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Since the arrival of the Slingbox on the scenes in July of 2005 people have had a hard time explaining what a Slingbox is. A Slingbox is an amazing product which is usually better explained by showing what it does then explaining it. And once you show someone what a Slingbox can do they want one. The same can be said about the new Slingcatcher from Sling Media.
The Slingcatcher is like a Swiss Army Knife for watching Video. If you can watch it on your computer, you can watch it on any TV.
First and foremost you can enjoy any of your Slingboxes on any television no matter where you are. This is great when your traveling and beats watching TV on your laptop. The Slingcatcher comes with its own remote, which lets you control your video equipment at home.
In the pictures of the remote, it looked triangle in shape, however this is an illusion and s flat on the back and is quite easy to hold and operate.
For my testing I was able to enjoy my Dish Network HD DVR, my DirecTV DVR, my free to air satellite system, and cable television from the office. All just like I was sitting in front of them.
Setting up the Slingcatcher was simple, I opened it up plugged it into my network, hooked it up to my TV and after booting up and accepting a software update I saw all 3 Slingboxes in my house. I was quickly watching my Slingboxes and the quality was excellent.
In order to see my Slingboxes that were not in the house I needed to log into my Sling.COM account, doing this was kind of a chore, but only because I have a long email address. To enter your email address and password to log in you use the number keys and type in the letters like on a telephone.. Once setup I was able to see all of the Slingbox units I own. (And note that to do all of this I never needed to touch a computer or configure my router.)
In my house I have a Slingbox Pro HD unit, A Slingbox Pro Unit, and a Slingbox Classic unit. The picture quality on both pro boxes was very good, While the picture on the older Slingbox Classic looked a little like I was watching video on the internet. Disappointing was the fact that I could not watch the HD from my Slingbox Pro HD as the Slingcatcher does not currently support HD streaming, but again the picture looked very good.
The Slingcatcher features standard AV video outputs, plus SVIDEO and Component outputs plus coax digital audio output as well. Settings let you customize the Slingcatcher for the TV you are hooking it up to and you can even specify the resolution you want the Slingcatcher to output at including 1080i.
There is no real manual included with the box just a quick setup guide. But setting it up and using it is a no brainer. The menus are well laid out and explain things well. You can even program the Slingcatcher remote to control the power and volume controls on your TV.
Besides letting you watch Slingboxes on your TV the Slingcatcher is also a good media player. By hooking up an external hard drive or USB drive to one of the two USB ports on the Slingcatcher you can watch your media on the drives. This worked very will but not surprisingly wouldn't play some on my purchased iTunes songs due to Apples silly DRM. (Note Sling is working on software called SlingSync which can be used to convert incompatible formats to make them playable on the Slingcatcher.)
Another neat thing that the Slingcatcher can do is by using the Slingcatcher with a PC and using a downloadable windows based software called the Slingprojector. With this software anything you see on your PC can be shown on your television. But the Slingprojector does not just mirror your entire screen onto your TV, you can pick the area of the screen you want projected on your TV. In doing this the Slingprojector just takes that portion of your screen and blows it up on your television. Now I know a lot of you are saying Blowing up a standard Youtube video on a big tv set must look bad, but surprisingly sling has some kind of magic technology in the Slingcatcher which blows up small video nicely on your tv without it looking like a bunch of big pixel blocks.
In testing this me and my kids watched videos on Youtube for hours. It was fun watching these videos on tv, but would have been hard for us to all watch if we watched on a PC.
I found it neat that by using the play, pause, rewind buttons I was able to control stuff on my PC, it was like having a wireless mouse. The Slingcatcher remote operated Windows Media Player without any issues.
The Slingprojector portion of the Slingcatcher is VERY powerful and I feel it is not being marketed correctly. This application could get heavy use in the business world, in fact I took my Slingcatcher to work this week and hooked it up to my conference room projector as we were on a video conference getting training for a new phone system we will be installing. With the Slingprojector we were able to take the video (and only the video) and put it on the big screen while I was able to use my laptop to check email and do other things below the video window. My co workers also enjoyed taking the little video window and being able to see it full screen. Personally I think every conference room should have on of these units, they can be used in many ways for your business.
In another test I was able to pair a Slingcatcher with a Slinglink Turbo setup. The Slinglink uses Homeplug technology to transmit you internet connection via the power lines in your house.
To test this I took a TV to my basement and hooked the Slinglink Turbo broadcaster upstairs in my bedroom. I hooked the Slinglink box into my router then went down to the basement. I hooked up the TV, Slingcatcher and Slinglink receiver and within a few moments I was watching live television.
Testing things I was surprised to get speeds over 4345 Kbps via the powerlines in my house! The Slinglink is a great way to expand your network in your house without running new cat 5 cable in your house and is great when WIFI is not practical. My Slnglink Turbo box features a built in 4 port hub making it easy to expand my network almost anywhere in my house.
I got to be honest, I didn't really want a Slingcatcher, but now that I have one I am using it a lot. I now have a small TV at my office and am able to watch and control my satellite systems without needing to lose space on my computer monitor with the Sling software. And being able to control my home equipment using a real remote. The Slingplayer is a winner to me.
As I said in the beginning the Slingcatcher is hard to explain until you used one, and once you used one your not going to want to give it up.
There is still time to ask Santa for one of these this year under your Christmas tree.
Pros:
Easy to setup
Your forget your watching TV over the internet.
Slingprojector is a powerful tool.
Very Good Picture Quality
Cons:
Does not currently display true HD from a Slingbox Pro HD unit.
Can't play files that have Digital Rights Management
High price causes sticker shock (but ultimately it's worth it)
Slingprojector software is only available for Windows
For more details on the Slingcatcher visit Sling Media - SlingCatcher and for more details on the Slinglink Turbo check out http://www.slingmedia.com/homeplug
The Slingcatcher is like a Swiss Army Knife for watching Video. If you can watch it on your computer, you can watch it on any TV.
First and foremost you can enjoy any of your Slingboxes on any television no matter where you are. This is great when your traveling and beats watching TV on your laptop. The Slingcatcher comes with its own remote, which lets you control your video equipment at home.
In the pictures of the remote, it looked triangle in shape, however this is an illusion and s flat on the back and is quite easy to hold and operate.
For my testing I was able to enjoy my Dish Network HD DVR, my DirecTV DVR, my free to air satellite system, and cable television from the office. All just like I was sitting in front of them.
Setting up the Slingcatcher was simple, I opened it up plugged it into my network, hooked it up to my TV and after booting up and accepting a software update I saw all 3 Slingboxes in my house. I was quickly watching my Slingboxes and the quality was excellent.
In order to see my Slingboxes that were not in the house I needed to log into my Sling.COM account, doing this was kind of a chore, but only because I have a long email address. To enter your email address and password to log in you use the number keys and type in the letters like on a telephone.. Once setup I was able to see all of the Slingbox units I own. (And note that to do all of this I never needed to touch a computer or configure my router.)
In my house I have a Slingbox Pro HD unit, A Slingbox Pro Unit, and a Slingbox Classic unit. The picture quality on both pro boxes was very good, While the picture on the older Slingbox Classic looked a little like I was watching video on the internet. Disappointing was the fact that I could not watch the HD from my Slingbox Pro HD as the Slingcatcher does not currently support HD streaming, but again the picture looked very good.
The Slingcatcher features standard AV video outputs, plus SVIDEO and Component outputs plus coax digital audio output as well. Settings let you customize the Slingcatcher for the TV you are hooking it up to and you can even specify the resolution you want the Slingcatcher to output at including 1080i.
There is no real manual included with the box just a quick setup guide. But setting it up and using it is a no brainer. The menus are well laid out and explain things well. You can even program the Slingcatcher remote to control the power and volume controls on your TV.
Besides letting you watch Slingboxes on your TV the Slingcatcher is also a good media player. By hooking up an external hard drive or USB drive to one of the two USB ports on the Slingcatcher you can watch your media on the drives. This worked very will but not surprisingly wouldn't play some on my purchased iTunes songs due to Apples silly DRM. (Note Sling is working on software called SlingSync which can be used to convert incompatible formats to make them playable on the Slingcatcher.)
Another neat thing that the Slingcatcher can do is by using the Slingcatcher with a PC and using a downloadable windows based software called the Slingprojector. With this software anything you see on your PC can be shown on your television. But the Slingprojector does not just mirror your entire screen onto your TV, you can pick the area of the screen you want projected on your TV. In doing this the Slingprojector just takes that portion of your screen and blows it up on your television. Now I know a lot of you are saying Blowing up a standard Youtube video on a big tv set must look bad, but surprisingly sling has some kind of magic technology in the Slingcatcher which blows up small video nicely on your tv without it looking like a bunch of big pixel blocks.
In testing this me and my kids watched videos on Youtube for hours. It was fun watching these videos on tv, but would have been hard for us to all watch if we watched on a PC.
I found it neat that by using the play, pause, rewind buttons I was able to control stuff on my PC, it was like having a wireless mouse. The Slingcatcher remote operated Windows Media Player without any issues.
The Slingprojector portion of the Slingcatcher is VERY powerful and I feel it is not being marketed correctly. This application could get heavy use in the business world, in fact I took my Slingcatcher to work this week and hooked it up to my conference room projector as we were on a video conference getting training for a new phone system we will be installing. With the Slingprojector we were able to take the video (and only the video) and put it on the big screen while I was able to use my laptop to check email and do other things below the video window. My co workers also enjoyed taking the little video window and being able to see it full screen. Personally I think every conference room should have on of these units, they can be used in many ways for your business.
In another test I was able to pair a Slingcatcher with a Slinglink Turbo setup. The Slinglink uses Homeplug technology to transmit you internet connection via the power lines in your house.
To test this I took a TV to my basement and hooked the Slinglink Turbo broadcaster upstairs in my bedroom. I hooked the Slinglink box into my router then went down to the basement. I hooked up the TV, Slingcatcher and Slinglink receiver and within a few moments I was watching live television.
Testing things I was surprised to get speeds over 4345 Kbps via the powerlines in my house! The Slinglink is a great way to expand your network in your house without running new cat 5 cable in your house and is great when WIFI is not practical. My Slnglink Turbo box features a built in 4 port hub making it easy to expand my network almost anywhere in my house.
I got to be honest, I didn't really want a Slingcatcher, but now that I have one I am using it a lot. I now have a small TV at my office and am able to watch and control my satellite systems without needing to lose space on my computer monitor with the Sling software. And being able to control my home equipment using a real remote. The Slingplayer is a winner to me.
As I said in the beginning the Slingcatcher is hard to explain until you used one, and once you used one your not going to want to give it up.
There is still time to ask Santa for one of these this year under your Christmas tree.
Pros:
Easy to setup
Your forget your watching TV over the internet.
Slingprojector is a powerful tool.
Very Good Picture Quality
Cons:
Does not currently display true HD from a Slingbox Pro HD unit.
Can't play files that have Digital Rights Management
High price causes sticker shock (but ultimately it's worth it)
Slingprojector software is only available for Windows
For more details on the Slingcatcher visit Sling Media - SlingCatcher and for more details on the Slinglink Turbo check out http://www.slingmedia.com/homeplug
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Marques Brownlee
Time for another AWESOME video from Marques Brownlee!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwlR0QHGOk
Direct YouTube Link - The NEW Tesla Roadster: My Honest Reaction
The official MKBHD Website!
The MKBHD Store
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iJustine
Time for another AWESOME video from iJustine!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m44iKsdN1-Q
Direct YouTube Link - NVIDIA RTX Spark launch party!!!
The official iJustine Website's Website
Buy her book!
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.