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06/04/2005: "Slingmedia Slingbox Personal Broadcaster"

Wow talk about a cool idea, if it works well, Imagine being able to stream your home television to anywhere with a broadband connection. Thats what the Slingbox claims it can do. Cell phone, computer, whatever if you have broadband you can use this to watch it. For example I have a DirecTV Tivo at home. I could plug it into my slingbox, which functions a remote control might I add, and then go on a business trip and not miss a sho I Tivo. I could log in from a pc cafe and watch my shows or live tv for that matter. Basically all that is reccomended is a router, boradband, and video source for it to work. Im not sure how you would find your device since it is behind the router but it sounds simple. For the computer to watch it on you just need a pc with at least 128 mb ram and 512 mb storage space and a beoadband connection. Slingmedia refers to the capability as placeshifting as Tivo is refered to timeshifting. TV is getting way to easy to watch.