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<blockquote data-quote="ralphmagno" data-source="post: 783188" data-attributes="member: 189146">hello to all,ok the sling in the usa is different than the sling in the uk europe.it has a composit signal and it is american sling it will output in ntsc.i called them once 2 years ago to ask.the stream is stream,i was receiving bbc fron the uk on a sling test and bbc is pal color but my interface was ntsc and i was getting bbc in ntsc.i did a test with HBO signal and it was good as well.you can connect the sling up to a uk tv via rca sinch cables and see what the grafics look like.if you get the color on a pal uk tv with a sling box usa then you are fine.if not the system converter we have tested about 10 of these and it works like a champ.:-rightonit costs about $80 plus shipping .it will accept a pal or ntsc and convert it to a HDMI signal.we took sky italia boxes and connect it composit via scart and it converted it to HDMI on an american tv and it worked like a champ.$80 is a lot less than $900 plus for another tv .the adsl we did a check as well.in italy 7 mega is realy 3.5 mega down load. and 256k up.the sling locks in and runns up as high as possible.it clocked in at 1.8 mega to 2 mega bits / sec and we got a good picture.but if the transmitting end has a up speed of 256k/sec than you can not expect much.if you find a provider in the usa than can uplink at a speed of 3 to 4 meg than you can expect a good picture on your end if your internet will download at 3.5 meg or better.this girl&nbsp; in italy is watching tv from her brother's house and he got the internet upgraded in the states&nbsp; to faster uplink speed and she is geting tv from the states.hope this helps someoneralphralph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ralphmagno, post: 783188, member: 189146"] hello to all, ok the sling in the usa is different than the sling in the uk europe. it has a composit signal and it is american sling it will output in ntsc. i called them once 2 years ago to ask. the stream is stream,i was receiving bbc fron the uk on a sling test and bbc is pal color but my interface was ntsc and i was getting bbc in ntsc. i did a test with HBO signal and it was good as well. you can connect the sling up to a uk tv via rca sinch cables and see what the grafics look like. if you get the color on a pal uk tv with a sling box usa then you are fine. if not the system converter we have tested about 10 of these and it works like a champ.:-righton it costs about $80 plus shipping .it will accept a pal or ntsc and convert it to a HDMI signal. we took sky italia boxes and connect it composit via scart and it converted it to HDMI on an american tv and it worked like a champ. $80 is a lot less than $900 plus for another tv . the adsl we did a check as well. in italy 7 mega is realy 3.5 mega down load. and 256k up. the sling locks in and runns up as high as possible.it clocked in at 1.8 mega to 2 mega bits / sec and we got a good picture. but if the transmitting end has a up speed of 256k/sec than you can not expect much. if you find a provider in the usa than can uplink at a speed of 3 to 4 meg than you can expect a good picture on your end if your internet will download at 3.5 meg or better. this girl in italy is watching tv from her brother's house and he got the internet upgraded in the states to faster uplink speed and she is geting tv from the states. hope this helps someone ralph ralph [/QUOTE]

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