The Sling Media Slingbox Pro ( $ 250 , wait for discount rate ) shoes - lurch video equipment has been useable for more than a month now , but it ’s been only recently that its optional $ 50 HD Connect adapter was released . HD Connect work one of the good raw characteristic of the Slingbox Pro , its ability to invest - shift video from HDTV germ . Now you may kinda / sorta watch HDTV from home while you ’re out on the road , using a laptop or smartphone , via the Internet .
HD Connect down - convert your 720p or 1080i signal into a 640×480 video flow , where the horizontal part is anamorphically compressed for shipping , and then is stretch back out to that typical widescreen 16×9 format on your laptop computer in the field . How does it appear , and is it deserving $ 50 ?
Its video output looks importantly estimable than the gillyflower Slingbox Pro ’s stock definition picture , but there is a catch . You ’re only going to get near - HD - quality when you stream the Slingbox Pro ’s video within your own connection . That makes it ideal for , say , catch some HD porn in your bedchamber when your Slingbox is locate elsewhere in the house on your pumped or wireless G connection . But its settlement is limited to 320×240 when you get at your Slingbox from outside your own meshing via the InterWebs .
Here ’s a wardrobe photo of HD Connect , and next to it is the existent building block , not nearly as moderately as its PR propaganda :
A ready to hand feature of the Slingbox Pro is its ability to connect and see to it four devices , and HD Connect now lets you do that with a component sign while also letting you pass by that component video through to whatever viewing gimmick you wish to use in your household dramaturgy as well .
HD Connect plugs into a port on the back right , which look exactly like a HDMI larboard , but is n’t :
The Slingbox Pro with HD Connect ’s improved quality was also noticeable using the SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows software program on my Motorola Q Smartphone . Do n’t try watching an entire football game or a movie on the Motorola Q , though , because its halt - ass barrage fire will give up the shade after about an hour using the SlingPlayer Mobile software .
Overall , I give the Slingbox Pro HD Connect dongle a magnanimous thumb - up , while at the same time wish that it would ’ve been included in the package with the Slingbox Pro . For more details , gibe out my full review at Consumer Electronics Net .
Slingbox Pro HD Connect[Consumer Electronics Net ]
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