As a guy on the go I am constantly away from home. I spend much of my time in New York City away from my home in Los Angeles. Most of my NYC friends are too cheap to purchase cable, thus the Slingbox solution. I purchased the Slingbox from Amazon for about $140 and it was most definitely worth it. I attached it too its own cable box from TWC (extra $20/mo) so I can access it without fighting with my cablebox hoarding girlfriend who lives at home. The cable box has its own DVR so I never will miss my programming. Yesterday, while flying back to LA from NYC on Virgin America, I was able to sign onto the VA provided wi-fi ($13/flight), gogo, and was able to watch my DVR programming on flight. Yes, I was on a seat in the sky watching my cablebox in at home. Amazing, huh? In my opinion these are the pros and cons of the Slingbox Solo:
Pros:
- Watch cable from anywhere (with internet - wired or wireless)
- Give friends view only password to Sling, so they can enjoy it while I'm not
- Works about 90% of the time
- Affordable price
- SlingPlayer interface is extremely easy to use
- Few streaming problems overall while watching
- Picture quality is viewable but not great (Hulu is better for FOX or NBC programming)
- No picture quality difference between HD and SD programming when streamed
- When it doesn't work - it's really annoying
- Cannot accommodate video game controls (it would be incredible if I could play my Wii or PS3 from my CPU)
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