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Great innovative idea, using your own electrical lines to convey the signal. Occasionally the signal freezes but could be from a multitude of reasons.Wouldn't hesitate to buy.
through your router wirelessly, but find yourself often troubleshooting inconsistent wireless performance. The "transmitter" is connected to my Fios router and plugged into an electrical outlet in the office area. This includes video chatting via Skype or iChat via the Mac Min (with my buddy's images filling up the big screen TV with voices coming through my surround sound speakers.too cool). These connections result in my devices being immediately recognized by the network, thereby allowing me do all sorts of fun things without any of the common interruptions encountered when operating wirelessly. I have both a Mac mini and an Apple TV connected to my Plasma HD TV in my living room. The product effectively bridges your router to your devices via the ethernet connections.
After connecting a "receiver" to your devices, and a "transmitter" to your router, the digital signals from your router actually travel through the electrical circuits in your house, then inputs to your devices via the ethernet jacks. The product, therefore, "wires" your router connection to the devices, and let's face it, wired connections will win out over wireless for reliability any hour, any day.I'll explain my setup and maybe you can envision similar applications. Ever try to network multiple computers, games, devices, etc. That could be an issue all depending on your home specifics. Movies or other video signals, like video chatting, will stream here and there, but the stream is more often than not interrupted by influences on the wireless signal (There are many, like competing signals in the neighborhood, etc).To increase the consistency of performance I tried this product. The "receiver" is connected to both the Apple TV and Mac Mini in the living room via the ethernet ports, and plugged into an electrical outlet in the living room. If that is a problem in your home, I would consider calling in an electrician to see if your particular sockets could be rewired to be put on the same circuit.
Sure, I can get the internet on my living room TV via the Mac mini, and can stream media from my office iMac to the Apple TV both wirelessly, but the consistency and strength is less than desired. Well, this product is for you. Anything internet on the Mac mini now works with blazing speeds, and all media content from the iMac in the office streams effortlessly to the Apple TV.with NO interruptions.The product does haves the one caveat that the 1 star reviewers have pointed out. My router, and iMac computer housing all media content (music, movies, and photos) resides in our office area about 80 feet away, through multiple doors. Music may stream "OK", but hiccups are common. That is, the "transmitter", and "receiver" both need to be plugged into sockets on the same electrical circuit. This could be expensive, but it might be worth it, if you REALLY want to eliminate those annoying hiccups of running wirelessly.A very nice product.
Product was easy to set up but the quality of transmission was not great. It appears dependent on the devices being on the same circuit which is not a high likelihood
If you enjoy a challenge, then THESE ARE THE PRODUCTS FOR YOU.The SlingLinks may be good products "connected" to bad ones, as they DO turn an outlet into an ethernet connection. I am usually quite capable of setting up electronics and computer equipment, yet I had nothing but trouble with these items. If you get frustrated easily, DO NOT BUY THE SLING MEDIA PRODUCTS, as they require a LOT of support. HOWEVER: the SlingLinks are VERY picky: they must be plugged directly into an outlet (not a power strip or extension cord) so they are not suitable for all applications. Technical support is helpful, though getting my SlingBox, SlingCatcher, and SlingLink Turbo to work required over 5 hours of setup support online (with them taking control of my computer), along with another 2 hours of frustration attempting it myself and another hour searching their website for information. When it works, it works alright.for a while. If your room setup differs from the pictures, and/or if you have an older home with few outlets to choose from, you may be required to run networking cables across your living room. Carefully consider the configuration of your equipment to determine feasibility for using this product.
Not only was this a simple plug and play (hooked up legacy Slingbox Classic & Direct TV DVR), it also worked with my Netgear X102 plug and allowed another connection at another room. This SlingLink was bought to replace my Netgear X102 plugs which stopped working and now I know that one is broke and the other is still working and will work with the SlingLink. I don't know how to test speeds but everything seems to be working fine.
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