Does this work well with the sling adapter? That is, for viewing your cable channels from a remote PC?
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Yes, as long as you have good bandwidth speed. I had 2.5 Mbps download speed and .44 upload and the images were grainy. When I got the speed up to 12 Mbps download and .8 upload they were great. It also helps if you have this device near the modem/router so the wireless signal is strong.
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Judith, I have run into some issues with playing the videos lately, but I believe it's my internet provider. It is possible that people walking between the router and the Wifi adapter may cause breaks in play when you are watching the video remotely. I'm going to plug an HDMI cable directly into the router today and see if there are breaks. I'm guessing it's my internet, not the device.
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Sorry, Judith. I don't have a sling adapter, so I'm not able to answer yes or no to your question.
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The only way I know to do that would be to port your connection from a phone or tablet(with the slingbox software/app) on it, to the TV by a hardwire connection. I have done this before.
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This converter works for watching video on your TV from your computer computer only. Your PC must have VGA output.
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Yes/no. The signal will go Frank a tablet to a projector but the projector must have an HDMI port. I think Slingplayer will do it but the device would rather see the EZCast software that is designed for it and it's free. Sorry for the delay...
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The sling device uses tuner 2 on the DVR. The family at home can watch whatever they want on Tuner1, but the TV hooked up to tuner 2 will just show a notice that "this tuner is in use for remote viewing". The people at home can override the remote viewing and disconnect the user who is connected via Sling if they want.
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Yes, you do have to purchase the app for your tablet and phone in order to watch your home tv on them. It's worth it though. The Sling Box is great! I watch sports, tv shows, dvr recordings, etc when I'm at the gym and out of town. I know it's an expensive app, but the app and sling box are great.
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Yes...it's the only way to get High Def to the Sling boxes without HDCP protocol issues like you get using HDMI
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Yes, I've tried it, but it does not work well. The SlingPlayer software doesn't utilize the ION GPU and stutters badly in hi-def. I've tried both wireless N and a wired (powerline) connection with the same results. I can watch Sling in HD using the same network connection on my three year old laptop in the same location. Would love for this to work, as the Acer is small and otherwise works well, including streaming fairly hi-def (720p) movies from my server. Should note I have some weird results with the Sling in HD. When I start it and just stream HD it works ok - with about 70% CPU utilization, as soon as I start to use the remote, however it starts stuttering and CPU drops down to 35%. Perhaps a bug in the Sling software?
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Hi I am looking for the same solution. I want to mount a slingbox 500 to the wall or back of wall mounted TV. THanks..
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bec. the slingbox is not wifi capable. you have to connect the RCA/Component cables from the cable box.
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At a minimum, the HDTV in the other house would need to connect to the internet - wifi or ethernet connection and some form of web browser. Some "smart" TVs have these capabilities. Another option would be to use a laptop at the other house to receive the Slingbox transmission and then have the laptop video and audio output to the TV. Some laptops have HDMI connections built in or a separate adapter cable may get the job done.
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Yes of course, you just hook it up between your google fibre cable box and your tv. Google Fibre's cable box should have some kind of analog output otherwise you'll have to go for the Slingbox 500. If you refer to the policy in Google Fibre that you're not allowed to run a server with Google Fibre it's in my mind obvious that they mean dedicated servers and not a Slingbox. So why shouldn't it work?
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I do not understand the question....we bought this item to use on our slingbox to change channels from another room and it performs the task just fine.
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Just Internet access, wi-if or Ethernet. Then the apps available from sling box.com or just use the browser option on a laptop.
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No. As far as I understand its workings, and how I use it, it connects only one device wirelessly to the internet, via your home network roiter. In other words, you plug the Netgear adaptor to yoir device (in my case a slingbox) using the ethernet cord, plug in the power adaptor (or via the usb power cord) and pair with your home router, and your device is connected to the internet.
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No. The signal that is going to the TV is the only signal that the Slingbox gets. It is as if the Slingbox was just a part of the cable connected to the TV, so the Slingbox only sees what the TV sees. The only difference is that the TV can be off or on. However if the Slingbox is connected to its own cable box it will see the signal that that cable box is sending.
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You connect your Cable box (no matter what cable/telecom provider), or Tivo, etc. to the sling box. Then you connect your sling box to your home router. You then run thru the setup of the slingbox software from a PC connected to the same home network..and voila! You can now take your laptop anywhere in the world and watch your channels as they appear on your cable system on your laptop..as long as you are connected to the internet. For an additional cost (~$20) you can also pay for the app and watch your TV on any iOS, or Android devices as well. There are ways to get the apps w/o paying, but that's illegal :) The HD quality is really good as I've been watching Knicks playoff games streaming over a 4G connection.