Slingbox question?????
Question by s.s. coolio: Slingbox question?????
A. can it work on any TV (such as a hotel)
B. say im in alaska can i get a TV station from NY?
also how much do they generally cost
thanks i do not know a lot about slingboxs
Best answer:
Answer by quantumrift
I've had a Slingbox over two years now, and it works fine.
BASICALLY:
You hook up the SLINGBOX on your home network. It has an ethernet port. You then hook up your video or cable feed. It has a cable connector as well as audio-video feeds (some have Hi-Def as well).
You install the software on your home computer (or notebook computer) to manage it. For initial setup you have to be on the same home network. The software finds the local slingbox and configures it (you have an "ID" number you have to remember). The SLINGBOX registers with the sling servers so you can always find your Slingbox. You can also set up a password at this time.
You have to install the viewing application on your Notebook PC to view your slingbox remotely. Once done, whenever you are out and about anyplace you have a broadband internet connection, you can 'connect' to your Slingbox ID and use your password to view it.
You control it just like you would control a TV - you click on the tuner and you enter any channel you normally would watch at home, except it is converted to Video over IP and sent to your notebook computer.
The basic Slingbox starts at around 0.
It's not hard to get and set up. If you have, say a DVR, you can control that thru the SLingbox as well...it's pretty versatile. If you have a satellite box, you feed the audio video signals into it and control the satellite receiver as well. It's way cool.
Under normal circumstances you should not have to change anything on your home router/firewall.
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