Sling Media Slingbox PRO (SB200-100)

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Watch and control your home TV, DVR, basic cable, digital cable box, or satellite receiver anywhere around your home or around the globe
Includes free Slingbox Finder service to locate a Slingbox from any network location
SlingStream technology delivers up to a 400 percent video quality improvement over the original Slingbox
Redirects the TV signal to the computer of your choice--providing high quality video, no matter the distance
Connects to digital cable box, DVR, satellite receiver, DVD players, video/security camera, or any NTSC component HD, S-video
Redirects the TV signal to the computer of your choice--providing high quality video, no matter the distance
SlingStream technology delivers up to a 400 percent video quality improvement over the original Slingbox

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Slingbox Pro gives customers with basic analog cable, digital cable, satellite, and/or DVR the ability to watch and control their home TV using any Internet-enabled Windows or Mac-based desktop or laptop computer or Windows Mobile handheld or mobile phone. In addition, Slingbox Pro can connect to multiple AV devices and features an HDTV component connection giving HD set-top box customers added performance and ease of use in connecting their Slingbox Pro to their home theater system.

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16.4 x 10 x 3.5 inches

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3.65 pounds

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B000IVDIL4

Item model number

SB200-100

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219 ratings

3.3 out of 5 stars

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

August 28, 2005

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Robbert Patrison

A cool gadged that works well

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2007

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The slingbox is a set-top box device that lets me watch and control

my video devices from anywhere. Setting up the box was easy,

it worked within 15 minutes. The most time consuming (as always)

is routing all kinds of wires at the back of the cabinet, and getting

rid of the empty packages and boxes. Even though the slingbox

comes with many necessary wires, a trip to RadioShack was necessary

to get some v-splitting cables. I hooked up all 4 available inputs:

-HD tivo series3 (component input)

-tivo series 2 (cvbs input)

-sattelite settop box (s-video)

-analog antenna

The button to switch between these inputs in the slingplayer

is hidden 2-levels deep in one of th menus. Otherwise, the

slingplayer UI is nicely executed.

When playing at home, the quality of the HD input is

excellent, similar to playing a DVD in my laptop.

Digital artefacts are present, but no worse than my plasma

TV. When reached from the internet, only 1/10th of the bandwidth

is avaiable (my DSL does 300kbs upstream). The slingbox does

an admirable job in dealing with these bandwidth limitations.

Playback is remarkably smooth (though not nearly HD, obviously).

Overall, this is a neat gadget. Not as great as Tivo, but

its a lot of fun for $250 (box + cable).

Pro:

-Very well engineered video encoding gets the most out of any connection.

-Well-designed player works. Now every laptop in the house is a TV.

-Slingbox does not run hot when standy. Most settop boxes (except tivo)

have huge standby power consumption (sometimes 30watts).

-Very nicely design packaging, almost as much eye candy as Apple products.

The slingbox does not have to be installed visibly, but it

can since it not an eye-sore.

Cons:

-The $45 HD cable is a rip-off and messy: these should have been

some extra plugs at the back of the box.

-Supports only one user at a time.

-No learning capability for the IR-codes of unknown devices. My

misty sattelite box is not in the list, and it looks like I'm stuck

there.

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M. West

Something to Sling about.

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2008

I purchased this device for my significant other who is a bit of a technology bug as well as the DVR queen. We both travel for work and when we finally do get home at the same time and try to catch up on all of the shows on the DVR, it's almost too much. So, the solution? Find a means where she could view her programs while on the road from a hotel or any locaton she can establish a broadband connection with her laptop. The means to the solution....the SLINGBOX. Sling Media Slingbox PRO (SB200-100)

First a basic rundown of what this sling is. it is a very non descript box that sits highly unnoticed in your entertainment center or similar, and connects up to your DVR, cable box, DVD carousel, XBOX (no you cant play, just watch), etc. and view, and control content from these items from anywhere in the world you can gain high speed network access. Using the DVR as an example, you can change channels, watch your entire cable line up, program recordings, access menus and guides, view recorded content, pause, play and turn it on or off. Anything you can do with your DVR remote, you can do remotely. All you need is a broadband home network connection with a router.

