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MikeWaters · 08-19-2005, 03:26 AM

noticing on cb people are talking about slingbox. thinking about getting one and putting it in my brother's house (who has cable and cable modem). Might save me from having to buy espn gameday.

I didnt' watch any of the gameday games besides byu last year. I think I overpaid.

SteelBlue · 08-19-2005, 03:29 AM

So basically, if you have someone in Utah you can hook it to their tv with no inconvenience to them and you can catch the KSL feed of every game. Is that the basic truth of the matter? Sounds like a much better deal than gameday over the long haul.

MikeWaters · 08-19-2005, 03:33 AM

yeah, that's what it looks like. I don't think it would work if the place where the box is uses DSL (due to slow upload). But cable I bet would work.

So I get it hooked up in SLC and voila. Heck, you could even watch the stupid sports shows that everyone keeps complaining about.

downside of this is I jsut checked the price. 250.

MikeWaters · 08-19-2005, 03:36 AM

"Video quality was surprisingly good -- much better than the average video clip streamed over the Internet"

http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/print-ptech-20050630.html

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000827048885/

ewth8tr · 08-19-2005, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

yeah, that's what it looks like. I don't think it would work if the place where the box is uses DSL (due to slow upload).

You are just used to that slow upload speed SBC provides on DSL. Qwest gives between 896K and 1024K for DSL upload speed. I currently have 7168 down and 896K up on my DSL and I wouldn't mind helping someone out on this.

08-19-2005, 03:26 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Slingbox noticing on cb people are talking about slingbox. thinking about getting one and putting it in my brother's house (who has cable and cable modem). Might save me from having to buy espn gameday. I didnt' watch any of the gameday games besides byu last year. I think I overpaid.

08-19-2005, 03:29 AM	#2
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	So basically, if you have someone in Utah you can hook it to their tv with no inconvenience to them and you can catch the KSL feed of every game. Is that the basic truth of the matter? Sounds like a much better deal than gameday over the long haul.

08-19-2005, 03:33 AM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	yeah, that's what it looks like. I don't think it would work if the place where the box is uses DSL (due to slow upload). But cable I bet would work. So I get it hooked up in SLC and voila. Heck, you could even watch the stupid sports shows that everyone keeps complaining about. downside of this is I jsut checked the price. 250.

08-19-2005, 03:36 AM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	"Video quality was surprisingly good -- much better than the average video clip streamed over the Internet" http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/print-ptech-20050630.html http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000827048885/