When my son and daughter-in-law moved into our London home with us this summer, they brought along with them some pretty amazing technology. I am now a new and devoted fan of Slingbox. Slingbox is a TV streaming device that enables us to watch our American shows, both live and recorded, here on our computer in London. That means while I'm working on my personal laptop, I can be keeping up with the Today show, The View, Ellen, Oprah, and all our recorded shows on the desktop computer. Since we are 6 hours later here than in Houston, we won't be watching the evening shows live, but with the click of a mouse we can record them here in London to be watched later at our convenience.
Here's a picture of our computer screen. On the left, you can see an exact replica of our remote control and on the right is the live TV. Clicking on the remote with the mouse enables to scroll and select whatever we want to view--live or recorded. Once we've selected, then we can view it full screen. It just blows my mind to think that my TV in Houston is being controlled with a remote so far away.
The only glitch is when Cristen and Jason want to watch a show in London when we are in the States watching a show in Houston. In a blink, we're bumped off of our shows while they select their choices. I can tell you one little 2 year old who is not happy when Dora the Explorer is interrupted by her aunt and uncle in London! It remains to be seen how we shall settle those little tug of wars across the Atlantic, but in the meantime, I can keep up with all the new premieres starting this month.
I hear that there is a Slingbox app that will allow me the same luxury on my iPhone, so that's my next quest to explore. Isn't technology grand??
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Whoa, this officially blows my mind. What in the world! Sorry Jordan Dora is getting interrupted though. Debi you have kept me more hip to things than you will ever know. Enjoy your premieres.
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea! We don't watch tv or otherwise my gadget loving hubby would have gotten this for sure! And yes, technology is grand!! So glad it makes your global lifestyle more fun. – g
ReplyDeleteI love all this new technology! thanks for sharing the new slingbox with us, as I had never heard of it before. ~ Did you hear that Oprah and 300 of her audience are coming to Australia ~ we are all very excited down here. Yay !!
ReplyDelete~Dianne~
My kids usually tell me what's new. This they have not mentioned. Probably thought that ole mom would not understand, and this time they are right. But, I am happy for you, and glad that you will not miss out on your shows. Just wait till the little one learns to bump your connection off the airwave.
ReplyDeleteI ditto what jenny said! You are one of the hippest gals I know...well, you and Lori...You two are so fun and with-it! Truth be known, I bet the kids are struggling to stay ahead of you. ;D!
ReplyDeleteHolly has lots of stories about the sling-box tug of war. That sounds like more fun than a box of dominos!
ReplyDeleteTechnology can be amazing... if you can figure it out :-)
Wow, I had never heard of that - technology is indeed fabulous! Happy weekend to you, Debi! xxoo :)
ReplyDeleteOk... this is seriously cool! Scott hates it in Paris when we only get one English station, and it's CNNInternational. Last year, for some reason, the Sci-Fi channel was in english. He got so excited, and watched some weird show before falling asleep. The next night, he got all set, turned on the TV, and it had reverted back to french, and stayed that way for the rest of the trip. He was crestfallen! Hey... I bet the app would work on the iPad! I must research that!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! This really IS amazing!!! I had never heard of this before.
ReplyDeleteVery cool gadget, friend! I've heard of Slingbox but didn't have a clue what it could do. Now I know, thanks to you.
ReplyDeleteThe world of technology never ceases to amaze me. I must say though that we totally have our friend Jan snowed if she thinks we know all that much about it. I just get lucky sometimes by continuing to push buttons! Today that happened twice to me ... the first instance helped Hal get to watch his OU Sooners on our HDTV (Tivo was not cooperating!) He gave up and started watching in the kitchen, and I fixed it! Happy husband! Tonight my router totally shut down ... fixed that too!! I shouldn't be bragging ... tomorrow something way beyond my expertise may happen.