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what's up guys it's Liu from unbox therapy and today we're taking a look at the sling box 500 the latest and greatest in a long line of sling box products if you guys are unfamiliar with the brand it'll allow you to watch your TV anywhere now that might sound a little bit complicated or confusing trust me it isn't this device will extend your living room TV experience in full 1080p HD and it'll connect to a number of different wireless devices so you can watch that content from a PC Mac tablet smartphone or maybe just another TV if you want to sling it to another TV in another premises maybe at your cottage or maybe in your office like us here if we if you want to watch some live sports and you don't want to get another cable subscription this is a great really easy way of doing it so this is the 500 model which is the top of the range but they also make a 350 model which is a little bit more affordable if you guys want to check out pricing availability and compare the two I will drop links down in the description so you can do that now let's get to the unboxing and talk about the actual device the first thing that strikes me is the design this is not your standard set-top box instead they've gone with a pretty cool wavy design here so it's gonna look pretty futuristic underneath your TV and you get to get people asking about it saying hey what the hell is that thing to say it's my sling box dude on the back of the device is where you'll notice all the connectors you got component you've also got standard resolution video there's HDMI in and out you've got a network connection point you got your spot to connect the power cable all the sort of standard stuff you're used to seeing on a set-top box you've also got some paperwork included and all the cables that you're gonna need are underneath I'm not gonna bore you too much with the paperwork because this is an unboxing video why would you need to see the QuickStart guide the video is the QuickStart guide but as you can see they've included a bunch of cables which is a good thing it means that you're gonna be able to get up and running quickly and that they have included everything you will need you won't have to be scrambling around looking for even batteries even the batteries are in here so over on the left hand side you'll notice first you've got a network cable that's always a positive thing next you have the very important IR emitter cable this is what's going to send the signal from the sling box back your DVR box so that it can input your instructions from your remote control you know over the internet that's how you're gonna change channels access on-demand you know get to the recorded shows it's really how you're gonna control everything so it's very important there's also a standard video cable and lastly a little sticky pad on this side that's gonna be for securing that IR emitter so it doesn't move around and remains lined up with your set-top box back at home now there's a bunch more cables in here and this is a good thing it means that you can connect an interface with a number of different televisions if they're a little bit older maybe you've only got you know component inputs or something like that they've also included batteries as I said before so that you can get your remote control working right away here is the component cable as well as a standard stereo RCA cable and my favorite the HDMI cable which believe it or not isn't always included with devices and I always complain about it because it's just a couple more bucks probably to them in volume is not even a couple more bucks but HDMI is obviously the cable of choice in this case you're gonna get HD video as well as audio on one clean cable so if your set-top box supports HDMI I definitely recommend using it so here's the remote control for the sling box this is very important because I don't see any hard controls right on the box if you lose this you're probably gonna be out of luck so definitely keep track of that baby and then lastly you have your power brick for keeping the device powered now as I said earlier I'm a fan of the design it's hard to really say what it looks like it looks kind of like a wave formation or maybe a skateboard ramp you know you can't really pinpoint what it looks like but at least it's a little bit more interesting than the average component that you place under your television I do appreciate a little bit of extra design work it's always a welcome thing I'll give you a few more close-ups on the back of the device so you can get a better idea of all the inputs and outputs and you can decide you know if this is gonna work for you as I said before you've got components standard definition picture which I wouldn't recommend using you've also got HDMI Network it's really everything you need back there there's also a port of course for that ever important IR emitter that I mentioned earlier and the USB can actually be used for connecting external storage something that I do want to mention before the videos over is that you will need a fairly chunky internet connection or at least a decent enough internet connection to stream HD seamlessly you'll need about a two megabit connection actually it's not that beefy most people have it if you're gonna be watching on mobile though that's something to think about although on a small screen you might not need Full HD SD viewing can happen at 600 kilobits so that's pretty damn cool anyway guys that's been a quick look at the Slingbox 500 if you guys want to see more about this maybe you want to see me connect it hook it up I don't know definitely leave a thumbs up down below maybe I'll continue the content and coverage on this device I want to thank you as always for watching and I will catch you guys on the next video and remember if you're interested in pricing and availability on this model or on the 350 model which is a little bit cheaper then check out the links down below for that comparison alright guys later