If someone at home is watching a cable channel, can another person use Slingbox to view material recorded on the DVR?
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You can use the Slingbox to do everything remotely that the settop box can do in person. If you can watch the DVR in person, it will work remotely. If you can only watch the DVR from a separate TV at home (I feel sorry for you - I have Uverse and my DVR works on every TV in my house at once), then it will work exactly the same way remotely with the Slingbox.
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Yes. Depending on your DVR, you can record one show in HD while watching another. Different DVRs will let you record 2 HD TV shows, and let you watch a 3rd in HD. The limitations is not with the Sling box, but in how many channels you can record and watch in HD in your DVR.
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no, 1 cuncurrent user per device. u can' but the person watching the tv will see what u see.
1142148
No. The signal that is going to the TV is the only signal that the Slingbox gets. It is as if the Slingbox was just a part of the cable connected to the TV, so the Slingbox only sees what the TV sees. The only difference is that the TV can be off or on. However if the Slingbox is connected to its own cable box it will see the signal that that cable box is sending.
1142149
The Slinbox is essentially a device that acts as a remote for your DVR (whichever one you have it connected to)...remotely. So, if someone uses the slingbox app on their iPad to view something on the DVR, that DVR will change to reflect that, on whichever TV it is connected to. So, to answer your question, if you are watching the DVR that the Slingbox is connected to, you will then be fighting for control with the person controlling the Slingbox. To avoid that issue, you will need a special cable box that can access the "main" DVR and live TV, without being locked into viewing what the main DVR watches. I have this setup in my home; one "main" DVR and one "satellite" box. My Slingbox is connected to the DVR and I can watch live television with the satellite box and access the DVR recordings to watch them. If someone changes the channel on the DVR, it does not affect the satellite box.
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If I understand your question right, only one user can access the account at a time. If a second person logs in and try's to access the slingbox, you will get "another authorized user is accessing the slingbox, do you want to disconnect that user" message. So, only one user can be logged in at a time. The signal you receive via slingbox could be split and have two tv's at the SAME location view the SAME channel
1877403
I don't think so, although there might be a tweak or solution. However, if you have 2 or more Tivo's, you can access each other's recorded content from any of the connected Tivo
1090175
The sling box comes with the wires that need to be connected to your cable box. And the software downloaded on what ever devices ur going to be viewing on from anywhere
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The slingbox needs video source (in) usually from your cable or satellite box. So NO, unless your tv has video (out) that can then connect to slingbox. the drawback to that would be you will need to run on your tv every time you want to use slingbox.
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The slingbox rebroadcast the video output of another device such as a OTA cable box, cable company box, dvd, VCR. Another option you may be interested in the from "simple.tv". The simple.tv unit take an antenna input and allows you to record tv as when as watch Live TV on a computer by its website, mobile by an application, or on Roku boxes. I have Roku's, slingboxes, simple.tv, antenna, cable, Netflix, Hulu plus, and Amazon.
2020722
I bought WD TV live to watch my Slingbox and home cable. Works great, except it's not very compatible with my home cable's remote/programing, etc. Pretty typical of these after market devices. No account is needed with WD TV. Don't know what a 'cc on file' is and I didn't have to do that. I had purchased a Netgear Neo first and it was junk. I returned it and bought the WD. Enjoy!!
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Yes, but keep in mind that you have to supply your own usb hard drive and you will be limited to recording whatever channels the antenna can pick up. Also you will not be able to record one thing and watch another. You will watch what is being recorded. The box does a pretty good job recording. I can't tell the difference between something that's been recorded and live tv. The naming scheme is basic and doesn't use show names so you may have a hard time finding a particular show you recorded if you record a lot of stuff. But all in all this box enables free hd recording of your local channels.
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Yes, you can record a channel and watch another channel, all you have to do it to return to your T.V. mode. and let the recorder continue on. You can also watch a recorded program from the recorder and record another program at the same time. Just read the manual and play with thesystem and you will become a pro after a short time. If everything else fails, just study the manual. Hope this helps, Doug
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No, it only provides what the cable company provides on active cable channels, the design is old and does not compare to the slingbox that I now use.
912000
I need more information to be able to answer your question eg. how are you trying to record shows?Do you have cable TV?
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I don't have a cable box but in order to get digital cable I need one. So with a cable box, I can't record and watch a different show at that time.
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I have direct tv whole house system with dvr in each room....this allows me to access all dvr list from any room and can play any dvr in any room....If i hook a slingbox on one dvr will i still be able to access all my dvrs from that one box.
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Since I don't have a sling box, I'm not sure. However, hooking it up to my computer and then to other USB supported pieces of equipment; it worked fine.
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Only if you have a sling box player device like a Tablet, PC, or Mac feeding the signal to the TV . I don't know if player software exists for other players like Apple TV or Roku.
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Much more complicated than slingbox. Does allow you to download recorded shows to your phone, laptop etc. and take with you to watch when no wifi, as on a plane.
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Hi Mad, normally you can't do that directly on the TV. You can record from your Cable Box. -Vincent