You’ve Ain’t Got a Thing If You Ain’t Got that “Sling”

Technology changes so much faster than fashion that it is sometimes hard for us to keep up with that “new, new thing” that promises to alter life as we know it. A few weeks ago, we featured The Pinnacle, a “pick of the week” which could transform your computer into a television, anyplace and anywhere. And it was good. And it still is.

However, we were introduced to the Slingbox™ SOLO, a miraculous device that could make your computer or cell phone a Hi-Def television from practically anyplace in the house, the neighborhood or the world. Talk about technology that travels! This seemingly unassuming yet powerful flat object allows you to watch and control your favorite TV source—including your HD content—from practically anyplace where life takes you. So now you can watch your DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player—or more pointedly, 2008 election results, championship games, reality television or daytime dramas whenever and wherever. The single input set-up makes this amazing technology a no-brainer, as it connects one high definition or standard definition device such as your DVR, digital cable set top box or satellite receiver and delivers superior picture quality. Better still, there are no monthly fees to get this result.

The Slingbox SOLO (which retails for $179.99) and other technological television wonders can be purchased online at www.slingmedia.com or through the internet storefronts of Fry’s, Amazon.com, MacMall and MicroCenter.

This week, one lucky reader will turn on and tune in with their own Slingbox SOLO, which by the way works either on a MAC or Windows computer…thus making it a rarity in the gadget world, something that offers something for everybody, or at least everybody who watches some form of television.

Winners will be randomly selected and notified June 9, 2008. US only. Rules