On the back, there’s just a standard round coax cable connector and an ethernet port. It’s designed for people with basic cable – or even an antenna on the roof. The black and silver Slingbox Tuner is the least expensive (US$129 list) and simplest to use and set up. Slingbox’s creator, Sling Media deals with this with three different models of Slingbox you need to make sure you get the one that matches how you get your TV signal. To start with, people get TV signals in a variety of ways – cable, antenna, satellite, set top boxes, analog, digital, high-definition. Like many seemingly simply ideas, there’s a lot of complexity under the surface. There are even Slingplayer versions for Symbian, Palm and Windows Mobile Smartphones, and PocketPCs. After installing Slingplayer software, you can view your TV signal or DVR on any computer running Mac OS X or Windows (2000 or later) on your home network – or across the Internet. Looking like a small pyramid with its top chopped off, the Slingbox has ports for TV input and for ethernet. Like a lot of gadgets, Slingbox is basically a pretty simple idea. I think it’s a keeper – and it even works with Macs. They’re fun for a little while, but not really useful enough for me to care much about.īut lately one has managed to insinuate itself into my life. Most of them turn out to be just that, gadgets. I’m lucky enough to get to check out a fair number of technology gadgets.
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