Amazon leaks Slinglink Turbo

Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 by MegaZone

Gizmodo is reporting on an ‘oops’ by Amazon that exposed a new Sling product. The Slinglink Turbo looks like a new powerline Ethernet adapter that uses the HomePlug 1.0 Turbo standard to support 84Mbps traffic over power lines, as opposed to 14Mbps supported by the old Slinglink. And the new units are physically similar in design to the Slingboxes. One box has a single Ethernet port, which provides the connection to the home network, the other has 4 Ethernet ports to connect to your devices. I’d still like to see Sling support a USB WiFi adapter, like TiVo, but this is a nice improvement.

I’m currently sitting in Jupiter, FL (visiting my parents), watching L&O: SVU from my Series3 TiVo in Worcester, MA. I setup a Slingbox Pro before I left. :-)

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  • buran

    The baseball game I mentioned in a post last night is going to be held in Jupiter. NEver been there, before.

  • megazone

    Right now, I’m here.

  • buran

    It’s a short drive to the stadium from there.

  • anonymous

    Looks like you’ll be able to hook up both your Slingbox AND your TiVo to the SlingLink Turbo! If I didn’t already invest in the old SlingLink and TiVo Wireless Adapter, I’d seriously consider getting one of these. Maybe for my next TiVo purchase.

  • megazone

    Yeah, since it has 4 ports it could handle three devices on top of the Slingbox – TiVo, PS3, etc.

  • anonymous

    I have the turbo and set it up. check out the review at http://www.make-this-work.com/blog/?p=163