SlingBox, ShmingBox
Such indignity! Such calumny! Such total B.S.! It is true that I, the Monsoon HAVA Platinum HDTV Streamer, do perform a similar function to the SlingBox. Yes, you hook me up to your cable or satellite video source and your PC. Yes, I enable you to watch, control, and record that TV from any Internet-connected PC. And yes, I am manufactured by a company based in India, cradle of a rogue’s gallery of knockoff merchants. But I put to you this question: how indeed can I be a “knockoff” when in truth I improve on the knocked-off apparatus?
Still your wrath, SlingBox stalwarts! It cannot be denied that in a host of facets, I am indeed the better of your preferred picture-slinger. From my advanced DVR capabilities (including series recording, pausing and timeshifting, and recording from a program guide) to my superior streaming format (MPEG-2 locally, MPEG-4 over the Internet) to my ability to stream to multiple computers on the same network, I don’t merely match my putative exemplar – I overmatch it!
The SlingBox is but a primitive milestone on a climb in which the Monsoon HAVA Platinum HDTV Streamer perches majestically at the zenith. It is the penny-farthing to my ten-speed, the Homo erectus to my Einstein, the Johnny 5 to my Wall-E. “Knockoff”, you say? “Knockoff”? The only “knockoff” I see is me knocking you off of your feet with a mighty fisticuffical clout, to avenge this grievous insult!
Again, except for that whole no-hands thing.
Features
Warranty: 1 Year Monsoon
Authorized for SquareTrade Extended WarrantyFeatures:
- Watch HDTV content from your home or nearly anywhere you can access the internet
- Connect any HD video source and watch TV on a Microsoft Media Center, XP or Vista PC without having a TV Tuner installed
- Stream live TV to multiple PC’s simultaneously and to another internet connected PC or cell phone somewhere else in the world
- Turn your PC into a PVR and record favorite TV shows directly to an internal PC hard disk or an externally attached USB hard disk
- Timeshift feature pauses, fast forwards & rewinds live TV on any PC so you will never miss that pivotal sports moment again
- Full control from the PC for virtually any type of A/V device, including PVRs, digital cable boxes, and satellite TV receivers
- Eliminates the installation of TV connections and the expense of set-top boxes in every room
- Quality of Service algorithm ensures smooth delivery of video and audio to all clients, or any priority client the user may select
- Pass-through Outputs for every A/V input for connection to TV set or other A/V equipment
- Dynamic bit rate and frame rate adjustment. This ensures best quality video and audio without hiccup
Audio/Video Inputs:
- Composite Video
- Left and Right Audio
- S-Video
- Component Y-Pb-Pr
- Auxiliary Audio
Requirements:
- DHCP-enabled router recommended
- TV source: any analog video source, including but not limited to digital cable box receiver, satellite receiver, IPTV set top box, or PVR such as Tivo, ReplayTV, etc.
- Broadband internet connectivity for remote viewing (recommended 300Kbps upstream)
- Intel Pentium 1.2 GHz or equivalent (1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
- Operating System: Windows XP SP2 (Home, Pro or MCE) 32 bit, or Windows Vista (32/64 bit) (all versions)
- System RAM: 512MB for WinXP, 1GB for Vista
- Disk space: 75 MB to install the HAVA software; at least 500 MB for time-shifting; 10 GB recommended for recording
- 10/100 Ethernet equipped PC
In the box:
- Hava Platinum HD Unit
- Software CD ROM
- Quickstart Guide
- Power Adapter
- RJ-45 Ethernet Cable
- IR Blaster
- 2-Prong Cable
- 2 X RCA Mini-Jack Audio/Video Cables
- 2 X Component to Mini-Jack Component Video Cables
Specs
Monsoon HAVA Platinum HDTV StreamerSpecs
Monsoon HAVA Platinum HDTV StreamerSales Stats
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