Slingbox: It's what you want
As if ADD wasn’t bad enough in this day and age, Sling Media just upped the ante for your attention. Although it’s been out awhile, the Slingbox has finally got it right. I received a Slingbox A/V as a gift and all I can say is the future WILL be televised, just on your laptop.
After setting up this little red box to your cable device and the Internet (via a standard Ethernet cable) and installing the Sling Player software everything was up and running, except me and my fiance, who were now glued to the computer, watching our cable, in a cyber cafe. It’s a pretty simple concept, it streams your home cable through your Internet connection to your laptop. It works flawlessly, it’s not perfect quality all the time but its hardly anything to complain about. And if you have an Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro (or other video out on your laptop) you can stream the signal to any standard TV. (of course one that doesn’t already HAVE cable)
This gadget is great if you have work to do in your office, just start the SlingPlayer and waste the day away. At the library doing research? Research whats on on the USA Network and watch a Law & Order marathon instead. As if having the ability to leave the TV and venture to places where you don’t have one was a good thing, now you can become a couch potato wherever you have Internet access. Did I mention that have a player for mobile devices? (Hey Sling Media, wheres my iPhone Player…)
