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That explains it. I'm back, AV world !!! :headbang:

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if your interested.. pm me and i will give you my pass and login for orb, which i belive is the best and cheapest way to view tv or your videos on your pc, as far as there file management application, unless you just want to view your word docs while your out and about, its fairly worthless

although my tuner setup doesnt allow for all of my channels you still get the basics

and with the ability to have a sneak peek at orb, without having to buy the tuner card first, im sure you'll head right out and grab 1

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I can live without landscape and any remote connection compare to local is gonna be crap. You can keep you low rez sling box.

The nice thing about the sling is that it is more expensive and does less. Who wouldn't like that? Included with every sling is lower resolution output, no media center support, extra cost for mobile player and no multiple local streams. Yup, sounds like you got a real winner. Did you hear about the new sling announced at this years ces? Your going to be able to control your record player and tape deck all at the same time. Your gonna need a 14.4 modem and a dedicated phone line but hopefully they announce an ethernet adapter in the near future.

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Ahh but it does control media center. Your can control your pc direct or you can control an xbox 360 and go to the media center blade. I run it thru my XBox. Also is a good way to stream netflix movies.

As for multiple local streams...Can someone explain to me the point of this? Why in the world would you want to stream the EXACT same show on 5 pc's / phones in the SAME house? Wouldnt it kinda make sense that if 5 of you are gonna watch the same show you may wanna try sitting in the same room and watching an actual tv?

BTW, local and remote viewing on sling has excellent picture quality, especially with a 3 mb upload :)

Almost forgot, when you buy a sling, if you call customer service they'll give you the mobile player free for being a new customer.

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That's true (as I said in a previous post) What really is nice about a SlingBox however (that absolutely CANNOT be said about the POS HAVA) is that it will still be working a year from now.

Come back & post this crap when you're on your 3rd HAVA & trying to get a refund........

~John

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well so far mine has been good - if it's goes doa - that sucks but so far so good and I like it MUCH better than sling

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The thing about the Sling is that it is relaible, easy to setup, and produces great results on a pc. I'm just disappointed so far with the quality on the Pro.

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Ok heres a screenshot of my PRO running slingplayer on it. Keep in mind I took the screen capture during a live feed while things are moving on screen. I'd be real curious to see a screen of ORB and Hava to compare to this. IMO that looks pretty damn good.

http://dnvweb.com/images/touch/sling.jpg

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sorry to post back to back but heres a shot with only 1 bar of signal. At that point it should look terrible but it looks good to me.

http://dnvweb.com/images/touch/sling2.jpg

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Exactly. I have a coworker who uses orb and Hava on his mogul and can't believe the picture I get with my TP. I had it on in my wifes vehicle this weekend so the kids could watch Noggin on a long drive. I used the tv out cable and it came in awesome on the screens.