[SBE] Slingbox Update

[Bill Whitt]

WOW - Thanks!!! 

 

I was just about to pitch a sale to get a Slingbox on are most remote analog
transmitter. We were going try it out and maybe proliferate it through the
network if it worked good. That would have been bad to get a box with the
latest firmware only to find it doesn't work with analog.

 

Do these things still pick free-to-air digital signals - or are they
changing their Demographic to a Dish, Direct, or Cable type customer?

 

And I guess my next question is - If Slingbox is changing their ways - What
other box is out there that does this?

 

Bill Whitt

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Carl
Sundberg
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:03 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: [SBE] Slingbox Update

 

Hi All,

Just thought I would put out a warning if you use Slingboxes like we do. We
use them to monitor translators and remote sites. In the latest update, the
TV tuner with UHF abilities is hosed. I was told that analog is going away
so it won't be needed anymore. The new update puts new firmware on the box
that makes it difficult to get the UHF channels because it only expects
analog to be on the cable channels after February. I had to get help from
tech support to get them working again. If you use one for UHF monitor
checking like us... Beware - Don't use the update or expect to be talking to
tech support... Just thought I would put it out there to save some folks
some time getting one working again! Because of budgets, we may have analog
translators longer than we'd like to.

 

Carl Sundberg

Assistant Chief at KMTR TV

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