Component video is needed by the Slingbox for input from my Time Warner Cisco HD-DVR, but I use HDMI output to my HDTV. In the past I tried to connect both component video and HDMI output at the same time to connect the HD-DVR to two TVs at the same time, but apparently with HDMI connected it disables the component video output. So I don’t see how the Slingbox would work with HDMI connected to my HDTV, unless I unplugged the HDMI cable whenever I wanted to use the Slingbox?
Also I read you need 3.5Mpbs+ upload speed on your cable internet connection to get HD video, where TWC standard internet (15Mbs dl) only gives 1Mbps upload speed and even their Turbo speed only gives 2Mbps upload speed. Looks like I would need to upgrade to a more expensive Extreme internet package (30Mpbs+ dl) to get a 5Mbps upload speed from them.
You connect the slingbox in line with your receiver and tv. Component cables go from your cable box receiver, to the slingbox, then another set of component cables goes from the slingbox to the tv. You’re right that it wouldn’t work if you wanted to connect via hdmi.
Sort of. There is no built in capability in their ad-laden players, but if you use something like Fraps to capture it, yes. But the files will be huge unless you recompress them.
Sooo I’m just going to say, while it works, they’ve started injecting video ads in to the web based player. They also have banner ads all over both the web player and the stand alone software player… I have the sling m1, and the player looks like:
![[Preview 1]](http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/712ad697-3e3e-4fda-a5e3-5d7b39e23fa4.jpg){kind=link}
![[Preview 2]](http://d3gqasl9vmjfd8.cloudfront.net/4b442ff8-0e3a-47bb-a43f-e8b36ed6af63.jpg){kind=link}
