots) to be used with cell phone carriers' high speed internet access. A new generation of laptops just came on the market that incorporate the latest Intel chip code named Santa Rosa. Boasting a faster front side bus, longer battery life, support for the latest WiFi standard, 802.11n, and better graphics and video support. The Latitude D630 is the latest Santa Rosa based laptop from Dell. The D630 has a 14.1 inch display while the Latitude 830 has a larger 15.4 inch display. They cost between $ 1,000 and $ 2,000 fully configured.
On the Mac side, Apple just announced some new and improved Macbooks with faster processors and more memory. Unfortunately if you want one of the latest and greatest Santa Rosa-based notebooks you'll have to stay in the Windows camp for now. The new Macbooks come in black or white and sell for around $ 1500.
GPS for Dads
Give any gadget loving Dad a GPS and he will immediately start collecting statistics from car trips like distance traveled or altitude attained. Today's GPS devices are loaded with features and contain lots of information about points of interest. Many will receive real time traffic data and even play MP3 files. The Garmin Nuvi 360 weighs in at around 6 ounces, fits in your hand, is a full featured GPS, and even plays MP3 audio files for around $ 400. You can use the built in Bluetooth to turn it into a handsfree device to use along with your Bluetooth phone. If you want even more in a GPS than the highly rated 360, you can spend close to $ 700 for the Garmin Nuvi 660. You get a larger unit with a larger display along with Bluetooth technology.
MP3 players for Everybody
It's hard to imagine any student not having at least one MP3 player but just in case you want to make a gift of one, here are some to make any kid the envy of all their friends.
The iPod shuffle is pretty cool but now there's a new kid on the small and cheap MP3 player block. The Sansa Express holds as much as a shuffle and has a built in FM tuner and FM and voice recorders. You can expand the capacity with a micro SD card and the best news is that it only costs around $ 60. We suggest you also check out these other non-Apple players. You can get some important features that Apple left out of iPods like FM radio/recorder and voice recorder. You can also use some of the alternative (less expensive) music libraries like Napster and Rhapsody. Oh, you want to be able to use iTunes? Oh well, in that case you're going to want to get an iPod and that would be a Shuffle, a Nano, or one of the big capacity ones. You'll need to decide between the $ 240 30GB iPod video, the $ 340 80GB version, the $ 190 4GB Nano, the 8GB, $ 240 8GB Nano, or the $ 75 1GB Shuffle.
More Gift Ideas
Slingbox Pro
In case you haven't heard about Slingbox, here's the concept; take a signal from a TV source like your cable box put it into a Slingbox, connect the Slingbox to a wired or wireless network, run some software on your PC and voila, you can send whatever is on the TV to a remote computer or handheld device running the Slingbox Player. Say the big game is on the TV at home but Dad is sitting at the airport waiting for his flight. A Slingbox and a Windows Mobile device with WiFi or 3G will let Dad watch the game on his new Samsung Blackjack.
Nintendo's Wii
Dads or Grads will jump for joy when you give them a brand new Wii game machine. It's the wireless controller or Wii Remote that really sets it apart from the other consoles. Dad will love the tennis and golf games and the kid will spend way too much time playing adventure games and the best news is it only costs about $ 250.
The Perfect Digital Camera for Someone
Here's a great little camera for anyone looking for a reasonably priced camera with all the latest features. The recently announced Nikon Coolpix S500 is a $ 250, full featured, point and shoot camera. The 7.1 MP camera incorporates optical image stabilization (carried over from Nikon SLRs), face detection, and an ISO rating of 2000 that should give you better pictures in all kinds of lighting conditions.
Retrevo is the ultimate in consumer electronics search. Their search only returns reviews, articles and shopping resources for products and weeds out all the other non-relevant information making it easy for you to find the gadget you want. When searching for a specific product, Retrevo only shows you editorial reviews, comments, blog posts, and forum posts about the product.
About Retrevo
Retrevo is a one-stop destination for consumers to research, shop, or fix their electronic products. Retrevo helps consumers compare community opinions, find pre-purchase information, monitor daily deals and obtain product documentation for technical support and troubleshooting. The company provides succinct information in 12 consumer electronics categories, including cell phones, smartphones, cameras, camcorders, home audio and home video, portable audio and portable video, printers and wireless networking (WiFi). Retrevo is backed by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners, and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
More information can be found at www.retrevo.com
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