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Sling Media Slingbox A/V

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Very good

7.5

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2
out of 10
Terrible

"Slingbox is broken (for good??)"
Sling Media took a winner of a product and "enhanced" it by encrypting the media stream last... (read more)

by astrobuf (see profile), October 17, 2006

55 out of 60 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"TV anywhere? You bet!"
If you have cable or satellite and are on the road much at all, I don't know why you wouldn't buy... (read more)

by audiophilesubs (see profile), March 13, 2007

30 out of 30 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Great For Watching The Yankees At Work or When Traveling"
Go for it if you travel, need to sneak a playoff game at work or spend so much time at the office... (read more)

by write_mark (see profile), September 30, 2006

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Awesome! Read this if you have Wifi."
This is flat out a great product. Period. Products like this do not come around very often.... (read more)

by ryork272 (see profile), September 29, 2007

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful

4
out of 10
Mediocre

"Even though they take your money, the Mac version is Vaporware"
I ordered my Slingplayer AV as soon as it came out. I bought it from their online store where it... (read more)

by DaveWinPS (see profile), October 3, 2006

15 out of 30 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Excellent Product, Easy to Set Up"
I was amazed at how easy this was to set up. I know routers well enough that i just forwarded port... (read more)

by Hstoroy (see profile), January 13, 2008

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

5
out of 10
Average

"No closed-captioning"
I am deaf and I need the built-in closed captioning that comes through in the TV; The slingbox... (read more)

by pauleddie (see profile), March 30, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Excellent Remote TV Conneciton using the same look and feel of your own remote"
Wow! Installed the SlingBox AV in 10 minutes with the software and .... TV anywhere on the go. ... (read more)

by smickel2003 (see profile), February 10, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Perfect for TV Junkies"
I just bought the slingbox av last week, at bestbuy after after getting satellite tv the previous... (read more)

by Mannix80 (see profile), December 16, 2006

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Might be the cooliest gadget ever!"
I held of buying the first gen Sling box because it didn't fit into my DirecTV setup at the time.... (read more)

by bgmason (see profile), October 9, 2006

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

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CNET editors' rating

Excellent

Reviewed by: John P. Falcone

Reviewed: 9/27/06 , Updated: 9/25/08
Release date: 9/28/06
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