Setup process was wonky Setting up outside-of-network access difficult.
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Now supports remote recording/DVR functionality to iOS/Android devices at up to 480p resolution.Hardware and apps cost less than competitors' offerings.Integrated WiFI for connecting to your router.Integrated EPG (when it works) and favorite channels features add to ease of use.At just $99, Flow is almost half as cheap as Sling's lowest-priced offering, the $179 Slingbox Solo. But Sling is far from the only maker of placeshifters, and Monsoon is making a push for the mainstream market by undercutting the Slingbox line's pricing with products like Flow. Choosing "Slingbox" as a product name didn't hurt either, as it readily conjured up images of slinging your favorite TV shows from your house to whatever hotel room you happened to be stuck in on the other side of the country. Sling captured the placeshifting market's mindshare with their slick hardware/software offerings and relatively heavy marketing campaigns over the past few years. Without interrupting the flow of your content to the TV set, the placeshifter allows you to watch your video from somewhere else on another screen – e.g., In another place (hence placeshifting) on a phone, tablet, or other device.
For the uninitiated, a placeshifter is a piece of hardware that sits between your audio/video signals (antenna, cable box, DVD player, etc) and your TV set. The entry-level Vulkano Flow is a $99 Slingbox fighter that offers up the core functionality of a placeshifter with a few bonuses and a few notable absences. Monsoon has been selling placeshifters for awhile now, first under the Hava brand name, and now called Vulkano.