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‘Place-Shifting’ Via Slingbox as Revolutionary as DVRs

Published on June 05, 2006
Slingbox, a gadget that costs a one-time fee of $200 and can "place-shift" TV, has the potential to be as revolutionary as DVRs and their time-shifting capabilities, according to industry watchers, AdAge reports. The device streams live programming anywhere in the world to a broadband connected laptop or Windows-enabled smart phone and, when connected to a digital video recorder, place-shifting and time-shifting meet.