http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/ Engadget Comments for Sony announces LocationFree LF-B10, LF-B20 and LF-BOX1 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
Fishes,
narco. ]]>Sep 5th 2006 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/

That was the 1st thing i said. They should offer design choices.
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i think im keeping the 360]]>Sep 5th 2006 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/ The $200 mail in rebate is if you buy their $1500 TV.]]>Sep 5th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
That's exactly the first thing I thought of too. THIS is what the PS3 should look like. Retains some old (good) characteristics of the PS2, but evolves just enough so that you know it's newer and better.]]>Sep 5th 2006 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
On a different note, I'm happy to see these coming so the previous model's price can go down and it will finally make sense to buy one. ]]>Sep 5th 2006 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
I have my cable connected to it and so I watch TV from my PC at work when it gets slow. Watching TV on the PSP when I'm on the john is great too. But overall it works very well, I used to own the Sling device but it would crap out once and awhile and it needed to restart it. One thing the my old Sling player had that the LocationFree TV doesn't is PocketPC support which was pretty nifty.]]>Sep 5th 2006 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Mar 15th 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
ShMeE]]>Sep 5th 2006 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 5th 2006 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Hoping it's true]]>Sep 5th 2006 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 6th 2006 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
That is possible but between "ugly" and "unimaginative", the latter is the lesser of 2 evils. I'd rather have unimaginative but sexy sitting next to my TV. ]]>Sep 7th 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
...etc etc ad infinitum.]]>Sep 14th 2006 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/Sep 15th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
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"Sony is currently assessing how the LocationFree TV Box technology will be marketed in the United States. As a result, the decision was made not to release the product in its current form. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thank you."


When I pressed them as to what exactly this meant I got this:

"Sony decided not to release it in it’s current form. That means we may release it, or may not. Unfortunately, I do not know the future of the LFBOX1. All I can say is that we are not releasing it right now in it’s current form. Any news regarding the release of a similar product or a different version of the LFBOX1 will be posted on www.sony.com/locationfree. Thank you."

You can decide as to the meaning, to me it is pretty clear by their actions that they are trying to back out of releasing without saying a word... Either it doesn't work or who knows but after almost two years,.... they have no excuse.....

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"Sony is currently assessing how the LocationFree TV Box technology will be marketed in the United States. As a result, the decision was made not to release the product in its current form. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thank you."


When I pressed them as to what exactly this meant I got this:

"Sony decided not to release it in it’s current form. That means we may release it, or may not. Unfortunately, I do not know the future of the LFBOX1. All I can say is that we are not releasing it right now in it’s current form. Any news regarding the release of a similar product or a different version of the LFBOX1 will be posted on www.sony.com/locationfree. Thank you."

You can decide as to the meaning, to me it is pretty clear by their actions that they are trying to back out of releasing without saying a word... Either it doesn't work or who knows but after almost two years,.... they have no excuse.....]]>Apr 23rd 2007 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/
Sony doesn't seem to respond to me anymore.... I was still interested in the LF-b20 but I did not want to pay $250. techonweb had them new for $158 ($163 shipped) but they were on backorder. Last week Placed the order and today I had notification that stock ws in. So if you are interested, it s $100 cheaper then the sony store...

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How is the quality of that unit ? I have been holding out purchasing until the LFBOX1 came out but since it has not I either need to go ahead and get the LF-B20 or go Slingbox. I haven't really decided. Any regrets ?]]>Apr 23rd 2007 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/sony-announces-locationfree-lf-b10-lf-b20-and-lf-box1/I used to own the LF-B10 LocationFree Base Station but returned it after a week because I couldn't get that base station to work with the PSP though it says it should, help support wasn't very helpful either and I didn't have the time to try to figure it out so ended up returning that unit. However it did work pretty well when using my laptop as a locationFree client, I have a cable modem so the speed wasn't too bad, however the software did work rather slow and used up a lot of resources on my laptop, so I couldn't do much other than just use the locationFree client software on my laptop and pretty much nothing else. My laptop however isn't top of the line, its a P4 1.3 Ghz and about 4 years old. I have heard people talk about using and enjoying the old LF-PK1 base stations, which are rather cheap to find now, but I might just hold out until there is a sale and try out the LF-B20 with the wireless soon. I was hoping to possibly get the LF-B20 base station with a LF-Box1 (TV Box) receiver so I could use the LF-Box1 (TV Box) on a different TV in a different location to stream my cable and DVR to without the need of a computer or other location free client device.

I haven't looked into the slingbox but it probably is the best alternative since that is their sole business so they probably put more time and effort behind their products and support as well. If I don't get a LF-B20 then I might look at the slingbox. Again though if you're interested in the LocationFree base stations, probably its best to buy from a store that has a reasonable return policy and try it out for a week or so and if it isn't working out return it for a refund. I had success doing this at CompUsa but the only reason I ended up returning it was due to my not getting the LF-B10 up and running with the PSP successfully. My hopes is the LF-B20 has better and easier support for the PSP as a locationFree client.

Well if I find a way to get a LF-Box1 (TV Box receiver) to try out stateside I will give a review of it somewhere on the web if this engadget thread and link isn't still available. First I need to find a LF-B20 for a reasonable price to try out first, hopefully it works even better then the LF-B10 does at least when using a PSP as a client.

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