Description
The Slingbox PRO is the perfect companion for your home theater. With the ability to watch and control one high definition video source and up to three standard definition video devices, the Slingbox PRO ensures that you can watch all of your favorite home theater entertainment anywhere you go. Using an Internet-connected computer or compatible mobile phone, you can watch and control your home TV, DVR, basic cable, digital cable box, or satellite receiver anywhere around your home or around the globe. With a Slingbox PRO you are never separated from your favorite TV shows, sports broadcasts, breaking news stories, digital video recordings, or video on demand.
Quick Glance
Form Factor: External Device
Video Standard: ATSC (Digital), NTSC (analog)
A/V Connectors: Audio - RCA Stereo, Ethernet - RJ45, Video - RCA Composite Video
Compatible OS: Microsoft Windows XP
Summary
Product Title: Slingbox Pro HD SB200-100 Internet TV Broadcaster
Power Score: 4.4 | 15 Reviews
Device Type and Features
Video Standard Supported: ATSC (Digital), NTSC (analog)
Video Quality
Audio Video Connectors: Audio - RCA Stereo, Ethernet - RJ45, Video - RCA Composite Video
Compatibility
Form Factor: External Device
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Warranty
Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited Warranty
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Strengths: Easy setup
Weakness: Only one person can watch your slingbox at a time. HD connection is extra, should be built in.
I owned the 1st generation slingbox classic and I upgraded to the slingbox pro. I can see the difference in the picture quality. The newer slingbox pro is better and has a cleaner, more smooth picture than the original. I use this with my HDTV and TiVo and it works great. My only complaint is that I wish the HD connect was built instead of an extra accessory purchase.
Strengths: -it works & works well. -hd cable is extra, not a big deal for me, but adds complexity & more wires (which we all hate)
Weakness: -palm pilot client is an additional $29
After 10 years with DirecTV, we switched to basic analog cable & it was quite a shock (bad). Dealing with Comcast left much to be desired. A little research & we found out that our home in central NJ was recently provisioned for Verizon FiOS. My parents don't use even a fraction of the 20mb down 5mb up; and I don't subscribe to cable, so I thought this could be a great way to check out Slingbox....
Strengths: Video quality is spectacular when I connected to the Slingbox over my home network. It is easy to set up.
Weakness: None really. It is a little bit bigger than the Slingbox AV and Slingbox Tuner but offers more with the larger size.
The Slingbox PRO is like the current Slingbox, only on steroids. If you want to watch your home TV system on the road, the new Slingbox Pro is the state of the art in place-shifting video. With up to four simultaneous inputs (including an optional high-definition dongle), the Pro solves the dilemma of whether to connect the cable box, TiVo or DVD player. Now you don't have to choose. You can even...
Strengths: Does Everything it Claims to and more! WOW! Great Tech Support Too and it is located in the USA.
Weakness: Not a weakness since they tell you, but you must have good internet connection and fast processor and video on your computer
All I can say is WOW! They are right it will truly change the way you will or can watch TV. I looked at the 3 units that are available and found the basic did not do digital cable and the AV did not have passthrough connections if you don't have enough outputs on your cable/DVR box so for a few bucks more went with the Slingbox Pro. Got it hooked up in a few minutes and was able to get it to work...
Strengths: good video quality and easy setup
Weakness: Only one user can be used at a time. and its expensive product for the single user
Overall its a good proct with good video quality. i am using this for a while and its been very good so far. easy set up , take few minutes. we have to use the hd cable from sling box only to get hd quality.yhats another $60. when buying i thought that whole family can be used remotely but later i found that only one user can see tv at a time.when another computer tried to use it it says another...
Strengths: Able to watch and control ReplayTV and cable on any computer in my home or when away from home by just connecting to the internet. (NOW IS MAC FRIENDLY)
Weakness: None so far.
I purchased this to control my replaytv from other locations and it works well. Now we can access our 3 replays from any computer at home or away. Setup is simple and straight forward took about 10- 15 minutes. Video quality is pretty good, I'm happy with my purchase, I would have purchased long ago if it had Mac support. Had to return the slingbox I received as a gift last year since no mac...
Strengths: The ability to watch TV anywhere in your house on the computer or anywhere in the world
Weakness: Customer service for setting up remote viewing is poor. You may have to disable your firewall and security to make remote access to work. Customer service is poor due to lack of knowledge
I had a friend who had the original slingbox, and recommended that I get the slingbox pro. I bought the slingbox pro because I wanted to control multiple video sources remotely and have the potential of using HD in the future. I was able to set it up pretty easily for viewing in the house. The video quality is great and I can control the TV from my computer. However, I am still having problems...
Strengths: Ability to control home devices using virtual remotes that are identical to original. Support for multiple inputs. Easy to setup on WinXP. Beta player for Max OS X is great.
Weakness: Requirement for additional hardware to utilize a high definition source. Initial setup from Mac OS X did not work for me but since it is still in beta, this will likely improve.
The Slingbox PRO supports up to 3 different inputs as is allowing standard TV tuning control, a Satellite/Cable box and a DVD player or other device. This provides the ultimate in flexibility when away from home. Being able to keep up with programs using my TIVO is excellent. I no longer have to watch TV with commercials while travelling or wait until I get home to catch up on the programs I like...
Strengths: able to watch tv anywhere in the world. great quality picture.
Weakness: cant watch different channels from the tv it is taking signal from. It is a little slow changing channel
cant watch different channels from the tv it is taking signal from. It is a little slow changing channel.able to watch tv anywhere in the world. great quality picture.
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Slingbox Pro is great but...
Strengths: Great picture at 3+Mbps, works on Palm OS, Windows Mobile 6 and PocketPC. Can stream your HD programing as well.
Weakness: With HD Connect (sold separately) the signal streamed is none HD signal. No software for Symbian OS. Most importantly bad picture without high upstream speed.
Quality of picture away from your home network depends on what your upstream speed is, 3+Mbps is great, 2+Mbps is good, 1Mbps is ok, less than that don't look that great. Some basic info: Basic cable/DSL gets 3+Mbps download speed but their upstream is only 512Kbps. Higher rate cable/DSL is 10+Mbps download but upload is 1Mbps. Now if you look into FIOS (Fiber Optic Service for home) would be...
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