Brandon C said:

Under "Network & Bandwidth" it says HD Streaming: 3 Mbps or higher.

Is that upload speed, download speed over LAN or WAN?

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Yes, it applies to the upload and download speed if the Slingbox and Slingplayer are on seperate networks.  The location of the Slingbox requires a sustained upload speed of 3Mbps in order to sustain a HD stream.  The location of the Slingplayer requires a sustain download speed of 3MBps in order to sustain a HD stream.

Local area networks are usually moot, since Ethernet networks are at least 10Mbps.  In fact, its more common to see Fast Ethernet works which are rated at 100Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet which is rated at 1000Mbps.

 

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Brandon C said:

Not to mention the HD streaming and SD streaming part of it.

Does that mean I can't stream my HD TV to a Pro or just what?

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No, you can't.  The Slingbox Pro takes the input from the baseband signals and transcodes the stream.  The Slingplayer client receives the stream from the Slingbox to be viewed on your device. 

I think though, you might have inadvertantly used the wrong preposition, "from" instead of "to".   So, if you're asking whether or not you can stream HD TV from your Slingbox Pro.  The answer is "kinda".  The Slingbox Pro is able to accept inputs resolution as high as 1080i.  However, it has to downscale to SD resolution in order to stream it.  This is the same as the Slingbox Solo.

Only the Slingbox Pro-HD has the computing power to support HD (1080i) streaming. 

Brandon C said:

That's all great info but you do realize I know all this stuff right? I am not really asking these questions. 

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Actually, no.  In my old line of work, I have found it better to not assume what a person may or may not know.

 

I can understand how certain verbage can be misleading or vague.  For most people, reading is hard and writing is harder.  Hell, after re-reading some of my own posts, I wonder if even I retained anything learned from school.