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Hoosiergal
Member
08-12-2005
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 5:13 pm
I've been a lurker on this board for years....waiting for spoilers on all my shows...saw an ad on TV for the Slingbox last night and went out and bought it immediately....hooked up fast and easy....I never could get TV reception at work because of all the equipment.....now I can watch from my laptop and control my remote control at home as if I were there! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 6:40 pm
I've thought about this. But I don't have digital cable yet, so... Sounds like it's gonna be lotsa fun Hoosier! Keep us posted!
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Hoosiergal
Member
08-12-2005
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 10:42 pm
Been watching it all night at work...how cool! I get all the premium channels with DirecTv and it's great to finally be able to utilize all those channels. It's also cool to be able to use most of the TIVO functions, too.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 3:13 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_slingbox Apparently, not only does this device also work for analog TV viewers, it is easier to set up for them. At least it was for the tester who did the above article....
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Finqwik
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 11:55 am
Sounds like a really good idea but I believe just like Tivo and direct TV it's not available to Canada. Also I think you need a Pentium 4 computer and windows XP is this true??
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 3:27 pm
yes Fingwik... WindowsXP is a must... Not sure about the P4 tho... but I would imagine it would be highly recommended if not required...
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Hoosiergal
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 4:56 pm
Remote control functions such as: fast forward, rewind, pause, channel changes are somewhat slow and delayed...but I can live with it....there's no way to ever get TV reception at work, so it's worth every penny I paid for it. Makes these 12-hour shifts a whole lot more bearable! The picture is quite decent....
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