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Minimum system requirements for SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows

Here are the recommended minimum system requirements for SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows.

Generally, the faster your PC and home network are, the better the picture quality you'll get when watching your TV on your PC--both at home, and when viewing from the Internet. When using SlingPlayer to watch TV over the Internet, your Internet upload speed at home is what matters. 256 kbps is the minimum suggested speed. Faster is better.

Here is the minimum of what you need to start streaming:

At least 1 Slingbox
Microsoft Windows® Vista (32-bit version only) or Windows XP SP2 and later
1 GHz processor
256 MB RAM
150 MB available disk space for installation
1 GB available disk space for live TV buffering
24-bit graphics
16-bit sound
Network connectivity

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