SlingBox is way cool for DirecTV

[tnedator]

Im really happy I came across this Old thread!!!

The reason why this Slingbox will work Great for me is I am a Baseball NUT and I Love my NY Yankees!!

I have MLB-EI with Directv. I also got MLB Online THINKING that I could watch my yankees on my laptop when Im away. BUT NO! MLB Blacks out the yankee games for me since I llive in the NYC dma!!!! Even if they are showing the YES feed. Their blackout rules are Stupid and unfair!!!

Im now going to CANCLE my MLB online subscription and watch my Yankees, and all of MLB-EI games on my new slingox, PLUS with a much better picture!!
MLB online's picture for most games is FAIR, sometimes its very pixlated and blotchy!!

Thank you Slingbox and Amazon!!!! :up:

Last year I decided not to get EI for the first time since DirecTV started carrying it and went with the MLB.com total access or whatever their $100 or $130 package was last year. Between the blackouts and poor video quality in anything other than a 3" square viewing box, I definately wasn't impressed. This year I am back with Extra Innings.

Go Mets!!!!!!

[BillieBog]

I just upgraded my Hughes Series 2 HDVR2 with a D2R-160000-151-PTVNET 146 Hour Replacement Drive Kit (160GB) and hooked it up to my network at home.

The Tivo now shows up PTVNET and has an IP address but I cannot figure out how to access and watch my programs remotely. I am not very technical, am amazing exhausted after staying up all night accomplishing the network connection and am totally confused about what to do next. It seems like every step is another $$.

Help, please

:confused: :(

[Fofer]

Yes, if your intention is to be able to stream video from the HDVR2 to your computer over the internet (for "placeshifting") then you'd need a Slingbox.

PTVNET lets you access the TiVo for other stuff, like TiVoWeb (setting up recordings, checking out your Season Passes and To-Do list, etc.)

[BillieBog]

Thanks, for the help. If I buy the SwingBox do I still nee the wireless gaming adapter ($60) that I bought last night or will the SwingBox connect to my network?

[TWood]

Thanks, for the help. If I buy the SwingBox do I still nee the wireless gaming adapter ($60) that I bought last night or will the SwingBox connect to my network?

If want to put the SlingBox on a wireless network, then yes. The SlingBox only has a wired Ethernet port, so you would need some type of wireless bridge to put it on a wireless network.