Oh, How I Love Slingbox

A few years ago, I was at the VON conference in Northern California. I don’t remember the exact circumstances now, but somehow I walked away with a Slingbox in some sort of give away.

In the course of my move about two years ago, it found its way into a box and did not find it’s way out. Until now.

For those of you that don’t know what a Slingbox is, its a device you can hook up to your home network and your cable box. Once connected, you can watch your TV from literally anywhere in the world. You can change the channels, program favorites, and all sorts of other goodies from wherever you are.

Because of our recent renovations, and our decision to not have TV in our new house except for one room, there have been numerous times when I have wanted to watch something, but have not had the necessary gumption to go to our TV room to watch ( yes, that was the reason for having only one TV, and yes I realize it is unbelievably lazy to not be willing to walk 40 ft to the other end of the house).

I have now reconnected my Slingbox, and can happily stream my TV to my Macbook Pro ( or any other computer ) from anywhere in the house. As I write this, I have my browser window open right next to Monday Night Football. I watched most of the World Series on my PC from various parts of the house. I could also watch it from Buenos Aires if I felt so inclined ( more about Buenos Aires in the next few months ).

If you have the means, I highly recommend this device. They have new versions that will stream HD content ( I don’t have that one ). They also have a mobile app for iPhone and just about every other mobile platform. I am getting ready to test that as well. Will post an update once I have it loaded and see how it works.