I am not that familiar with Slingbox, but my local cable is finally going all digital and encrypted. Thus, a mini or regular box will be mandatory by the end of the year.
I have a PCTV card and a USB TV unit. Both will likely be obsolete, because the mini-box will feed only 1 channel at a time — like the big box.
I also have 2 DVRs. I can connect one from the big box to record. I am hoping I can configure a mini-box to the other DVR.
The cable company is offering 1 or 2 (depending on which ad they accept) mini-boxes free for 1 year and then $1.99/mo each.
My cable co also has apps for Windows and Android that receive many of the main TV channels.
Well I do have a WDTV box and Isedora on my PC so I can download and watch all sorts of content so it won’t be the end of the world. Sounds like the Slingbox won’t do what we want.