Comments on: Sling Media SlingCatcher Review http://www.citynetmagazine.com/tech/sling-media-slingcatcher-review.html Which City? Every City. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Phil the Tech Guy http://www.citynetmagazine.com/tech/sling-media-slingcatcher-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-989 Phil the Tech Guy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:11 +0000 http://www.citynetmagazine.com/?p=2664#comment-989 The answer is that it might but don't count on it. So much depends on the quality of the source of what it is you're slinging. For example, I've taken youtube videos and sent them to a D-Link media extender and the resolution has been pretty good considering. I've also converted these same videos to mpeg and have found that the picture is pixilated and quite a bit worse in quality. The fact is you're trying tp 5 lbs. of mud into a 50 lb. sack so the pixels have to be spread thinly in order to fill your TV screen. If, however, the picture on your laptop is good, you try a slingcatcher and it screen-scraping projector software. I haven't had much luck with it and you'll need a really good computer and a good network connection but it might work. The problem is it will cost you a $200 plus investment to find out. The answer is that it might but don’t count on it. So much depends on the quality of the source of what it is you’re slinging.

For example, I’ve taken youtube videos and sent them to a D-Link media extender and the resolution has been pretty good considering. I’ve also converted these same videos to mpeg and have found that the picture is pixilated and quite a bit worse in quality.

The fact is you’re trying tp 5 lbs. of mud into a 50 lb. sack so the pixels have to be spread thinly in order to fill your TV screen.

If, however, the picture on your laptop is good, you try a slingcatcher and it screen-scraping projector software. I haven’t had much luck with it and you’ll need a really good computer and a good network connection but it might work. The problem is it will cost you a $200 plus investment to find out.

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]]> By: Gregory Westcott http://www.citynetmagazine.com/tech/sling-media-slingcatcher-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-979 Gregory Westcott Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:27:20 +0000 http://www.citynetmagazine.com/?p=2664#comment-979 Hello, I am having trouble from time to time (most of the time) with receiving a very pixelated image through my SlingBox, I Sling the program I wish to watch through my Laptop onto my TV. The question I need to know is if I fit an external Media Player with an inbuilt Hard drive between my Laptop and TV and record the program for say 15-30 minutes onto the Media Player and then play it will this then improve the quality of the program? Cheers any help here would be great. All the best to you and I hope to hear from you soon, Gregory Westcott. Hello,

I am having trouble from time to time (most of the time) with receiving a very pixelated image through my SlingBox, I Sling the program I wish to watch through my Laptop onto my TV.

The question I need to know is if I fit an external Media Player with an inbuilt Hard drive between my Laptop and TV and record the program for say 15-30 minutes onto the Media Player and then play it will this then improve the quality of the program?

Cheers any help here would be great. All the best to you and I hope to hear from you soon,
Gregory Westcott.

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