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stacy50

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Posted: 03/12/12 08:19pm

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any one try a sling box on there lap top with wifi

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Posted: 03/12/12 09:12pm

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Posted: 03/12/12 09:13pm

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I have one and use it all the time.....I play it on my Android smart phone with 4G service......I love it!

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Posted: 03/12/12 09:24pm

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I have the Sling Box adapter to my Dish. Lets me watch any live TV program or anything from my DVR on my phone or laptop.

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Posted: 03/12/12 11:54pm

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I've used a Slingbox Solo, then moved to a Vulkano with good results. The Vulkano seems to run even better on my Razr with a 3G connection here. I tested it in the car and there were only a couple of pauses in about 20 minutes. On a 4G connection, it would have been even better.

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Posted: 03/13/12 07:25am

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For me Slingbox is iffy because of my home DSL connection. It is 6mbs down but only 640kbs up. Without a good upload speed, quality on the receiving end will suffer no matter how it gets there.

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Posted: 03/13/12 11:01am

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If you are paying for your internet access.. Go ahead, do be aware of the bandwidth eaten by those suckers. I have heard a few stories of "SURPRISE" come bill time.

If you are using park wi-fi. Please do not.. We who depend on it for TEXT will not be happy.

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Posted: 03/13/12 11:25am

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Be aware that more and more campgrounds (and libraries and coffee shops and motels and other locations) are installing bandwidth limiters, and precisely because of the proliferation of high-bandwidth Internet devices.

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Posted: 03/13/12 03:11pm

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Slingbox won't work if you have a Verizon 4g connection as your home network connection to the net.

Unless you want to fork over $500 for a dedicated private IP address

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Posted: 03/13/12 11:07pm

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Are you sure? As far as I know, Slingbox and Vulkano do not require a static IP. In fact, my home cable connection is not a static IP and my Vulkano works just fine.