They want $4,750 for the TV2ME box! Their Tivo control only ($295)is more than a Slingbox. Who is the target buyer of this product?

Tman

SatFACTS Review of Slingbox: "It looks like how a fart sounds in church." Amen. (http://www.zanecochran.com/blog/tv2me/satfacts.pdf)

The difference between Slingbox and TV2Me is the market strategy. Sling sacrifices quality to sell to the masses. According to Schaffer, inventor of the TV2Me: "I'm not interested in the mass marketing of anonymous customers."

Oh and Mossberg is an idiot. Not only is he a sloppy journalist, but he also falls in rank with those who have fallen in love with the idea of watching TV anywhere in the world and has lost complete sight of what's important: that what you watch actually looks like TV.

This same guy posted the exact same message on
the Slingbox 411 forums under a different name.

Perhaps he works for tv2me???

"Granted, not everyone here is in a position to shell out $5K, but let's just agree that it's the difference between a Yugo and a Porsche: you get what you pay for."
Why would someone even bother to come into a company's hosted forum to trash their product, then post a caveat that defeats their own argument. I smell a troll. (Sheesh!)

I took a look at the TV2ME website and have a few questions:

1) Does the quality really look like this:
http://tv2me.com/quality.swf ? If so, then it doesn't look at all like an upgrade vs. SlingBox.

2) Beyond the "get what you pay for" stuff, why is it so expensive? The website says that it's a Pentium based appliance -- is there something else there with respect to hardware/materials?

3) jessijohnson & markwalrus - do you have some interest in TV2ME beyond being happy consumers? If not, then please understand why people are skeptical that two people would join the forum within hours of each other and then start piling on about why a competitor's product is "all that." If so, it's OK, but you really should disclose your affiliation.

Thanks
bb

I have had my SB for about 2 months. I traveled 700 miles to work in Miss during hurricane Katrina. The cable was out in the hotel, but they had high speed internet. I hooked up my laptop via S-video to the big screen in the lounge, with some desktop speakers we "borrowed" from the managers computer and watched football. I didn't hear one complaint from all the guys able to catch the ballgame during the little time we had off from working. It worked great and they were sad to see me leave at the end of the second week. I even used it on the road for myself during the day watching the weather channel via a 1xRTT connection. It worked just fine for me. I use it at work here everyday on EVDO and streaming around 500k on the road. I couldn't ask for anything better. I'm glad I own one.

Can't help myself...had to share a quote from an article provided by the troll: "TV2me isn't a commercial product
that's being mass produced — yet. Sales
have been limited to a few systems
Schaffer has sold to friends and acquaintances."

From:
http://www.tv2me.com/SoundandVisionOctober2004.pdf

Nice traction.

This goes above and beyond!!!

1180 for one new laptop, all in one printer, wireless g router, slingbox, dvd burner (for tower) and 25 free blank dvds.....
2 hours unpacking and installing above mentioned c***.
Feeling of immense satisfaction at Border's while I sip a mocha and watch the evil Fox on my new laptop and make rude comments about the commentators while others look and stare...PRICELESS!!!!!!!!

(oh, and 180 in rebates for 1180 in electronics...satisfaction)

How's that for a slice of fried gold?

jessijohnson,

I don't see what your intention really is here. Are you trying to tell people not to buy the Slingbox and go for the TV2ME. Or do you want to compare the two? Either one, you really don't make any sense. It's like asking people to forget about the Yugo and buy a Porshe instead. And comparing a Yugo's performance to that of a Porshe is just totally rediculous. Like you said, "you get what you pay for," and people here including myself are happy with what they pay for, so what's your point?

Since I don't have a Slingbox as I am in the UK where it is unavailable I can't comment about quality but one thing I can guarantee to you is that when it is released in the uk it will not cost 249 dollars but be closer to 400 dollars.
Also I notice a lot companies going on this c'mon now we are all one big happy family yet at the same time milking members for ideas, beta testing for no reward and the people don't even geddit that thye are being used but hey if they are happy.Skype communtiy comes to mind as well.Fools will suffer gladly eh.
Notwithstanding that criticism as far as I can see the Slingbox team have at least tried to come up with somehting affordable for the ordinary Joe.
So any critics of the product should just get on a plane to India find some good cheap coders and then go to China and get the hardware made. I know the fairtraders probalby won't like that but remember in this global world it is all about the cheapest bowl of rice.
I say well done to the Slingboxteam.
Why I may even have ago myself.;)