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23 Sep 2008 4:43 PM:

Fair point Marksfish on the Fair Usage policy - I'm on Virgin Max, and haven't been choked back which can be applied automatically. Current system is 'helping' a Telimicro customer whilst I'm in the UK and don't need it - it's been running constantly now for about 4/5 weeks without a hitch, but I only got the system really for when I was visiting my place in San Pedro Del Pinatar.

The ADSL connections or even LLU usually have an upload speed of 450kbps - my Virgin system is 750kbps, but that is where Slingbox excels, it works out the line speeds and using algorithms streams at the most optimum - good for films but I think watching snooker would be a tad difficult.

If I were living in Spain the best solution is a dish on the roof 1.8 or 2.4 metres with Freesat decoder (not the Sky version) - no ongoing rental, just the install cost and most of all it's legal!

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23 Sep 2008 3:40 PM:

Semi....... The Slingbox you need is the Slingbox Pro - it can connect to a Freeview device, but also has it's own internal tuner, so you can watch your own live channels on the laptop in spain and change channels without upsetting the UK residents viewing.

(I have the Virgin + box, but presently cannot watch any recordings on it as Slingmedia do not yet have a 'profile' for that device.)

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23 Sep 2008 2:22 PM:

Earlier in this trail of woe, someone mentioned Slingbox/Slingmedia, a system where you can watch TV legally from the UK - someone else suggested that the quality wouldn't be any good.... but.. it is!

To make this a viable solution (which only really works for people who do NOT live in Spain permanently) you need an internet connection at both your home in the UK and your place in the sun.

The Slingbox is connected into your UK home network and TV, then via a PC at your home in Spain, you stream the video over the internet.

My system works very well.

(although I have a high bandwidth 20Mb broadband connection in the UK and only 2Mb in Spain - it is the uplink speed in the UK and download speed in Spain that is important)

My slingbox is connected to a Freeview digital PVR (80+ channels) and I can view live or recorded shows and also set recordings for later viewing, and all this is watched on a 22" PC screen with reasonable quality.

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