slingbox

[1aguilas]

I'm going off to college in Chicago but I still want to be able to watch my hometown's sports games so I figured Slingbox would be a good answer. Does anyone have any experience with it?

[ChromePony]

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I'm going off to college in Chicago but I still want to be able to watch my hometown's sports games so I figured Slingbox would be a good answer. Does anyone have any experience with it?

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I use it for exactly that and it's awesome, well worth the price. You should definitely get it, not much else I can say.

[1aguilas]

i have digital cable at home fwiw

which model did you get? are you able to watch tv at home while the slingbox is in use elsewhere?

[emon87]

you can watch TV but the channels will be the same. So if either of you changes the channel the other one does too.

[dylan's alias]

Do you watch on your computer? I was hoping to output from my laptop to a TV. What's the resolution like?

[Moozh]

There was a thread on this a month or two ago, do a search. In the end, it's great, but know if you're sharing with family who own the tv/cable, you're watching whatever they see and vice versa.

[emon87]

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Do you watch on your computer? I was hoping to output from my laptop to a TV. What's the resolution like?

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resolution depends on your home and road internet connections. You're gonna need good (solid cable or better) to watch it on a larger TV.

[Bicycles_Biatch]

make sure you spend the extra bucks and get the one with DVR / recording capabilities.

That's what allows you to watch something different than what your parents have on their tube at that moment.

[LotsOfOuts69]

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make sure you spend the extra bucks and get the one with DVR / recording capabilities.

That's what allows you to watch something different than what your parents have on their tube at that moment.

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Sorry for the late bump but it seems like the most basic model doesn't need to connect to an actual cable box just the feed from a split signal, how would this keep me from watching something different then what everyone else would be watching in the house?

I understand you would not get all the digital channels but as for watching home sports teams, these are on basic cable.

[Homer]

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make sure you spend the extra bucks and get the one with DVR / recording capabilities.

That's what allows you to watch something different than what your parents have on their tube at that moment.

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Sorry for the late bump but it seems like the most basic model doesn't need to connect to an actual cable box just the feed from a split signal, how would this keep me from watching something different then what everyone else would be watching in the house?

I understand you would not get all the digital channels but as for watching home sports teams, these are on basic cable.

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yeah, with the version that you can run the coaxial cable straight into, you can watch other stuff if you use a splitter.