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Has anyone ever used a slingbox? what are the minimum requirement i would need on my laptop computer? Thanks

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I played with one on a cell phone once. The guy had his Tivo on it. I liked it .

 

From slingmedia:

 

Windows System Requirements

 

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Minimum PC Requirments:

 

Microsoft Windows® Vista™ or Windows® XP with Service Pack 2

Intel® Pentium IV 1.3 GHz processor

1 GB RAM for Windows® Vista™ and 512 MB for Windows® XP

150 MB available disk space for installation

 

Graphics card (24-bit color)

Sound card (16-bit)

Network connectivity

 

Minimum Network Requirements:

 

Cable or DSL modem (for out-of-home viewing)

256 Kbps upstream network speed recommended (higher upstream network speeds yield higher quality video)

Home network router – wired or wireless (UPnP™ compatibility highly recommended)

 

 

 

Mac System Requirements

 

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Minimum Mac Requirements:

 

A Macintosh computer with a 700MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel-based processor

Mac OS X v10.3.9 (or later recommended)

125MB of free disk space

512MB of RAM (1GB or more recommended)

Network connectivity

 

Minimum Network Requirements:

 

Cable or DSL modem (for out-of-home viewing)

256 Kbps upstream network speed recommended (higher upstream network speeds yield higher quality video)

Home network router – wired or wireless (UPnP™ compatibility highly recommended)

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No subscription fee's, but if you want to use your PDA they get another 30 bucks for software. Software for the PC and MAC is free.

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