Sling Media Slingbox Pro Reviewed - Personal Computer World
Personal Computer World have published a review of the Slingbox Pro TV Streaming device. 'You simply hook it up to your video source, download the software on a PC and watch TV as if you were at home. The Pro version comes with up to four inputs (including HD) and faster streaming. The HD input isn’t HDMI, but rather a proprietary HD Connect socket - an adapter is included to connect Component HD sources. You can’t stream in HD (the Slingbox Pro scales it down to 640x480), but it looks better than standard Freeview. While the original (renamed Slingbox Classic) could only muster 2.5Mbits/sec streams, the new Slingbox Pro can reach 8Mbits/sec. Full-screen video therefore looks great over a Lan, but with most broadband upstreams under 500Kbits/sec, this increase doesn’t help when viewing over the internet.'