Sling Media Slingbox Tuner ( SB220-100 ) Review

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I purchased the Slingbox so my wife could watch TV on her kitchen laptop (new Dell Inspiron) rather than buy a new Flat TV or an external PC tuner (and then run a cable). Product works well and as promised. Good, smooth picture quality across my wireless G. Easy to set up. I have not yet tried to view TV remotely, so I cannot comment on that.

Points of criticism:

1) It does not work well if you want to multi-task (i.e. watch TV while you do other tasks on the same PC) as it seems to be a resrouce hog. When I tried this I had synch problems between voice and audio. I did not try reducing the quality settings to rectify this (isn't a big deal to me).

2) The box runs HOT. The underside is not well enough raised from the resting surface. When I picked it up the other day, it was hard to handle it was so warm. I now have it sitting on a small, rasied wire cooling sheet for cookies and it seems to be much cooler.

3) You can't view on multiple PCs simultaneously. I understand that it has only one tuner, but it would seem feasible that two PCs could watch the same channel.

4) I think they should've added a coax input for the SlingBox AV like they have for the Slingbox Pro. I would've paid an extra few bucks for that. Not a huge deal for my situation, but it limits future options.

Please post a comment if you have any insight into the above cirtiques.

PS: If you have a Logitech DiNovo wireless keyboard, the cordless multimedia numeric pad works great as a remote control.

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Product Description

Slingbox Tuner gives customers with basic analog cable the ability to watch and control their home TV using any Internet-enabled Windows or Mac-based desktop or laptop computer or Windows Mobile handheld or mobile phone.

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Product Details

• Brand: Sling Media
• Model: SB220-100
• Released on: 2006-09-27

Features

• Redirects the TV signal to the computer of your choice--providing high quality video, no matter the distance
• SlingStream technology delivers up to a 400 percent video quality improvement over the original Slingbox
• Connects to basic cable TV or NTSC antenna sources
• Includes free Slingbox Finder service to locate a Slingbox from any network location
• Watch and control your basic cable TV anywhere around your home or around the globe

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