So how does it work? It’s actually quite simple. The Slingbox is a small box that connects to your cable or satellite set-top box, and then to your home router. The Slingbox takes the incoming TV signal from the set-to box and encodes it on the fly into a Windows Media video stream. Once you’ve installed some software onto your PC or laptop you can then access that TV stream, whether you’re sitting in the same room as your set-top box or in an amphitheatre in Rome. The Slingbox is a one on one experience though – only one person can access it at one time, so you can’t share your TV with a group of friends.



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