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habskilla · 2011-10-03, 11:51 AM

Things you can do with your 30 Mb/s upload...

Traveling gets boring real fast. One of things I missed was local TV. I picked up a Slingbox. It worked "alright", but the picture was not the greatest. The constraint was my home upload speed could not deliver a good picture. At the time, we only had 640 kbps upload. So over time, the Slingbox ended up in a drawer.

Along comes FibreOp and its 30 Mb/s upload. Dig out the old Slingbox (Classic) out. Hook it up. It works but the picture still isn't good enough. This time around, it's the hardware that is the bottleneck. I headed out to FS and picked up the Slingbox HD. Boy, what a difference. Picture is excellent. Very watchable, even sport events show very well.

If you want a place shifting solution and you have FibreOp, give the Slingbox HD a spin.

hugh · 2011-10-03, 12:54 PM

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

nuke12 · 2011-10-03, 04:54 PM

Yes, with the newer FiberOP speeds, it works pretty good.

I've had a Slingbox of some sorts for years. I bought the first Pro-HD in Saint John before they should have been released here.

I like them pretty good but they have two main issues. The block power supplies are crap and usually die within 2 years. Sling Media is also buying cheap filter caps. and they burp (ie.- die) within 1 to 2 years.

I'm still running my second Slingbox. My first was a Pro-HD and the second is a Solo. Both developed bad caps which, I have replaced.

Sling Media does not seem to be doing anything currently for the home "place shifter".

Today, I would consider a Hava/Monsoon product. They have some rough edges but seem to be getting better.

dbart · 2011-10-07, 07:09 PM

cant get my slingbox hd to work. It looses the network connection after its tests internet viewing on the setup page...any ideas?

2011-10-03, 11:51 AM	#1
habskilla Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Moncton, NB Posts: 866	Slingbox HD and FibreOp is a terrific combo Things you can do with your 30 Mb/s upload... Traveling gets boring real fast. One of things I missed was local TV. I picked up a Slingbox. It worked "alright", but the picture was not the greatest. The constraint was my home upload speed could not deliver a good picture. At the time, we only had 640 kbps upload. So over time, the Slingbox ended up in a drawer. Along comes FibreOp and its 30 Mb/s upload. Dig out the old Slingbox (Classic) out. Hook it up. It works but the picture still isn't good enough. This time around, it's the hardware that is the bottleneck. I headed out to FS and picked up the Slingbox HD. Boy, what a difference. Picture is excellent. Very watchable, even sport events show very well. If you want a place shifting solution and you have FibreOp, give the Slingbox HD a spin.

2011-10-03, 12:54 PM	#2
hugh Member #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 47,492	Very impressive. Thanks for sharing. __________________ As of January 2012, I am no longer the owner of the Digital Home website. If you have questions about the operation of the site, please contact VSAdmin. For personal inquiries contact me at the Hugh Thompson website.

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2011-10-03, 04:54 PM	#3
nuke12 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Quispamsis, NB Posts: 174	Yes, with the newer FiberOP speeds, it works pretty good. I've had a Slingbox of some sorts for years. I bought the first Pro-HD in Saint John before they should have been released here. I like them pretty good but they have two main issues. The block power supplies are crap and usually die within 2 years. Sling Media is also buying cheap filter caps. and they burp (ie.- die) within 1 to 2 years. I'm still running my second Slingbox. My first was a Pro-HD and the second is a Solo. Both developed bad caps which, I have replaced. Sling Media does not seem to be doing anything currently for the home "place shifter". Today, I would consider a Hava/Monsoon product. They have some rough edges but seem to be getting better.

2011-10-07, 07:09 PM	#4
dbart Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 38	cant get my slingbox hd to work. It looses the network connection after its tests internet viewing on the setup page...any ideas?