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today I am unboxing the new slingbox 500 remember slingbox it's like the little box that you can take with you anywhere and stream your own TV to wherever you are it's an awesome gift for college kids who want to share their parents cable subscriptions and it's also a big hit with sports fans because if you're on the road you can still watch the home team play all right let's check it out plus in a sea of set-top boxes that bring you like a whole bunch of content this one just brings you your TV at your house from your DVR from your DVD player it's pretty slick watch your TV anywhere good old-fashioned bubble wrap not the greenest packaging let's open our bubble tape okay slingbox 500 now the big change between the old slingbox and this one is that this one streams in 1080p so high def streaming which is pretty slick oh look at this aren't you a funny little shape it's like a pity or the way see I'm not actually a fan of this I understand that you want components to maybe stand out a little bit or you're tired of building black boxes but this is a home theater component your it's going to go on a shelf with a bunch of other black boxes so why don't you make it stackable let's get to the specs the slingbox 500 has built in Wi-Fi the 1080p high def streaming I mentioned earlier it can connect to your DVR your cable set-top box or your satellite receiver on the back you'll find a USB port a network port HDMI in and out component inputs and composite inputs it's also compatible with your DVD or blu-ray player and mrs. handy video security cameras it does not have a monthly fee and like Apple TV you can use it to send photos and music on your mobile device to your television although you cannot stream video it costs 299 dollars one bummer even if your DVR has multiple tuner slingbox still can deliver only one output so if someone else's home and watching the view you're going to have to fight for viewing rights the mobile apps cost $15 also kind of a bummer they're available for iOS and Android I got so distracted by the unusual shape that I forgot to look what else is in the box so because I know what comes with a lot of cables I want to dig in here we have our Quick Start Guide see what we have in terms of cables power that's an easy one do you come with hdmi you do that's actually pretty nice but it comes with an HDMI cable you've got component and composite cables also pretty nice so you pretty much have everything you need plus your remote control which even comes with batteries nice touch over here some more audio and optical cable re it looks like this appears to be possibly an aux cable maybe I'm wrong and then your network cable soap this is a pretty impressive little package you definitely have everything in this box that you would need to get up and running once you download your $15 apps i will say that 2 99's a little expensive for slingbox considering all the set-top boxes out there that deliver content and all the ways to get content on the go via apps that said like I mentioned earlier any college kid on your Christmas list gonna love this guy