Buy Sling Media SlingCatcher - Digital Multimedia ReceiverSling Media SlingCatcher - Digital Multimedia Receiver Product Description:
- Watch and control your slingbox-connected dvr
- Connect to your slingbox at home
- Project any video from your pc
- Connect a usb hard drive and watch personal media files
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
By Ex-Pat
I can't believe that there are negative reviews for this product - it's great!I am an ex-pat living in Germany and cannot stand the "local" TV (all 70's repeats) so a SlingBox in the UK has been my saviour for the last 2 years. There were 2 problems with this setup that the SlingCatcher nicely solves:1) Previously, I needed to have my laptop connected to the TV to get a nice picture size for the whole family to watch which was annoying to connect each time and left cables hanging around the TV for the little ones to pull on. The SlingCatcher is tiny any just sits there nice and neatly waiting for us at any time2) No remote control! Try watching TV without a remote control for a while and then imagine this for 2 years! Every time we needed to fast forward through the adverts someone (i.e. me) had to get up from the sofa and use the virtual remote on the PC sling software. While it may be good for a bit of exercise, sometimes I just want to lie on the sofa in peace.So.. Is it worth £200 to make the living room a bit cleaner and to allow me to have a remote control when watching TV? Absolutely. Every penny.The other features (Sling Projector, etc) are a great bonus too but for me, being the "other half" of the SlingBox was the reason for purchase!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
By S. WALLIS
Purchased the slingcatcher after previously watching slingbox through the laptop. The slingcatcher is much more convenient when compared to having to start up the laptop, log in etc plus the slingcatcher comes with a handy remote control! Bought a cheap HDMI cable with the slingcatcher, plugged into the 42" Plasma and after a little tweaking (you need to set up an online account and password) with slingmedia first I am now watching UK freeview in Jerusalem. Well worth the purchase however you need a fast uplink speed in the UK (sling recommends min 250kbps)...I normally average about 480kbps and the picture is fine....sometimes the speed gets upto 900kbps first thing in the morning and you can then change the slingcatcher resolution from 320*240 to 640*240 with improved picture. Note that even at lower 320*240 resolution the picture is still fine on the 42" plasma. Please note though that when the speed reduces below the 100kbps the picture gets unwatchable. This has happened once only in the last month though. Well worth a purchase if you live abroad, like UK TV/ don't like local TV, have a fast UK internet upload speed and atleast a 500kbps to 1000kbps download speed.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
By R. Bickers
I use PowerLine throughout my house so hooked up both my SlingBox and SlingCatcher using a pair of standard 85Mb PowerLine connectors. I found that the SlingBox worked well and I could watch TV on my PC fine using SlingPlayer with reported bit rates up to 6000kb/s (doesn't seem to need more than 2500kb/s for a good picture). When I tried my SlingCatcher, I couldn't get bit rates higher than 1000kb/s, the picture was not very good and it would stutter terribly and occasionally hang. Verging on unwatchable. I was going to send it back.After a bit of experimentation, I found that the SlingCatcher power supply was causing noise on the electrical socket and destroying the PowerLine bit rate. Solution is easy - use a surge protecting socket for the SlingCatcher while keeping the PowerLine plugged into the unfiltered socket. My SlingCatcher bit rate is up at 5500kb/s now and working very well. Crazy that this is not documented anywhere. It's the SlingCatcher power supply that's causing the trouble.Picture *quality* doesn't go above 2500kb/s though - about the same as analogue TV - even if you get the full rate.
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