WATCH AND CONTROL YOUR SLINGBOX-CONNECTED DVR
DVRs are great, and anyone who has ever used one can't go back to the old way of watching TV. But if you have multiple TVs in your house, your DVR content is usually stuck on one of them. The solution? Hook up a Slingbox to the DVR and a SlingCatcher to another TV. Instantly you can watch and control your DVR and all its programming from that TV too -- with no additional monthly fees.
CONNECT TO YOUR SLINGBOX AT HOME
Going away to college can be tough. You leave your family, friends, and local sports teams behind. With a SlingCatcher in your dorm room, you can connect to your Slingbox at home, and it's just like having a really, really long cable. You can hijack your parents' TV or watch shows and games together -- virtually, of course.
Aside from being able to watch and control content from your Slingbox, the SlingCatcher includes a few other unique features for watching other types of digital media on your TV:
PROJECT ANY VIDEO FROM YOUR PC
Download the free SlingProjector utility and you can select any video window on your PC screen and project it to your TV. Anything you see on the Web -- clips from YouTube or movies from Hulu or NetFlix -- you can now watch on your TV through the SlingCatcher.
CONNECT A USB HARD DRIVE AND WATCH PERSONAL MEDIA FILES
On the back of the SlingCatcher you'll find a USB port -- that's right, just plug in your USB drive or memory stick and watch home videos or podcasts you've previously downloaded.
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System Requirements for Watching a Slingbox
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- A television that supports any of the following: 480i (NTSC), 576i (PAL/SECAM), 480p*, 576p*, 720p*, or 1080i* (Note: SlingCatcher supports Standard Definition streaming from any Slingbox regardless of input video format)
- Any model of Slingbox
- A broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable modem)
- A home network that supports consistent 5 Mbps wired/wireless connection between your PC, router, and SlingCatcher
- Currently supported streaming resolutions vary from 320x240 to 1280x540, depending on network connections and Slingbox in use.
* Requires component or HDMI cable purchased separately
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System Requirements for Watching Internet Video From Your PC
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- Free SlingProjector software downloaded from downloads.slingmedia.com
- A consistent 5 Mbps wired/wireless network connection in your house between your PC, router, and SlingCatcher
- High performance PC required for best results
- Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP with SP2 (32- or 64-bit)
- Virtualized PCs such as Parallels, VMware or Microsoft Virtual PC are not supported
- 1.6 GHz+ Intel Core Duo or 3.0 GHz+ Pentium IV/Pentium M CPU
- 1 GB RAM for Windows Vista and 512 MB for Windows XP
- Display resolution of 1024x768 or higher*
- 50 MB available disk space for installation
* SlingProjector supports a projected window size up to 1024x768, depending on PC performance, even if your monitor resolution is higher.
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System Requirements for Watching Personal Media From Your USB Hard Drive
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- USB 2.0 hard disk drive or USB 2.0 flash memory stick (all sold separately)
- Supported media formats:
- Video: WMV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, Xvid
- Audio: MP2, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3
- File formats: .avi, .vob, .ifo, .ps, .ts, .mpg, .wmv, .asf, .mov, .mp4,.m4v, .mp3, .wma, .mp4a, .m4a, .wav
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Box Contents
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- 1 SlingCatcher set-top box
- 1 AC adapter (100-240V, 50-60 Hz)
- 1 Ethernet cable
- 1 Composite AV cable
- 1 Remote control with 2 AAA batteries
- 1 User guide
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