Want to really enjoy that winter vacation in Miami Beach? Watch your
local weatherman describe day four of the massive ice storm back home.
Need to while away the draggy hours of the workday? Keep up with your
soaps from the comfort of your cubicle. Don’t want to rush home from
your local watering hole to catch Antiques Roadshow? Dial that mug up on your laptop, and be careful not to spill that Old Style.

Sheer
fantasy, you say? The mad chimerical dream of a dangerously unstable
lunatic? Wrong as usual. The Sling Media SlingBox Classic lets you get
your butt off the couch without taking your eyes off the TV.

Follow
along, if you dare: you hook this unattractive unit up to your teevee.
You connect said unit to the Internet’s magical series of tubes. You
load the SlingBox software onto your laptop or desktop PC. You veg out
to whatever garbage passes for TV these days, from anywhere you can
connect to the Internet. You can even change channels, or watch stuff
recorded on your DVR complete with
fast-forwarding, setting up season passes, etc. – all from your
computer, just as if you were crashed out on your Pibb-stained sofa.
Who’s crazy now?

A dense clump of technological
jiggery-pokery makes it all possible, but don’t trouble your pretty
little head with the details. All you need to know is that the Sling
Media SlingBox Classic turns your laptop into a portable idiot box.
Make your workstation a shirkstation – and, with God as your witness,
you’ll never go hungry for General Hospital again.

Warranty: 90 days

Features

• Enjoy your home TV programming wherever
  you are – the office, a hotel room, your garden, even the bathroom –
  anywhere there is an Internet connection
• The SlingRemote™
  in the SlingPlayer software gives you full control over virtually any
  A/V device, from changing channels and viewing recorded content to
  fast-forwarding or setting up a season pass
• Works seamlessly with your existing home theater setup and PC technologies – no new cables required!
• Easy to use and set up, with automatic device discovery and a setup wizard that walks you through the process step-by-step
• Stand-alone device connects directly to a home network without depending on a dedicated host PC
• Get
  TV on an unlimited number of PCs without the hassle and cost of adding
  new hardware (i.e. TV tuner cards) and software drivers to every
  computer – with no additional service fees
• SlingStream™
  optimization algorithms automatically adapt to changing network
  conditions to give you the best video quality consistently
• The
  Slingbox is powered by a high-performance digital signal processor from
  Texas Instruments and leverages Microsoft’s latest Windows Media Video
  technologies to provide superior video quality
• Signal outputs allow the Slingbox to operate in pass-through mode
• S-Video, Composite, and Coax inputs accomodate a wide variety of television sources
• Absolutely zero subscription fees
• TV tuner: NTSC (built-in)
• Power requirements: 100-240V AC

Inputs/Outputs

• Composite Audio & Video (RCA)Input
• S-video Input
• RF/Coaxial Input
• Composite Audio & Video (RCA)S-video Output
• S-video Output
• Device control: IR emitter
• Network connection: Ethernet (RJ-45)

Front Panel Display LEDs

• Status
• Network
• Power

In the Box:

• 1 Slingbox™
• 1 CD-ROM with Windows SlingPlayer software
• 1 Quick Setup Guide
• 1 power adapter
• 1 coaxial cable
• 2 composite audio & video RCA cables
• 1 S-Video cable
• 1 network cable
• 1 IR emitter