Do you have to use the same internet connection to use a slingbox?

Question

I'm going off to college and my new dorm doesn't have the channels I like. We are getting internet hooked up and we have separate internet at home. Will slingbox work over two different internet connections?

Answer 1

You must have 2 Internet connection in order to view TV channels remotely your slingbox provides.  You hook the slingbox up to your TV source and to your Internet at home.  From where ever you are in the world, you must have an Internet connection there too.

For digital cable, I recommend the slingbox pro.  You can hook it up to both the digital cable box and directly to the wall.  When hook it up directly to the wall, it will not conflict with local TV viewers.  Of course, you can hookup 4 devices to the slingbox pro at the same time.  There is a new slingbox pro that is coming out shortly that will have a digital tuner.  The current slingbox pro works great for digital cable subscribers more than setellite.

When I want to watch ESPN news at my college, I can do that.  When somebody is at home watching TV, then I can switch over to the coaxial input (analog) that is hooked directly to the wall and won't conflict with anything.