elgato vs. slingbox

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elgato vs. slingbox

Can anybody who has worked with both slingbox and eyetv give me an opinion on which is best overall? I'd like to watch TV and video on other computers and on an iPhone. Looks like Slingbox solves the first problem well, but does not work with iPhone. I see that eyetv has a web interface now that you can access from other computers and the iPhone, but doesn't look like it can stream live TV, only material that is first encoded. Because encoding takes awhile, that pretty much eliminates live or near live streaming. Which of these two products will add features they don't already have?

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Posted on Oct 7, 2007 9:29 AM

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Answer 1

Chris CA

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Oct 11, 2007 11:01 AM in response to Dan Curry

*I see that eyetv has a web interface now that you can access from other computers and the iPhone*
Not sure what you mean by this but you view & record from one computer.

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Oct 12, 2007 5:03 PM in response to Dan Curry

Elgato provides you with whatever TV stations it receives at the place your remote computer and Elgato are set up, contingent on signal strength, which may mean foreign language programs if you are overseas.

Slingbox on the other hand will wirelessly relay the entire service you are paying for at home, via the internet, to your portable or other computer hitched up to the internet anywhere in the world with broadband access.

The question is do you want local programs or the ones you usually watch when at home?

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Chris CA

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Oct 12, 2007 5:58 PM in response to Chris CA

Let me rephrase my post.
You can watch Elgato EyeTV at your home computer or your iPhone within wifi range of your home computer.
You can't watch it remotely.

Slingbox is to send your local stuff via the internet to wherever you are.

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