What set top box is recommended with Slingbox 500? I have tried the new Roku app and my iPhone didn't get a good picture on my 60" TV. Tried my iPod and the digital adapter, same picture poor quality. What set top box is recommended with Slingbox 500? I have tried the new Roku app and my iPhone didn't get a good picture on my 60" TV. Tried my iPod and the digital adapter, same picture... » Read More What set top box is recommended with Slingbox 500? I have tried the new Roku app and my iPhone didn't get a good picture on my 60" TV. Tried my iPod and the digital adapter, same picture poor quality. « Show Less
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HI, the slingbox is a great time.... I used the Slingbox when I was in Paris.... I watch the first round of the NBA finals in a Broadway theater... Just during intermittion..... Is it like being a home?.... NO.... Is it a great substitute!... Yes.... The slingbox reception all start with your home.... the faster the internet the better reception on the other end... You can call Slingbox's tech support.... they are very helpful... lot of luck....
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I have had good luck with the Roku and also an Apple TV in combination with an iPad. The network speed makes the biggest difference in picture quality
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I recommend getting Apple TV. It is cheaper and does a lot more. I returned my squeezebox and saved $200 for the apple tv
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Well on my brand of TiVo , sling box is not an option when you have to choose the cable box brand. However, why not chech TiVo on line and see if their is a code you can enter under advanced setup.
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I bought this tv a year ago. I get a poor version of the Amazon app. No list, I can only find series or movies by searching. It's a real pain to get back to an episode of a series....search for the series, find the season-each time. So, it may have the app but it works poorly. Promises, promises but a year later, it's not improved.I also have a Samsung which has a really good Amazon app (and a the always great Netflix app). If you care about the app, don't buy Vizio
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I recently bought the Viera TC-P55ST50 and I am not happy and I am considering replacing it for the following reasons: Picture quality, Reflection madness, Cannot receive Amazon 3D movies because I do not have enough band width and you can't rent 3D movies from Netflix, Hulu, or from Blockbuster so who do you rent from? So, limited to DirecTV (which I have). I miss my Samsung, so looking at replacing with this product mentioned in this month's Consumer Reports as a "Best Buy". Other reviews regarding who needs a "Smart TV" are correct as long as you have a Blu Ray player with those features or game box.
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Just replaced mine with Roku 3 - LOVE. Also I couldn't always get the Sony to play in full 760P but no prob with the Roku. Only annoying thing is Roku only has HDMI so you have to have a receiver with that for audio. The Sony had every connector imaginable (as did old Roku, but the new one looks so sweet...)
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The picture on my set is nice and crisp. First off use only an HDMI cable. If you are using any other way to connect, you will not have the best picture. If you are using a cable box, make sure the resolution is set to 1920x1080I as many cable boxes default to a lower resolution setting. I had to adjust my setting even though it was a "high definition" box. Hope this helps.
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Dear Laura, I researched this product well before I purchased one. I tried it out for about an hour and immediately returned it the same day. Yes it will work on an apple TV but I have to warn you about a huge flaw that no-one mentioned in the website mock up. That flaw is this. It really has no way to adjust the aspect ratio. What the box does is, it takes whatever signal is channeled to your TV and it streachs it out in an unnatural way to fill your screen. That means you end up with a wide bar at the top and bottom almost as if you were watching a movie in wide screen which by the way is a 16.9 aspect ratio. But not everything is broadcast in 16.9, the next popular ratio is 4.3 and that is the One that fills your whole screen. What the company left out is that regardless of the aspect ratio this box streachs everything like I mentioned earlier in a wide unnatural way to fill your screen, so what you end up with is a picture of short, squat looking people and objects. If you have a zoom feature on your TV which I'm sure an apple does you can correct this problem. However, when I did it the 1080p resolution the device claimed reverted back to a standard signal and the picture became blurry. I hope this helps you, to me the box is a straight out rip off. But you can sell anything if your website looks good enough. Sincerely Arthur McBride
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I have both a Roku HD and an Apple TV (on different sets). At the moment, I like both pretty much equally, but for different reasons. The biggest differences: Roku has more "channels" (content sources) than the Apple, and some pretty dedicated people both within and outside the company for developing more. Apple TV has the ability to stream content from iTunes on my computer, and audio from my iPod touch. The big question right now is whether or not Apple will develop more channels and/or allow 3rd parties develop their own. If they do both -- and it's likely they will-- I think the Apple has a lot more potential than the Roku because of the excellent hardware inside the box. The ATV has an A4 processor like an iPad/iPhone/iPod touch and 8gb of storage... I'm sure there's some amazing things that can be done with that. If development is opened to third parties, there's going to be a flood of apps. As much as I root for small companies against the giants, Apple is... well, Apple. I'm pretty certain it's the last company in the world Roku would choose to compete against. 720p vs. 1080p? I'll say this straight out: no one is ever going to come to your house for movie night and say, "I'm sorry, but your 720p picture is just unwatchable. I have to leave." It's one of the least interesting numbers when it comes to picture quality.
