What is Slingbox ™?

SLINGBOX ™ is a type of TV streaming device that allows the user to display all input devices connected to Slingbox ™ via any high -speed Internet connection. This means that it is possible to use a device to watch TV on your computer at home, but also means that they can set up Slingbox ™ to send their home TV to watch it from the hotel's half -way around the world. Although the equipment has not yet seen widespread adoption on the consumer market, they have been very popular among early technology adoptors, and many reviewers have suggested that the equivalent equipment will soon be common.

Given the copyright problems, SLINGBOX ™ cannot be set to send freely transmitted channels to computer devices. If this were the case, broadband connections could be used theoretically, then it could be used in a tandem with one cable account to provide a free cable to everyone with an Internet connection. To kill thatThe wound, Slingbox ™ on it allows you to log in one user at the moment, which is more equivalent to watching TV directly from a long distance. This technique, in which restrictions when viewing the content remains intact, even if it is filtered through remote technology, is called placeshifting.

SLINGBOX ™ can connect to a TV source and send a signal displayed on a TV to a local network or remote networks via a high -speed connection. TV is controlled by an infrared cable that can be remotely controlled by the Slingbox ™ interface. For example, if you had a digital video recorder, a cable box and a satellite, Slingbox ™ could be set to provide you with control of all these remotely. Simply you would log in to the Slingbox ™ set and display the digital representation of the remote control for the device in Question that you could navigate using a mouse orAbout the keyboard and change the channels.

on desktop computers, Slingbox ™ can be used in Windows or Mac OSX. The software includes limited buffer and storage options, allowing short fast forward, rewinding up to one hour and stopping video while playing. Slingbox ™ also provides clip sharing features where users can share limited clips from programs that follow through a simple and easy -to -use interface. There is a third -party software that allows users to capture and record their resources, but Slingbox ™ regularly releases new encryption and patches to try to stop.

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mobile device range also has support for Slingbox ™, allowing users to monitor and control their home TVs through their mobile phone or other mobile device. For example, the iPhone has the Slingbox ™ player and a range of blackberries also has the ability of players. Other mobile operating systems of the device that support Slingbox ™ includeWindows Mobile, Nokia Symbian OS and Palm OS.