Watching sports out of house (download, then watch)

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Hello,
I just got my Roamio. One of the things I got it for (or so I thought) was its ability to perform Slingbox-like capabilities in addition to the DVR. I wanted to ask your experience with this sort of thing.

Specifically, if I'm out of the house when a sporting event is going, my thought is to record it and then start downloading it to my phone. After letting it buffer I could watch it on my phone. I had read this is possible (or so I thought).

After using the Tivo app (which seems a bit kludgy) I'm not sure. This is pretty important so I wanted to see others' experiences.

Does anyone have experience doing this sort of thing, downloading and watching a sporting event, nearly in real time? Is it only possible on Wifi and can I use cell signal as well? Or is it possible to stream the event?

All comments are welcome.
Thanks in advance

 

Thanks for the info. I have actually have IOS. While the experience should be somewhat the same, just wanted to mention that in the event anyone has iPhone-specific experience.

 

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Thanks. I'm confused as I thought this was already available on iOS (in fact, didn't this come to iOS before it came to Android?)? I was just looking for the difference between the experience on Android and iOS (ie does it work decently on iOS?).

Adam

 

Thanks for the clarification.

A few follow up questions (particularly for someone on iOS):
-Can you watch a show as it's downloading (I don't think it's possible but feel like someone else had mentioned they were doing it)?
-PSU mentioned above that "This is coming to iOS devices later this year or next." Were you referring to stream?
-For either stream or download, do you need to be on wifi or can it be done over cellular?

Thanks again.
Adam