Sling Media Slingbox PRO (SB200-100)
by Sling Media
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Customer Review: Decent product as long as it's under warranty.
Summary: 3 Stars
I have had a Slingbox pro since 2007. The first Slingbox went out on me right before warranty, luckily for me. I was not so lucky the second time as the hardware failed yet again after the warranty. I called support to find out that in order to assist me I must pay the out of warranty fee. In my dealings with slingbox I have had to call them roughly 5 times, always miserable. The customer support is most certainly a call center with employees that use scripted solutions. The idea of paying extra to have an employee read the faq from their website is ludicrous. Unfortunately for me, the 250 dollar device I bought roughly 2 years ago is now unusable. Slingbox said that they would charge me 100 dollars plus shipping to replace. Forget it.
All in all I have liked my slingbox, while it worked. Alas, I will not be replacing it. I will look for a company with better hardware and a more reputable support.
Customer Review: Perfect solution for remote viewing
Summary: 5 Stars
Frankly, this product is over featured for me. I was not looking for something to enable TV on Cell phone for me. I mostly work from home and was looking to have something which enabled me to watch TV while working or sometimes to watch TV in bed (without buying one). I do not own a TV (I only have a projector). So this really fit the bill.
My feedback:
Good quality (both picture and sound)
On my home LAN consumes 2.5-3.5 kbps (kilo bits)
I've tried to connect it from the public network and it worked like a breeze (enable UPnP for it)
Very easy to setup.
I did not figure out how it works till i bought it and configured it. For those who are curious:
Its got it's own tuner (which does not let you watch paid channels like HBO etc).
But this device can also be setup to sit between your cable box and TV. So it can unicast (it does not broadcast).
Customer Review: Great Product But Not Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
The Slingbox is pretty amazing, don't get me wrong. The "pros" are well expressed here in various reviews and I love it, but it has a few shortcomings as well.
The built-in analog tuner will only give you channels 2-68 if you decide to attach it to the coaxial cable inline between the wall and the cable-box or the tv. The advantage is that you can change channels remotely without interfering with the viewing on the local tv; the disadvantage is that you may lose some of the upper channels that may be part of your basic cable package.
The price of the PRO over the AV is fairly significant. If you don't need the tuner or need to attach more devices than just the cable tv, go the Slingbox AV route even though the "wizard" on the sling website tells you you need the PRO. I tried a entering even the most basic needs and it will always recommend the more expensive PRO unit.
Customer Review: Sling your hi def content to your laptop!
Summary: 5 Stars
Who knew it could be so easy? I have this hooked up to my Xbox 360 (link to Elite system) via component cables. Now, hold on a sec. I don't play video games over the Slingbox, that would be an awful, laggy experience. No, my Xbox 360 is a media center extender for my Windows Vista Ultimate-based media center PC, so I can watch all my recorded shows in other rooms, and now (with the Slingbox), on the road. It's not transmitting a hi definition signal, mind you, but it is transmitting the best resolution it can for my modem speeds, and I'm quite satisfied with the picture quality, even on my mobile device (an HTC Mogul with Sprint). A great way to keep up on your shows when you travel as much as I do!Customer Review: Great, but need to be very computer savy to add other pc's.
Summary: 3 Stars
Initially the installation and start up was great. Plug and play, just follow window prompts. Great picture and remote is awesome.
Then when I tried adding more PC's, thats where it gets really tricky and frustrating, especially if your not computer savy like myself. My remote access from my work computer is very moody, it works only half the time. The other times I get an error window and it won't work. I've chatted online with a couple of techs and they can't explain it.
Then I just recently tried adding another laptop to access the slingbox, and it shows a blank black screen but no error message. I am currently still trying to play with settings, but hopefully it will start to work soon!
So be prepared to go through much trouble shooting if you get one.
I'd give it 5 stars but do to my frustration its getting 3 stars!