Posted by: ithoughti
Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/09/2005 14:40
Hi all,
Just wondering what all you kids thought about Slingmedia and the Sling Box?
http://www.slingmedia.com/I was thinking that perhaps it relied a bit too much on the upload bandwidth to be a very effective product at the moment. But all you guys are way smarter than me so I want to know what you all think!
Posted by: tonyc
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/09/2005 15:45
My cable provider gives me ~800 kbps upload, so I can currently stream mediocre-quality video to work, and do so on occasion. I just use VLC to take my capture card input (which comes from my ReplayTV) and stream at around 700k bitrate. The slingbox solution is probably a little more elegant (changing channels on my ReplayTV requires a hackish Perl script I wrote) but I don't use it often enough to spend any extra money.
Posted by: russmeister
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/09/2005 17:26
I can see this being a big problem for employers when a lot of people are using this technology.
Production at work will greatly reduce.
I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea. I'm just throwing out my $0.02 worth.
Posted by: andym
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/09/2005 19:40
All I could see is companies internet connections slowing down as dozens of people start streaming TV from home at lunchtime.
Posted by: robricc
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 30/09/2005 21:33
I just set up my Slingbox. It's dope. Ask questions if you want...
I'm only on my LAN right now, but I will be testing over the internet on Sunday probably.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/06/2006 02:35
Rob, would you like to
give my friend Marty your opinions on the slingbox? It looks like he might be interested in getting one.
Posted by: altman
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 26/06/2006 08:14
I just got a UK one so I will be able to stream my UK tivo over to California when we move over. I have 500kbit upstream rate, at that speed the video is acceptable for me. Using the remote is a bit laggy (lots of clicks required to navigate the tivo, and it's slow even with remote mode on) but I can live with that.
Hugo
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 27/06/2006 13:48
Sounds cool. He's hoping to find someone he can get a demo from, i.e., pointing his phone and his computer at someone's box and seeing how it looks. Dunno if you're up for that or not. Anyway, I've pointed him at this thread, so between you not wanting to sign up for livejournal, and him not wanting to sign up for this BBS, perhaps somehow you can get in touch with each other. :-)
Posted by: jarredduq
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 05/08/2006 03:05
I liked it so much I installed it into my car!
Posted by: jarredduq
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 05/08/2006 03:06
EVDO router in the trunk (boot).
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Opinions on Slingmedia? - 05/08/2006 05:04
Oh yeah, I forgot to follow up and say my friend Marty was grateful for the demo, got one, and loves it.