IF YOU'VE EVER MISSED A GOOD GAME OR YOUR FAVORITE SHOW BECAUSE YOU WERE AWAY FROM HOME, LISTEN UP BECAUSE WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS SUPER COOL. SEE, THERE'S THIS COOL NEW TV STREAMING DEVICE CALLED SLINGBOX THAT NOW BRINGS LIVE OR RECORDED ENTERTAINMENT TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DVR YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAM AND WAITING UNTIL YOU GET BACK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, YOU CAN NOW REMOTELY VIEW YOUR CABLE, SATELLITE OR PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER PROGRAMMING OVER A BROADBAND CONNECTION.
THE SLINGBOX WILL HOOK UP TO YOUR CABLE BOX OR YOUR SATELLITE DISH BOX AT HOME, AND ONCE IT'S HOOKED UP AND SET UP, YOU CAN VIEW IT AND ACCESS IT FROM YOUR PORTABLE COMPUTER OR DESKTOP COMPUTER OR EVEN SOME MOBILE PHONES THAT HAVE VIDEO CAPABILITIES. ALL YOU NEED IS INTERNET ACCESS. THE MAIN REASON PEOPLE REALLY WANT A SLINGBOX IS TO VIEW ANY CONTENT FROM THEIR HOME INCLUDING PREMIUM CONTENT THEY PAID EXTRA FOR WHILE THEY'RE AWAY FROM HOME. FOR INSTANCE, MOVIE CHANNELS OR SPORTS PACKAGES THAT THEY PAID PREMIUM FOR, THEY CAN VIEW IT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AT ANY INTERNET ACCESS POINT.
THE FIRST STEP OF USING A SLINGBOX IS INSTALLING THE SLINGBOX SOFTWARE. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE INTERNET FEED AND SEE THE CHANNELS THAT THE SLINGBOX IS BROADCASTING TO IT. OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY COOL, BUT WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THE SLINGBOX SOFTWARE IS ITS CONTROL CAPABILITIES. SETTING UP THE SLINGBOX INVOLVES INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND INVOLVES HOOKING UP CABLES FROM OUTPUTS FROM YOUR CABLE BOX OR SATELLITE DISH TO GO INTO YOUR SLINGBOX.
YOUR SLINGBOX IS THEN ATTACHED TO YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION AT HOME. THE SLINGBOX ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE CHANNELS. IT COMES WITH SPECIAL LEDS TO PUT OVER YOUR CABLE BOX, YOUR SATELLITE DISH BOX SO YOU CAN CHANGE CHANNELS WHILE YOU'RE ON THE ROAD WATCHING CONTENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD OR WHEREVER YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION.
YOU'LL ALSO BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NO SUBSCRIPTIONS OR RECURRING COSTS WITH THE SLINGBOX. JUST A ONE-TIME PRICE TO BUY THE HARDWARE, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO ENJOY THE CHANNELS YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR. THE VIDEO STREAMING QUALITY IS VERY GOOD. IT WILL DIFFER A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE GRAPHICS YOU HAVE ON YOUR SYSTEM, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S VERY GOOD.
