Best laptop for streaming a slingbox

Hello,
I currently live in china and have a dell inspiron 1525 duo core processor and plan to set up a slingbox in the usa to stream hd tv.
So, I plan to have slingbox in the usa and stream it over to china recieving it on my laptop.
Is my computer capable of doing this with quality? Is there another laptop out there that will be better? Are there upgrades I can buy for my Dell?
Any information would be great
thanks

mcdonkey37 wrote:
Hello,
I currently live in china and have a dell inspiron 1525 duo core processor and plan to set up a slingbox in the usa to stream hd tv.
So, I plan to have slingbox in the usa and stream it over to china recieving it on my laptop.
Is my computer capable of doing this with quality? Is there another laptop out there that will be better? Are there upgrades I can buy for my Dell?
Any information would be great
thanks
To my knowledge, the Slingbox can only encode standard definition output (the ones that support high def input downscale it to SD before encoding), so that machine should be more than fast enough.
HOWEVER there is the question of whether you'll be able to stream across the Pacific reliably, especially through the Great Firewall of China. No laptop on the planet will help you if you are limited by network connectivity problems.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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