Searching a little deeper, the most recent report shows a propulsion issue from a Jan. 28 incident involving a short in a connection box of one of the ship's generators.

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This time, however, the "no connection" box popped up.

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At first launch, obviously you'd need to put in your Sling Media account credentials, and then the app will let you choose one of the SlingBoxes associated with your account -- don't be alarmed, since each box only allows one live connection.

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The connection between the positive battery cable and the fuse box could degrade over time.

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Whatever the form of connection, television makers are doing away with a set-top box for dialling into the Internet.

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Following the trend of everything accentuating its connection to the "cloud, " Boxee has rebranded its new box as the Boxee Cloud DVR.

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But when we carted the old blue and white box upstairs to the same floor as the base station, the connection was constant.

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