Well, sort of.
My wife wanted a TV in the master bathroom where she does her daily art project so she can get her daily fix of Matt Lauer.
I analyzed and figured out what it was going to take to run Coax or HDMI to that location from where the Dish receiver is, plus having to purchase the actual TV and wall mount hardware, plus installing all of it. Got a backache just thinking about it.
Then, I realized, she already has an iPad, and I already have a SlingBox connected to the Dish receiver. That seems to be just the ticket for now. Plus, it's on the local network so bandwidth is not an issue. Plus, she can carry it anywhere in the house.
By the way, SlingPlayer for iPad does NOT support the SlingBox Classic, but the original SlingPlayer for iPhone does. And it doesn't look half bad in 2x mode.
Of course you could also view this as "I spent about a thousand bucks" if we hadn't already bought the stuff and just weren't using it for that purpose.
My wife wanted a TV in the master bathroom where she does her daily art project so she can get her daily fix of Matt Lauer.
I analyzed and figured out what it was going to take to run Coax or HDMI to that location from where the Dish receiver is, plus having to purchase the actual TV and wall mount hardware, plus installing all of it. Got a backache just thinking about it.
Then, I realized, she already has an iPad, and I already have a SlingBox connected to the Dish receiver. That seems to be just the ticket for now. Plus, it's on the local network so bandwidth is not an issue. Plus, she can carry it anywhere in the house.
By the way, SlingPlayer for iPad does NOT support the SlingBox Classic, but the original SlingPlayer for iPhone does. And it doesn't look half bad in 2x mode.
Of course you could also view this as "I spent about a thousand bucks" if we hadn't already bought the stuff and just weren't using it for that purpose.
