[SBE] Slingbox Update

[John Merrill]

I've upgraded a SlingBox here and it seems ok for analog at least off of
cable.

John

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Bill Whitt <billw at betterlifetv.tv> wrote:


>  WOW – Thanks!!!

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> 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.

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> Do these things still pick free-to-air digital signals – or are they

> changing their Demographic to a Dish, Direct, or Cable type customer?

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> And I guess my next question is – If Slingbox is changing their ways – What

> other box is out there that does this?

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> Bill Whitt

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> *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

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>

> 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.

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>

> Carl Sundberg

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> Assistant Chief at KMTR TV

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