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robster
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anyone used this or know anyone who has..?

250 bucks for this box. It hooks to your tv and allows you to send a broadband stream to your laptop/desktop from any location.

I wonder if I could hook it to espn, and then charge people who just want espn broadcasts to use it.....
... or not...

But seems like a cool toy

1/2/2006 12:31:23 PM

LiusClues
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buy a tivo

and do your fucking job.

1/2/2006 12:39:46 PM

ncsuapex
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cheap tv or vcr, video capture card, internet connection, endless software options. And you're there for cheaper than that $250 box.

1/2/2006 1:11:50 PM

El Nachó
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If that box does what it's supposed to do, that seems like a pretty decent way to not have to ghetto rig together your own solution.(course I know you Tech Talk people are all about your ghetto rigging) This should be a more professional solution, for a fairly cheap price. I wonder what the upstream requirements are. It just mentions a "broadband connection" on the faq page.

I'm interested. I will definitely keep an eye out for reviews/improvements/price drops.

1/2/2006 1:26:16 PM

fregac
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http://www.slingmedia.com/slingbox/

Click on the "Geek Speak" section, it has specs and requirements. Says 256kbps upstream is required.


What I want to know is what resolution it sends at. I can't find that information ANYWHERE.

1/2/2006 2:10:27 PM

Restricted
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Somebody has been listening to the Jim Rome Show

1/2/2006 2:14:25 PM

ultra
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well that rules out a Road Runner connection.

1/2/2006 2:15:55 PM

OmarBadu
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i know math is hard ultra - but RR has a higher upstream than 256kbps

256 / 8 = 32

i get decent averages of 40-50k most times

1/2/2006 2:56:45 PM

ultra
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I am on a shared connection with roommate on the Bittorent network all day.

1/2/2006 2:58:28 PM

Noen
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it's at 320*240 from what I can find. And it's going to look like shit on cable upstreams. It uses WMV9 compression, which is pretty good, but to squeeze that into a 30-50k upstream is going to require pretty heavy compression.

If you don't mind blocky streaming video, it's a good way to see stuff at work or on the road.

1/2/2006 3:29:33 PM

lafta
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do they make one for radio?

i cant get some stations even online.
im sure there's a way.

1/2/2006 4:36:00 PM

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Quote :
"endless software options"


what pvr software allows you to watch recorded video from remote places. i guess you could set up some kinda ftp folder or something if theres no pvr software that does it, but that is ghetto

1/2/2006 4:47:41 PM

ncsuapex
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^

I used a video capture card, VCR and some webcam software, watched TV at work. Only downside is you can't change the channel remotely, at least the way I had it set up.

Right now I have an AM/FM stereo receiver connected to the line in on my soundcard, using a shoutcast stream so I can listen to the radio at work. Since I work in a room that can't get radio reception on anything. Again, only downside is you can't change the channel remotely. But I'll set it to 680am so I can listen to the State games if I have to work during a game.

1/2/2006 4:56:17 PM

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Quote :
"Right now I have an AM/FM stereo receiver connected to the line in on my soundcard, using a shoutcast stream so I can listen to the radio at work. Since I work in a room that can't get radio reception on anything. Again, only downside is you can't change the channel remotely. But I'll set it to 680am so I can listen to the State games if I have to work during a game."


thats actually a pretty nice idea

1/2/2006 4:57:56 PM

TJB627
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^I believe Snapstream's BeyondTV software used to have that feature but I can't seem to find anything about it on their website.

1/2/2006 4:57:56 PM

Golovko
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my roommate bought it when it first came out but unlucky for him or lucky for his wallet, he bought one of the known defective ones...so i couldn't really tell you the quality of picture

1/2/2006 6:19:14 PM

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