Slingbox SOLO Review - PC Mag » Handy Gadgets: Information, news and highlights of handy gadgets for you, the home or travel.

PC Magazine have published a review of the Slingbox SOLO HD-compatible box which "allows you to watch and control your favorite TV source—including your HD content—from anywhere in the world on your laptop or cell phone". 'The SOLO is an attractive piece of gear. Like the original Slingbox, it has a trapezoid shape. But this one is smaller, measuring 4.0 by 8.5 by 1.9 inches (HWD), and it's clad in black metal and glossy plastic with bright red accents. The front panel is blank save for Power and Ethernet LEDs, and a logo that lights up when video is actively streaming. The rear of the unit contains everything else. From left to right, there's an AC power jack, an Ethernet port, a USB connector, and two identical rows of RCA, S-Video, and component inputs and outputs. There's also a jack to connect the included IR receiver. Alas, there's no HDMI port.

In addition to cable and DVR boxes, you can connect the SOLO to a DVD player, but that's of dubious value unless you have a 200-disc changer. ("Honey, I'm in a hotel in Memphis. Can you pop in the Knocked Up DVD so I can watch it from my laptop?") The Slingbox SOLO requires a broadband Internet connection, a home network router, and a Windows or Macintosh PC. Sling Media lets you install the SlingPlayer client on an unlimited number of computers simultaneously; the catch is that you can watch it on only one at a time.'

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