Originally Posted by magiciansampras
I am considering a slingbox but am dubious that it actually works. Is the quality just like watching regular tv? I guess I don't understand. Everytime I watch videos over the internet the quality sucks, there are delays, etc. How is slingbox different?
The sling is different because of several things:
1) It can determine the uplink/downlink speed and adapts the video stream to match that connection; so almost no breakups and lag
2) It can stream as fast as 1500kb/s which is faster than 99% of all streams offered...
3) It uses pretty efficient compression which makes for a pretty decent picture, it isn't as good as at home, but is miles better than watching streams off stuff like CNN.