Slingbox

By Chris Tew Filed under: General, HDTV, News, Software, Home Networking, Streaming The HAVA Gold HD will connect to any TV source such as Cable, Satellite, DVD, TiVo or a Camcorder allowing you to spread your TV to any PC over your home network or the internet.

By Brad Linder Okay, I don't have a lot of experience performing TiVo hacks, so don't expect step by step instructions here, but kennybain over at the TiVo Community Forum poses an interesting question: do you really need a Slingbox to watch TiVo recordings remotely?

Slingbox service for DirecTV in disguise?  UK - in a number of ways including via satellite or a broadband connection. All of this strongly hints at a Slingbox type service for DirecTV subscribers.

By Brad Linder Filed under: News, Streaming As if the SlingCatcher and SlingPlayer for Palm weren't enough for one CES, Sling Media is announcing Clip+Sling, a service that lets you share short clips of live or recorded video with others over the inernet.

By Brad Linder In some ways, this is like having a whole-house PVR. In some ways, it's even better. Only got one cable box/satellite receiver from your television service provider? Now you can access the same channels in any room in the house that has a SlingCatcher.

By Chris Tew Placeshifting TV shows over the net is actually something that I thought TiVo would like to get into themselves adding the functionality to its own PVRs. But it seems that TiVo obviously has no plans for creating a placeshifting TiVo since it is already giving the Slingbox some nice exposu...

By Brad Linder Filed under: Software, Mobile, Streaming SlingPlayer ShlingPlayer. There's a new player in the place-shifting game. Okay, technically Sony's been in the place-shifting game with its LocationFree TV technology since before the Slingbox was born.

By Brad Linder Filed under: Hacks, Linux, News, Software, Streaming Oh, those Linux hackers. Sure, they're constantly endeavoring to put Linux on every device possible, from PDAs to open-source PVRs. But what about building desktop Linux clients for popular consumer devices, like say the Slingbox?

By Brad Linder Sling Media has an early Christmas present for Slingbox Classic owners. While users of the new Slingbox Pro, AV, and Tuner boxes have had access to SlingPlayer version 1.4 since the fall, early adopters with an original Slingbox were stuck with version 1.3.

By Brad Linder In a nutshell, he concludes that it's pretty nifty if you're a Windows user, but for now it's Windows only. The software's not quite as polished as Sling Media's, but we've been hearing that for months. But the software's the main reason I'm writing this post, as I haven't seen many screensho...

By Brad Linder The folks at Slingbox seem to be on a mission to launch a major update once a week -- for at least one week. Anyway, hot on the heels of an update to SlingPlayer Mobile, Sling Media has launched a public beta of its updated client for Mac OS X.

By Brad Linder These include an updated SlingPlayer for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.3, SlingPlayer 1.5 for Windows, and an updated version of SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows smartphones that will feature improved performance on Dash/Excalber and Blackjack smartphones.

By Chris Tew Filed under: News, Software, Tips, MythTV, Streaming Here is another great reason to own a MythTV PVR; you can turn it into a Slingbox so you can stream your TV over the internet to any other internet enabled video player such as a laptop, PC, or PMP.

By Chris Tew According to Charlie White of ConsumerElectronicsNet the higher video quality was noticeable using the SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows software on my Motorola Q Smartphone.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

A new Slingbox type service with PMP  UK - Just like the Sony Location Free and the Slingbox this device will hook up to your home internet connection and stream your TV over the net. ...

By Brad Linder Sure, it's great to have a Slingbox if you want to watch live or recorded TV on the go. You can plug it in to your TiVo, cable company PVR or other set top box. You can even plug it into a DVD changer to watch movies from your hotel room while you're on vacation.

 UK - Oct 30, 2006 When Sling Media introduced the Slingbox, it was considered a disruptive technology since it allows you to stream TV and recorded content from your home, for ...

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By Brad Linder This week, we have an interview with Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media. He discusses the features of the three new Slingboxes released this week. We also talk with Dave Zatz, of Zatz Not Funny. He's been beta testing the new Slingbox for the last month, and shares his thoughts.

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By Chris Tew The Slingbox is a device that attaches to your home TV setup and allows you to stream TV shows, direct from your home, over the internet. This in turn allows you to watch regular TV channels on any internet enabled PC and some handheld devices. Unfortunately Mac users have been left out so far.

By JJ Hawkins Engadget via Dave Zatz via TG Daily uncovered documents on the FCC site regarding a slimmer, uglier version of the Slingbox on the horizon. As far as features go, the redesigned unit has audio/vidoe inputs on the side which should accomodate the streaming of recorded content available on...