Gave up on Slingbox because of the difficult set-up? I know I did!

When I could get Sling Player working on my phone it was great.  Unfortunately it wouldn't work with my replacement wireless router.  Oh well, I thought, I'll just have to plug the wired one back in again.  Still couldn't get it to work.  Tried really hard, did everything I could think of and wasted a lot of time.  In the end I figured it just wasn't worth it and my Slingbox is just sitting there months later with blinking lights and no way to communicate with the outside world.

I could've just checked which WiFi router Sling Media recommends and gone out and got one but I just don't have the money to waste on another dud and there's no way of knowing if that wouldn't cause some other problems somewhere else.

I can no longer use Sling over 3G on my phone anyway as I've since dropped my X-Series service (from 3 mobile) down from Gold to Silver.  Saves me £5 p/m and really, was a non-working Sling Player really worth £5?!!

Anyway, it now appears that Sling have made what amounts to be a fool-proof Slingbox - the Slingbox is the modem, it plugs straight into a cable connection.  It really should be plug and play.  Initially US cable TV only.

Found via Electricpig