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That's how many times the F-bomb got dropped by The Dude during Engadget fav The Big Lebowski. Note, the Palm sticker before we peeled ours off! What each of the new three Slingboxen does. That said, if you're 100% clear on the fact that no, it won't take your HDMI signal, and yes, if you want high def you have to pay another $50 for a dongle, then you won't get stung. It's a painful mistake, and we're still wondering why it was made. Then, to make things even sillier, Sling's component dongle input is actually an HDMI connector (yes, we tested plugging an HDMI cable into it), and it's labeled "HD." Again, it absolutely does not accept HDMI input, but the uninformed consumer might buy for the wrong reason and then drive him/herself crazy wondering why their HDMI cable isn't producing a signal when plugged into their Slingbox. Yeah, we think it's pretty silly too, since if you're buying the Pro, we'd pretty much expect you'd be getting the "pro" features and the "pro" experience out of box, even if they had to bump the price to $275 to do it. More below.īut, if you want to use analog high def (component) with your Pro, you have to buy the $50 component dongle - so that $250 price tag is now $300.
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Plus, then Sling would have to get all icky on us with HDCP and stuff, which would make the device basically worthless anyway - you think Blu-ray or HD DVD is going to allow your Slingbox Pro to access that content stream? Fat chance.
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Unless we missed the memo, it isn't like there are any 1080p broadcasts causing us to really wish we had that digital input for, and let's face it, how many STV devices exclusively feature DVI compared to the amount which use component, but may also feature DVI? Unless you were planning on hooking this thing up to your Kaleidescape, upon which you've somehow managed to rip some HD DVD or Blu-ray movies or something, you really shouldn't be concerned with the HDMI. Now, we don't see a super pressing need to use HDMI for our television watching needs. Wonderful, fantastic - unless you want to output in HDMI.
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So yes, finally your Slingbox can actually take advantage of that high def tuner (or DVR) you've got sitting in your living room console. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. First: it's not HDMI - which we can live with. Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner.