Testseek.com have collected 23 expert reviews of the Sling Media SlingCatcher and the average rating is 71%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sling Media SlingCatcher.
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The editors liked
Lets you watch a Slingbox video on any TV without the use of a PC. Streams any portion of your PCs screen
Including Internet video
To your living room TV. Easy setup.
Easy to project Internet video to your TV
Not locked into specific content providers
Can access Slingbox in another room or around the world
Plays music and video stored on USB hard drives
Simple setup and interface
Great way to get more from your Slingbox
Comes with remote control handset
All three modes work well if your PC and network are up to scratch
The editors didn't like
No HD video streaming. Cant stream video files directly from a PC. Choppy streaming performance in SlingProjector. Remote has limited capabilities. No Mac or 64-bit Windows support. Expensive. No Wi-Fi.
No built-in Wi-Fi
Slingbox Pro-HD support not yet available
MyMedia mode doesn’t yet support album art or playlists
Cumbersome to carry around; interface is sluggish over a network
Sling Media's SlingCatcher is a useful add-on to the Slingbox for anyone who wants to stream the content of one TV to another. It's not exactly an essential purchase though -- there's not much difference between using a SlingCatcher and using a laptop...
Abstract: The SlingCatcher is the latest member of the Slingbox family. Previous Slingbox devices have streamed TV or other video content from your living room to a PC. The PC could be elsewhere in your home or, with the Slingbox attached to a broadband inter...
