HAVA Titanium HD TV Device

List Price: $179.99 Discount Price: $124.99

Features:

• Lets you stream television content via your home network and watch from anywhere with a broadband internet connection
• Automatically adjusts video encoding for smooth video, no matter the network activity
• Functions as a PVR, letting you record, pause, and rewind live television
• Two USB ports allows you to add an external hard drive and wireless streaming capability
• Backed by a 1-year warranty

Customer Reviews:

HAVA Titanium HD TV Place Shifting Device - SLING KILLER! [Posted on 2008-09-02]
I have recently purchased the Monsoon Hava Titanium HD unit.

Whether you call it place shifting or remote viewing, there is a growing community that is becoming quite large within the last few years, and while there are a number of products that let you watch your home TV from any location via any broadband Internet connection or LAN the top 3 are SLINGBOX, HAVA and SONY TV ANYWHERE.

Specifications wise, Hava products exceed all the functionality that the Slingbox able to offer at this point. To start off, Hava has a built-in 802.11g wireless capability, (Slingbox is Ethernet only). Secondly, Hava products allow multi streaming / casting, within your home network, this means that multiple users are able to successfully watch and control the stream at the same time while one person watches remotely via the Internet (Slingbox or SONY allow only one stream / user at a time).

Not only HAVA does HD it also provides better picture quality than the slingbox in standard definition, unlike the slingbox it does not use a windows media decoder but instead decided to go with MPEG-2 over a home networkor MPEG-4 video over the internet.

I have noticed some customers complaining about issues with the installation. From my experience, I haven't had any issues with the device, its drivers or the player; a tweak here and there but nothing major.

The reason I am able to compare it with the Slinbox, is because I've been using the Slingbox Pro prior to the HAVA purchase. It is important to mention that Hava also includes two USB ports and an option of having a PVR (external hard drive enclosure unit connected to one of the USB ports). Latest software update provides users with an option of having to use the memory key instead of a hard drive.

Aside from everything I have said, each unit has its advantages as well as disadvantages, obviously. It is important to note that the remote compatibility / device library for the slingbox is considerably larger, that said, it is hard not to notice that HAVA engineers have been working on and producing great results within the past year on this issue. Secondly, Slinbox user interface is better designed from a visual standpoint and is easier to use than Hava. Remote response time for the Sling is vastly superior as well.

Overall, HAVA is not only much lower priced in comparison to the slingbox but also offers a significant number of features that the slingbox simply does not. I can easily say without a doubt, it is a an "overall better unit" that shows great promise.

Good Quality Video and Responsive support team.. [Posted on 2008-09-30]
I purchased Hava Platinum about a month ago. It worked perfectly from within my home but I had some difficult getting it to work remotely. The problem was linked to D-Link router. The support team was very responsive and made all attempts to resolve my issues. The Video quality is great and I can stream to multiple clients at the same time.

Pros:
Quality.
Good Support.
Nice Integration for various remotes.

Cons.
I took away one start for the following.
Player (for local viewing) always writes the video stream to disk for a configurable time.
This can cause a skip now and then in the video stream.

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