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Slingbox Pro-HD 1080i Video Streamer Now Shipping
Posted by Sean Fallon at 1:15 AM on September 26, 2008
It took a little time, but today is the day that your patience pays off—the Slingbox Pro-HD has gone live on the product website and it is shipping to customers today. An investment of $US300 will get you started on slingin' some sweet 1080i video around your home network or over the internet to your laptop. The Pro-HD works with the Slingcatcher receiver which I'm guessing shouldn't be too far behind. [Slingbox]
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tarrantm
Posted 1:42 AM 26/9/08
Sry for the double post. Thought the forum ate my first one.. 3 page refreshes and it didn't show.
tarrantm
tarrantm
Posted 1:41 AM 26/9/08
Umm yeah, I'll stick with my HAVA HD, which was also one third that price.
tarrantm
tarrantm
Posted 1:40 AM 26/9/08
Umm yeah, I'll stick to my HAVA HD for now. Not to mention it was one third that price.
tarrantm
smartboydan hates college
Posted 1:27 AM 26/9/08
I guess that means my Slingbox Pro is officially obsolete.
smartboydan hates college
bosskev
Posted 1:25 AM 26/9/08
I was about to make a joke about it only sending my laptop 1080i (instead of 1080p) when I saw this notice on their Website:
Fuck 'em. Is that funny enough for you, Slingbox? Asshats.
bosskev
spyz88
Posted 1:22 AM 26/9/08
ROFLMFAO!!!
spyz88
houseoftrim
Posted 1:18 AM 26/9/08
wow - 1080 on my cell-phone must look awesome
houseoftrim
georgi55
Posted 2:23 AM 26/9/08
@tarrantm: Ya but Hava is DVD quality...hence half price...
georgi55
airmanchairman
Posted 2:14 AM 26/9/08
Hurry up, SlingBox for iPhone!
With the arrival of X-plane 9, that would make 2 of my strongest iPhone wish-list items that we all posted about a year ago...
airmanchairman
daftrok
Posted 2:41 AM 26/9/08
@bosskev:
Why should they waste their time for less than 10% of the market? And in any case, it's highly unlikely even 1% of that market will use this Slingbox. And further more, Macs and Linux computers can dual boot with Windows. Sooo...yeah....
daftrok
graphicwave
Posted 3:36 AM 26/9/08
The site says streaming in HD is only available for Windows. What the deuce?
graphicwave
daftrok
Posted 4:56 AM 26/9/08
@graphicwave:
Once more, why would they waste their time for less than 10% of the market when probably less than 1% of that 10% market will actually get this thing? And not to mention, Linux and Mac computers can dual boot with Windows so it DOESN'T MATTER!
daftrok
broadwayblue
Posted 5:37 AM 26/9/08
So how are you supposed to get HD into this thing? It doesn't have an HDMI input, and most cable boxes deactivate the component video outputs when an HDMI cable is connected. Am I missing something?
broadwayblue
gamecrazychris
Posted 6:11 AM 26/9/08
Give me a "p" and I might actually get one.
gamecrazychris
Who let the Trolls out?
Posted 8:12 PM 26/9/08
@daftrok:
Once more... as we seen before, windows users are cheapskates. always claiming why to buy overpriiced hardware (Mac's). so it makes more sense to bring this device out for people who actually going to buy it, don't you think?
Who let the Trolls out?
Who let the Trolls out?
Posted 8:11 PM 26/9/08
@daftrok:
as we seen before, windows users are cheapskates. always claiming why to buy overpriiced hardware (Mac's). so it makes more sense to bring this device out for people who actually going to buy it, don't you think?
Who let the Trolls out?