The slingplayer shootout vizio co-star vs wd TV vs slingcatcher vs AirPlay vs revue vs computer on the tv

The iPad 4 mated with an atv3 is by far the best experience. But that is a lot of money to spend for a sling player. So which is best.
My pick for sling player functionality only is the wd TV. Why and how did I come to this conclusion? Ok so I wanted to have the perfect sling player to placeshift my AT&T u-verse. I started out with a pc connected to my HDTV via hdmi. This worked great with a few caveats.
Pros good quality

how do I get video to play from a SD card on my mini pico projector?

Most video files do require conversion to a specific file format that the Pico can recognize. “Handbrake”, a piece of freely available software, can help you do this from your Mac or Windows notebook or desktop. You can download the appropriate software for your particular os from this site:
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

Another much easier way is to download directly from youtube with keepvid www.keepvid.com using mpeg4

Once you’ve downloaded the software and run it, the application window will look like the image in the attachment at the bottom of this page called "Handbrake (Application Window).jpeg".

You can choose a video file to convert by selecting “Source” and browsing your Mac for the desired file. Once you have selected a source file, make sure that you select “Apple > iPhone & iPod Touch” from the list of presets. If you do not see the list of preset configurations, select “Toggle Presets” and it will appear to the right.

Now select “Picture Settings” and the window will look like the image in the attachment at the bottom of this page called "Handbrake (Picture Settings Window).jpeg".

Make sure that the width is set to no more than 720 and the height to no more than 480. Close “Picture Settings”.

Select the destination where you would like to save the output file. You can save it to your desktop and move it to the Pico later or save it directly to the projector by finding the Pico’s memory drives. When the Pico is on and connected to your Mac via the supplied USB cable, the internal memory will appear as “PK201” or “PK301”. If you have a microSD card installed this drive will appear as “No Name” until you assign a name to it.

You are ready to convert the file. Select “Start” to begin the conversion. If you have saved the output to your desktop, you will need to move the file to the Pico’s memory the next time you connect it to your Mac via USB. Now you can play the video right from your Pico by selecting the “Video” icon from the OSD.

For advanced users, you can optimize the settings of “Handbrake” for the Pico by following the steps below. They can be saved as a new preset.

1. Select the “iPhone & iPod Touch” preset.
2. Set output format to “MP4 file”
3. Set VideoàVideo codec to “H.264(x264)”
4. Set VideoàQuality to “Average bitrate(kbps): 1500”
5. Set AdvancedàB-Frames to “0”
6. Disable AdvancedàCABAC Entropy Coding
7. Set AdvancedàMotion Estimation Method to “Uneven Multi_Hexagon”
8. In “Picture Settings”, select a maximum width of 720 and height of 480 and set Anamorphic to “None”