Why don't you just upgrade your cellphone?? I'm sorry, I don't get it. Why spend all the money, time and effort to install a CarPuter just for Slingplayer.
Quote: Originally Posted by
sspiro 
What is there to not understand?
I don't need the PC to do anything but play slingbox over EVDO service in the car...
I don't want to spend $500 to just watch slingbox on my video input on my deck.
So I take it you think a CarPuter is going to cost you less than $500 - fat chance. I'd go with the $500 option, whatever it is. Here's an idea, several pocket PCs have video out and wifi: add an EVDO router - oops over $500 again. O.K. I got it, pick up a Fujitsu Tablet PC and cigarette lighter adapter off eBay, add EVDO pccard, pay $49/mth for slingbox in your car.
That last suggestion could be well under $500, but $49/mth is steep for just slingbox. Why not skip the EVDO and just park near an open WiFi connection. Personally, I find myself using my Orb more and more on my phone than in my car. I was comparing the phone's screen to my kitchen TV (15") and based on how I usually watch my Orb TV its actually visually bigger on the cellphone in my hand than the TV sitting across the room.
To each his own.