Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm pretty much a complete noob when it comes to camera stuff. My wife loves to take pictures, though. So much so that she literally wore out her first point and shoot camera, and the Kodak Z712 I bought for her less than two years ago is starting to act up as well. To compound the matter, we are expecting our first born sometime next year. I fear the Kodak just isn't going to cut it any longer. What would be the best starter DSLR to get? She hates missing photo opportunities due to camera 'lag' so speed would definitely be at the top of the list. Photo quality and features would be next. Price should be no more than $800. I'm not interested in video capabilities."
My first thoughts - electronic guide is super - works great, looks great.
Unfortunately the streaming SUX - it breaks up all the time, freezes and has much lower quality in my scenario.
I have 20 mbps symetric fiber running a quad core pc with 4gb ram. The upload is done on a 10mbps fiber line. Both connections are on the same Verizon fiber network within 2 miles of each other - should be using local routing.
I have a Sprint wireless broadband card installed in my CDMA wireless router in my car. I was able to watch full motion video - full screen and stream about 500kbps with this setup on Slingplayer 1.0. I have to test it on 2.0 beta - but I am thinking the quality is going to be very poor.
BTW- I even turned off the live video buffer to stop the disk writes and try to speed up things - no better results.