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It worked great for him, and I even watched it too. My first trip out of my "home" network remote viewing would not work.
If yours doesn't setup easily it'll cost a lot more that the purchase price. It sure feels like the same incident, so I'll be throwing my Slingbox in the trash.
Slingbox now wants me to pay another $30 because I'm told it's a separate incident. BEWARE.
I was given my Slingbox by a friend. When I set it up with my Uverse DVR I could not get remote viewing to work, so I called tech support (outsouced to India btw) I decided to pay the $30 to have tech support set up my remote viewing.
Tech support is clearly how this company makes its money.
But, from time to time my home network gets hiccups and I need to change routers, ISPs, modems, my IP address, firewall configuration and so on. I politely declined their offer to take more of my money for them to support their own product. Click on "Setup Assistant" on the pulldown menu. Trouble is, I also need to reconfigure the Slingbox to keep up with changes in order to view my TV remotely online. For that I would have to pay the fee.
Equally politely I asked if they would just show me where to go on their site to get the information I needed. Then, I checked the support pages once again online to see what I had to do to view my TV remotely with my Slingbox. There was a pause while my home network was being configured to broadcast my Slingbox signal to me over the internet. Then, Click on "Setup Internet Viewing". A message appeared: "Your Slingbox can now be viewed over the Internet". Well, this time I was politely informed that it would cost me something like $30 to get the help I was asking for. It works great.
Through it all the Slingbox keeps working. No. As soon as Slingmedia gets real competition for the Slingbox I believe they will find themselves losing customers that were quite satisfied with the product - but disgusted with the company that manufactured it and was responsible for supporting customers. It took me, maybe, two minutes to do this - less time than the "support" person used to try to wrangle $30 from me. I've used a Slingbox Classic for years. So, I called Slingbox support for help (they had, I recall, helped me set up earlier). Answer was, Click on "Settings".
So far it's been working well, love it. I downloaded the latest Software and Firmware (that I would recommend) and after having scanned the channels, I was able to watch TV full screen on my computer through the wireless. I was a little bit skeptical to start with as I used to have other TV on computer video cards and weren't very pleased, however I didn't get disappointed with the slingbox classic. Setting it up was a breeze, just had to plug my coax cable into it and plug the network cable to the router. In order to be able to watch TV outside of your network, you will need to put the IP address of the slingbox in the DMZ for your router manually (at least for Linksys).
It was extremely easy to setup and it worked perfectly instantly. I've connected a computer to my TV so we can watch it on the big screen.Here are a few things to keep in mind about the Slingbox. The ISP at the sending end of the Slingbox needs to have at least 512kbps upload speed. So I connnected the Slingbox at her house and now she can watch her cable at my house.
It really works. I would give it 10 stars. I can dock the video player and watch SportsCenter while surfing the internet at the same time. I loved the concept but I was very skeptical that it would really work. Boy, was I surprised. I only have basic cable at my house and when my girlfriend comes over she complains. Only one computer can access the Slingbox at a time.
I highly recommend this product to everyone. I saw this product on sale and thought it was worth a try for the price. The video on the remote computer was smooth and clear.I am using the Slingbox via the internet from one house to another. I would also suggest at least 4gb download rate.Overall, I am so happy with this product.
Enjoy. Other than the purchase price, there is NO monthly fee to use this. If you are working out of town a lot and want to watch your TIVOed programs or any other programs on your own home TV, then this is for you. I bought it for my husband and he could watch his Speed Channel programs from his laptop in the comfort of his hotel room or airport club room while waiting for a flight. You do need internet access.
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