timjet
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Ive been receiving off the air TV programming since I bought my boat a year ago and have not really been satisfied with the channels available. I may have found a way of getting the DirecTV programming that I receive at my home to my boat with only some fairly inexpensive hardware and my cell phones data connection.
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Heres how I think it works. A hardware device called a slingbox is connected to your DirecTV receiver and your home Internet connection.* You must then download a program to your cell phone that gives it access to your DirecTV receiver through slingbox and the internet. Using your cell phone you access the internet and through sling boxs internet site you can control your DirecTV box from your cell phone. You can watch live TV or if you have a recorder you can watch recorded content. To get the signal on your boat TV you purchase a TV out cable for your cell phone that connects to your TVs component Video and Audio inputs.
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A slingbox is about $170 and the phone software about $30. No monthly fees.
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Heres how I think it works. A hardware device called a slingbox is connected to your DirecTV receiver and your home Internet connection.* You must then download a program to your cell phone that gives it access to your DirecTV receiver through slingbox and the internet. Using your cell phone you access the internet and through sling boxs internet site you can control your DirecTV box from your cell phone. You can watch live TV or if you have a recorder you can watch recorded content. To get the signal on your boat TV you purchase a TV out cable for your cell phone that connects to your TVs component Video and Audio inputs.
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A slingbox is about $170 and the phone software about $30. No monthly fees.
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