Sling Media Support - Watching HD-only content with your Slingbox

Watching HD-only content with your Slingbox

Here are the details:

	Slingbox SOLO	Slingbox PRO with the HD Connect product	Slingbox PRO-HD
Streaming on your home network or with a high-speed broadband connection (over 1.5 Mbps upstream bandwidth)	HD content streams in DVD quality on your home network or on a high-speed broadband connection.	HD content streams in DVD quality on your home network or on a high-speed broadband connection.	HD content streams in HD on your home network or on a high-speed broadband connection.
Steaming over the Internet	It uses SlingStream technology to convert the HD video stream to DVD quality, then it compresses the video to match the available network and Internet bandwidth.	It uses SlingStream technology to convert the HD video stream to DVD quality, then it compresses the video to match the available network and Internet bandwidth.	It uses SlingStream technology to convert the HD video stream to DVD quality, then it compresses the video to match the available network and Internet bandwidth.
How does it connect to an HD source?	Component (Directly)	Component (Through the HD Connect product)*	Component (Directly) or by co-axial cable (Directly)
Other required equipment for HD	None	The Slingbox PRO requires the Sling Media HD Connect product to work with your HD equipment.*	None

*The Slingbox PRO requires the Sling Media HD Connect product to work with your HD equipment. The HD Connect port on the back of your Slingbox PRO is designed specifically to work in tandem with a HD Connect. If you plug your HD device directly into the Slingbox PRO without using a HD Connect, the Slingbox will not recognize the video signal coming from that device; it behaves as if nothing is connected to the port at all.

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