[DeTomaso] off topic - Slingbox Solo

[Sean Korb]

What's your uplink speed?  Mine is an unreliable 500kbit up though I
think 2Wire advertises significantly better.  I think you could push
through a 380 pixel wide screen through that but I don't know if the
Slingbox would reduce picture quality that low.  Sometimes an entire
country only has a 3Mbit link, but I think the number of hops is what
will really get you.  Lots of dropped packets and anything over 12
hops is kind of painful.  They probably do some buffering so it may
not be too bad.  Think about the quality you get in video conferencing
(actually, not too bad this decade) and you'll probably get a similar
experience.  I don't see any choke point on your home network though.
Though you may have significant link speed at both ends, there may be
a choke point from shore to shore.  You'll have to expose and defend
another port on your firewall or port 80 or 8080 and that's painful
too.

I'd like to know how well it works though.  I think I'd just ssh
tunnel into my DVR to download mp4 files and watch them later.  Or
download the binary from some local pirates.

I should really at least take my Slingbox out of its box :)

sean

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Daniel C Jones
<daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Warning: Off Topic
>
> I do a lot of international travel and end up in places where BBC and CNN
> are the only TV channels available in English. I'm looking at purchasing
> a Slingbox Solo to connect to my Direct TV HD DVR. Looking on the web, the
> installation instructions say:
>
> 1. Connect the Slingbox to an A/V device, such as a DVR, cable set-top box,
> or satellite receiver.
>
> 2. Connect the Slingbox to your home network (if your router is too far from
> your Slingbox for a direct connection, use the SlingLink TURBO or another
> Ethernet bridge for connectivity).
>
> 3. Fire up your home network-connected Windows PC or Mac computer, complete
> the Slingbox setup, and enjoy your very own home theater via the web.
>
> I get my internet connection via ATT using a 2Wire wireless/ethernet gateway
> (specs below). My satellite cable hooks into a Direct TV DECA Broadband adapter
> which connects directly to the 2Wire. Both of those are near my laptop PC in
> the study. The Slingbox will be connected to the DVR in the living room.
> Since the DVR is connected to the gateway via the broadband adapter, will I
> need SlingLink TURBO or another Ethernet bridge for connectivity.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan Jones
>
> Manufacturer - 2Wire
> ADSL Device configured for AT&T DSL services
> WAN Interface - ADSL (RJ-11)
> LAN Interface - 4 port 10/100 Ethernet with Auto-crossover (RJ-45);
> 802.11g or high powered HyperG access point
> PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) gateway / pass-thru
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