How to setup a poor man’s slingbox

One day at work, I had the brilliant idea of pointing my webcam at the TV so I could watch the Rockies games when I wasn’t at home. In essence, the poor man’s Slingbox!

I have the Panasonic BL-C131A webcam. I set it up on top of some games and books and pointed it at the TV. The webcam has a site you can access over the Internet. So, when I log into the webcam’s site, I can check out whatever is on the TV. I have to leave the TV on since I can’t turn it on and off remotely. The quality isn’t exactly HD and you can’t change the channels, hence the poor man’s version. But I already had the webcam, so now it can serve two purposes.

Click here to check out the webcam.

Login: colorado
Password: rockies

I’m going to take it down after the Rockies season is done.