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Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media)
Posted By: Nick Adcock
Date: Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 6:33 a.m. US Eastern Time
Dear Fellow Aussie Rules Fans.
I am a Aussie who has just moved back to California(lived here 6 years previously).
I am happy to tell you there is a way to watch Foxtel's Fox Footy in the USA if you have a highspeed internet connection and a family member in Australia with Foxtel Digitial.
There is a new invention called Sling Media (www.slingmedia.com) that basically allows you to watch cable television anywhere in the world via your computer/laptop and a high speed internet connection.
While it is designed for the US I bought a US version (NTSC) and a Pal convertor and sent it to a friend in Australia who is technically minded and he managed to set it up. (A PAL version is due out next month but I couldn't wait and it works fine - great sound and image on my laptop).
Bascially it is as simple as this. The Sling Media "box" goes in between the Foxtel Box and the TV in Australia, it also has a lead that connects to the internet (must be high speed - like foxtel).
Once this is set up you then have some software that you load on your computer which references the IP address of the Sling Box in Australia.
The computer links with the Australia based Sling box (via internet) and you can watch all Foxtel Channels - including the Fox Footy Channel live on your computer. While the image is not as good a watching in Oz it is far better than anything currently on offer. It even has a remote control function that lets you change channels and view all other Foxtel channels.
I am not the technically minded one who set this up, so please don't request info more than I have given as I don't know any more than I have written.
In saying that I can tell you I am one very happy camper watching Fox Footy on my laptop anywhere I can connect to a highspeed Internet connection (just watched Swans in hotel in Hong Kong).
Do yourself a favour and check out Sling Media's website and it will explain all.
Life suddenly got very enjoyable very quickly. Now for the Swans to go back-to-back!!!
Good Luck,
Nick
 Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | Nick Adcock | Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 6:33 a.m. US Eastern Time |
 Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media)  | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 10:24 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 2:49 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 4:15 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Wednesday, 24 May 2006, at 7:31 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 24 May 2006, at 8:37 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | George Madison | Wednesday, 21 June 2006, at 5:16 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Fox Footy in USA (via Sling Media) | Nick Adcock | Tuesday, 23 May 2006, at 3:55 p.m. US Eastern Time |
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