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I have the UN46D6000 (the next smaller tv in this family) and there's no amazon video app. After a while, I found the whole 'smart tv' part of these TV too slow and unstable as well, so I ended up buying a Roku (http://www.roku.com/) and haven't looked back (though I use the youtube app on the TV itself sometimes, since the Roku still doesn't have Youtube). If you're an apple fan, you might want to check out the Apple TV.
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InstaTv Pro is your solution, http://instatv-app.com/ I use one of them, and sometimes on HD channels it can be a little flakey at times, but it works for the IPAD. Still trying to get it to work on Roku. No idea on appletv.
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at HomeSlingbox Solo connected via powerline ethernetTIVO Premiere using tivo G wireless to routerHigh speed internetGigabit and N routerAt cottage32 inch hi def lcd tvWD Streaming box with Slingbox player included hardwired to routerDSL just under 1.5 mbPerformance is really good... Sometimes fantastic!Change coming this week. Adding 500mb powerline for both slingbox and the Tivo. Looking for a tad better streaming
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ya Barbara you keep in touch with me and we will get it figured out. I did go to the Amazon app store and downloaded it and it does not work out of sinkt is not the discription I would give the quality, it is a stable picture with no movement then the sound works great...I am going to try the brandy even though it looks like I as well as others have asked her to be more elaborate she never gets back to us..
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Hi. I used it for Netflix and HBO GO. Make sure your IPAD or IPOD has the latest Apple OS (Operating System). Sometimes I also get the sound with no picture when I first start using it. If you only get sound but no picture end the App and disconnect the cable. Push the cable back on again and go into the App again. You can also try keeping the cable connected but just ending the APP and then start the APP again.
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Thank you. I bought the S4696D after all and it is pretty spectacular! Unfortunately Time Warner Cable is not quite there yet, they told me that if I got the cable card instead of a cable box, I would not be able to play movies on demand and I would not be able to access some HD channels like ESPN and Discovery in HD (basically the ones worth watching) so I opted for the set top box instead. But regardless, I am ecstatic about the TV! Thanks for your advice.
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I use Slingbox expressly for this purpose -- to watch my home U-Verse service at the cottage.I recently upgraded the speed on our home network to get greater upload speed, but at the cottage I have DSL which sometimes gets to 8 MB speed (but usually closer to 3-4 MB).I use my laptop to run Slingplayer, and connect via HDMI cable to my 19-inch LCD. The quality is pretty stunning. Very close to HD quality. Slingbox/Slingplayer does a nice job of optimizing the signal and speed, and gives me exactly what I want, without having the expense of Dish/DirecTV service.
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The Bekin TV streams the TV content to the Apple device. I think you are asking to stream from the Apple device to the TV. In that case, just get an Apple TV. Note, the newest Apple TV box only streams 1080p, so you need a newer high resolution TV to do this. Older Apple TV's will stream at lower resolutions for older TV's.