Sling vs Stream - do the ads change your mind?

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My 350 only has component inputs for hd. I didn't get the hdmi version since that would be blocked for much content.
My max upload speed on FIOS is 92mbps. From the TiVo steam, streaming outside of the home looks noticeably better than from my Slingbox 350 on my nexus 7 and Tab S 10.5 tablets and galaxy s6 cell phone.

 

Duh, thanks you did say you had a 350 which answers some of the questions already.

I guess with the right conditions since the stream doesn't have to go through the digital to analog to digital IP stream conversion like the sling does, then it's potentially better. I've just never seen it when comparing my many versions of slingboxes and my built in streams in my plus/pros.

Good to hear!

 

FYI, the Stream is still failing consistently for me streaming OOH from 5,000 miles away from home where Sling is working OK. However, I have at least been able to complete some downloads at basic quality which is better than last trip I tried it for, so perhaps on that front things have improved. It's nice to have full quick trick play functionality for a download vs having to use trick play via Sling.

 

With a low bitrate the Slingbox will trounce the Stream.

 

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I have high bitrate for both and the Sling still trounces the Stream!

 

I only have three devices I use with it. And the lowest resolution one is 1920x1200 and a 7" screen. My cell phone screen and Tablet have a higher resolution screen. But as long I have have good bandwidth I seem to get a better picture from the stream. But when that bandwidth is low, the stream will look like crap compared to my Slingbox 350.

 

Well that didn't last. Today it's getting download failures and refuses to recognize TiVo and everything is failing. What an unreliable POS. Sling works fine but is not near as nice for trick play, but at least it's reliable.

 

Could well be, because I've seen before where you wait until next day and things may start working again for no apparent reason. Until TiVo eliminates the proxy we won't know for sure.

 

Tried again today and now it works again for downloads. Gave up on streaming as that was pausing over and over. Would like to know what causes it to stop working for a while.

 

Simply invoke the Pop-up Player and NO ADS--EVER--and size the seperate window however you want and pin it on top. The ad thing is much ado about nothing.

 

Sling (I have a 350 and an M1) both work more reliably for me OOH than streaming directly from a Roamio. I pretty much always stream to my tablet so no ads either.

 

More than said - I first experienced one in March. Others as far back as last November. Not sure if it's based on hardware model, inventory, still testing, or something else.

Also, with the M2, you can no longer user the desktop player for anything other than setup. Which makes me wonder what Sling's browser intentions are since they want everything going thru there.