wificheck
join:2003-01-09
San Jose, CA
| Slingbox works as described
I have a Slingbox hooked up to my living room Tivo, and connected to 802.11b wireless via wireless game adapter. I have 768kbps upstream DSL.
I am able to stream Tivo content to my notebook in my hotel room while traveling. It streams at about 400-500kbps. Docked to 1/4 of my notebook screen, the quality is quite good for TV-on-computer. The unit continues to optimize the video streamed from the Internet based on the connection speed. If the network is congested, the stream quality will degrade a bit and it might stutter here and there, but because the algorithm continues to optimize the picture, the image is completely viewable.
An OK quality ball game viewed from work is better than no ball game at all. The most important difference between this and other streaming products is that it allows me total remote control of my Tivo (or any cable or DVD device, for that matter). The control speed could be faster, but considering I'm controlling my home Tivo in California while traveling in Japan, I think Slingbox rocks. |
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tidgins
join:2005-07-04
Portland, OR
| The reason why the remote takes some time to respond, is because of the built in buffer on the SlingPlayer. The command executes, but does not actually display on the player until the stream catches up to the buffer.
If you want the Player to respond to the remote control command instantly you can turn on "Control Mode". However, since this flushes the buffer, you will notice that the video stream will become choppy. |
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jtoeman
join:2005-01-23
San Francisco, CA
| reply to wificheck
Hi,
The Slingbox is designed to have latency of 2 seconds or less at all times, even when travelling abroad. Please also remember that some devices, such as a TiVo, do not instantly respond to remote events, thus causing some potential extra latency.
If you ARE seeing significant lag time, please let me know.
Also - the "control mode" should flip on and off automatically when you press buttons (or keys) on the SlingRemote.
Best,
Jeremy
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