I purchased the pro version but from my research, I believe any of their devices will work as well givin your requirements. The pro supports multiple devices and HD. The packaging of this device is the nicest and most thought out of almost any product I have ever purchased. Easy access, labled and complete with everything you need (except the high definition adapter. It's available separately and really is not necessary for my application). The unit was easy to set up. The only head scratcher is your distance to a viable network connection. The Slingbox sends the data out via a network jack on the back which needs to be connected to your home's router in some way. Some living rooms just aren't close enough to the computer gear to make that easy as in my case. Sling media sells a network extension set that allows you to use your home's electrical wiring as a means to extend your network to any plug in the home. Netgear also sells such a product which is what I purchased. You can read my review on that product as well.

Once all hooked up, there is a short setup for software, I noticed that even while in the set up process, The software had found the Slingbox and was already streaming video from my cable box. Pretty cool. One of the things it asks during set up is what make and model of cable box or DVR you have. Given that info, the software pulls up an exact image of your remote next to the viewing screen. This is what you use to control the cable box from anywhere in the world. It's the same look and feel so, no learning curve. Anything you can do to your cable box via remote while sitting in front of it, you can do via remote viewing with the Slingbox. It actually has a small IR sender that you attach to the front of the cable box to send remote control commands directly to the cable box.

Anyway, the short of it is.. It works. My lady friend was walking around the house with her laptop in her hands watching her DVR programming full screen. With that small success, I called up my brother in SC and gave him remote access to test out remote viewing. It also worked very well. He even dowloaded the trial viewer for Windows Mobile 6 on his cell phone and success again! He and I have a critical eye and neither could complain about the image delivered from the Slingbox. I am very surprised that this device has not become more popular than it has.

A note on support. Before I purchased this thing, I checked out the website and did my homework. Their site was very innovative yet simple and very easy to navigate. They have a live chat feature with their support group which I connected with twice and drilled them with all my questions. It was an excellent and refreshing experience. All questions answered and yes, with correct information.

I could go on and on. All I can tell ya is that it works and works well.
The only thing that I may change in my current set up, is this: What ever box you have the Slingbox connected to will be monopolized by a person viewing via the Slingbox. Yes, you can watch what they watch, or even play remote wars to fight over what to watch.. My solution may be to just get another DVR (6.99 a month plus tax from my cable company) and dedicate it to the Slingbox. This will solve any potential for contention issues.

Now I'm going to go trade the Blackberry in for a Windows phone so I can have something to do at airports and slow meetings :o).

Happy Remote Viewing

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Stephen

This Thing is Slick!

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2008

I decided to purchase a Slingbox after seeing it in action on a friend's PDA phone. He casually flipped it open and said, "Excuse me, I gotta check the NCAA tournement". I glanced over and he was watching ESPN... I thought to myself, quoting Will Smith, "I gotta get me one of THESE!!".

I hurried home and ordered the Slingbox Pro and it was at my doorstep in less than a week. Set-up was pretty painful, but only because I was trying to connect with my wireless network via a defective Linksys Wireless Gaming Adapter. Finally I ran out and bought a couple SlingLinks and spent the next hour laughing and shaking my head at how easy set-up was after that. If your Slingbox isn't right next to your internet router, I HIGHLY suggest getting the SlingLinks. Definitely worth the money.

My Slingbox connects quicker than I expected with both my laptop and my HTC Touch pda/phone. Software for the laptop is free via download from the Sling website though the software for the mobile device will cost you some dinero (30 day free evaluation though). Picture and sound quality is much better than I expected and I've heard nothing but good things about their customer support... though the one time I called with a question about license transfer I got a guy who MUST have been having a bad day. Very professional, but personable?... not so much. ;)

If you want to watch YOUR programming from anywhere with an internet connection, Sling is the way to go.

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