Slingbox any good?

buyshirts

11-12-2006

Has anybody got one and are they any good?

jer1956

11-12-2006

Originally Posted by buyshirts:
“Has anybody got one and are they any good?”

They are very good if you want to distribute video around your home to PC's.

The "World Access" function is restricted in the UK becuase we use ADSL, which has poor uploading rates. They are proving populer in the US becuase they can upload as fast as the download.

Pingu

11-12-2006

Originally Posted by jer1956:
“They are very good if you want to distribute video around your home to PC's.

The "World Access" function is restricted in the UK becuase we use ADSL, which has poor uploading rates. They are proving populer in the US becuase they can upload as fast as the download.”

Synchronous home connections in the US are just as rare as over here.

A lot of DSL services offer marginally better upstream speeds, but it's mostly about the same.

jer1956

11-12-2006

Originally Posted by Pingu:
“Synchronous home connections in the US are just as rare as over here.

A lot of DSL services offer marginally better upstream speeds, but it's mostly about the same.”

But Cable Net connections are far more widespread, probably becuase Cable is the preferred TV method in their massive sky scaper cities.

Pingu

11-12-2006

Originally Posted by jer1956:
“But Cable Net connections are far more widespread, probably becuase Cable is the preferred TV method in their massive sky scaper cities.”

It's rare for a cable company to offer more than 512kbit upstream. Most packages seem to be 5mbit down, 384kbit up.