At long last, Sling Media's powerful, media extending/streaming/projecting SlingCatcher is available for purchase, at retailers like Best Buy and Fry's, as well as from Sling directly (the product page isn't quite live yet, but should be later today). For those unfamiliar, the SlingCatcher takes a sling stream, multimedia files, or your computer desktop and plays it back on whatever television it's connected to. It can be yours for $US300 if you go here. [SlingCatcher on Giz]

It took a little time, but today is the day that your patience pays off—the Slingbox Pro-HD has gone live on the product website and it is shipping to customers today. An investment of $US300 will get you started on slingin' some sweet 1080i video around your home network or over the internet to your laptop. The Pro-HD works with the Slingcatcher receiver which I'm guessing shouldn't be too far behind. [Slingbox]

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The final hardware for the upcoming SlingCatcher is all but finished, and after a brief demo with the new hardware, I'm pretty excited about what this thing can do. For those unfamiliar, the SlingCatcher can take a video feed from another Slingbox and throw it up on your TV (SlingCatcher) or play multiple types of media files from an HDD or flash drive. It can also display all, or part, of your computer screen on your home TV with audio, bringing the online video experience to the living room with minimal concern about compatibility (SlingProjector). Check out the photos and videos of the final UI in action.

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