Travel and watch your local TV news stations??

[TURBS]

I guess if u need an internet connection for sling it would be just as easy to view the local broadcast via smart phone.......

[jeeplj8]

Originally Posted by f1100turbo

I guess if u need an internet connection for sling it would be just as easy to view the local broadcast via smart phone.......

Pretty much what I was thinking. All my local channels have a view live now button on their webpage and Android apps.

And there are some competitors to slingbox, but from what I have read, slingbox is the best option.

[jlbreaux]

I just sit in front of the computer with an ice cold Shiner Bock and read the local news from their websites. Get the news when I want it and best of all, no commercials!

[jriddering]

Originally Posted by f1100turbo

The spot beam that sends the local channels in your given area is very narrow .
120 mile radius-ish

So that's what the spot beam is. Learn something every day. Now i need idea too.

[BarryD0706]

Last time I was out about 250mi from home, it said I couldn't get the HD version of my local stations, but gave me an SD version. Domt know how that worked. (This is Dish.)

[Sirsea]

I agree with jlbreaux, if I want to know what's happening back home I just connect the laptop and go to my favorite station. BUT if I want to watch NCIS, I don't want to do it on an i-phone or computer screen even though it is possible. That's where the "Distant Networks" option comes in. Yeah, you get commercials and news from a station in New York, but I ignore those anyway.