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Slingcatcher: The Ultimate HD Streamer/File Player
Not only can you use this to play back streamed HD content from the Slingbox Pro HD on your HDTV, the Slingcatcher acts as a file dump for tons of file formats as well (DivX, XviD). The third and most innovative feature of the Slingcatcher is its ability to take video from your PC (either a portion of a screen or a specific window) and stream that to the Slingcatcher. It lets you watch YouTube video, ABC HD video, or anything you can play back on your computer—but on your living room HDTV.
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Sling Media to Show Ads Over Slingplayer?
Based on the information contained in a Sling Media patent, it may be possible for the company to send you ads over their popular Slingbox media players. Specifically, it would be possible to send ads to the user's computer, display ads in fromt or behind the media stream, ads may be sent through a phone call, fax, traditional mail, or displayed through a text ticker at the bottom of the program content —among other methods. More »
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Almost a year after catching wind of the SlingCatcher, The Tomo Report claims to have laid its on hands on pictures of the final packaging, which happens to splay the device's specs. According to the box, it'll require an HDTV, along with a USB 2.0 HDD or memory stick if you want to use SlingSync. It supports a ridiculous number of formats: WMV, MPEG- 2, MPEG-4, H.264 and Xvid for video, and MP2, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3 and PCM for audio, plus a number of containers. Naturally, the close-up showing the specs is blurry, the first sign of a fake, so take this with some Morton table salt. Peep the other two shots post-jump.
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Leaked SlingCatcher Packaging Shots Reveal Specs?
Almost a year after catching wind of the SlingCatcher, The Tomo Report claims to have laid its on hands on pictures of the final packaging, which happens to splay the device's specs. According to the box, it'll require an HDTV, along with a USB 2.0 HDD or memory stick if you want to use SlingSync. It supports a ridiculous number of formats: WMV, MPEG- 2, MPEG-4, H.264 and Xvid for video, and MP2, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3 and PCM for audio, plus a number of containers. Naturally, the close-up showing the specs is blurry, the first sign of a fake, so take this with some Morton table salt. Peep the other two shots post-jump.More »
location shifting
Sling Media Preparing SlingPlayer for Blackberry OS
Sling Media spreads location-shifting love far and wide, and now we're hearing that the company is further sowing the seeds of TV everywhere by preparing SlingPlayer Mobile for the Blackberry. On the heels of the company's announcement that it will be supporting Symbian S60 software, and after supporting Windows Mobile for over a year now, this comes as a welcome surprise to Blackberry aficionados. As long as there's an Internet connection, now 'Berry users can watch their home TVs from anywhere. More »
1:00 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By Charlie White
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Latest by TonyRockyHorror: what they need to be doing is workign directly with Apple to get the SlingPlayer on the iPhone. or just do it themselves and have it work with App Tapp installer. if either of those things come to fruition, i'll buy a more »
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Sling Media rolled out Slingbox Solo, a set-top box that lets you watch a home-bound HD source from anywhere in the world on a PC, Mac, Palm OS or Symbian mobile device. It's called "Solo" because it controls just one set-top box, instead of the four of its more-expensive Slingbox Pro brandmate.
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Slingbox Solo Hands On: Slinging a Single HD Source Wherever You Are
Sling Media rolled out Slingbox Solo, a set-top box that lets you watch a home-bound HD source from anywhere in the world on a PC, Mac, Palm OS or Symbian mobile device. It's called "Solo" because it controls just one set-top box, instead of the four of its more-expensive Slingbox Pro brandmate. More »
9:00 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Charlie White
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Latest by Trackback: After working 13 days on the road, followed by 48 hours of R&R (Halo 3-style), I’m ready to get back to some blogging. more »
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We knew it was just a matter of time before the HSDPA-enabled Nokia N95 would score itself a Series60 friendly Sling Player, and lo, here it is. As you can see in the gallery, you initially access commands through menus, but the trick is to set your favorite commands along with your favorite channels. In case you were wondering, you can't use the transport keys for the N95 video player. One of these days, that would be nice. But as hand model Dave Zatz was showing us, you can do some quick maneuvers using keypad hot keys. Stay tuned for our detailed review. [Sling Media]
Sling Player Now Available on Nokia N95
We knew it was just a matter of time before the HSDPA-enabled Nokia N95 would score itself a Series60 friendly Sling Player, and lo, here it is. As you can see in the gallery, you initially access commands through menus, but the trick is to set your favorite commands along with your favorite channels. In case you were wondering, you can't use the transport keys for the N95 video player. One of these days, that would be nice. But as hand model Dave Zatz was showing us, you can do some quick maneuvers using keypad hot keys. Stay tuned for our detailed review. [Sling Media]
8:22 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by n/a: Awesome news. I really want the new US N95 (not sure whether or not to get the 3g one or the black 8gb one). I have a sling player I've been meaning to hook back up and now this is more »
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Sling Media to be Acquired by EchoStar for $380 Million
Sling Media, the company that brought you the Slingbox and SlingPlayer software, has been bought by EchoStar. The corporation, which owns the DISH pay-TV network, has valued Sling Media at $380 million, and the sale should take place before the end of the year. Full press release is below. More »
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SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian S60 Looking for Guinea Pigs
Sling Media's now taking applications for beta testers for SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian S60 phones—Nokia models N75, N95, and E65, specifically. The beta's US only and will run for four weeks, and you'll be expected to keep your lips sealed about confidential information (that'll happen). Oh, and obviously, "Unlimited data plan is a MUST." If you're on AT&T, that should make for a fun itemized bunker buster at the end of the month. [Beta Signup via GigaOM]
4:29 PM on Sun Aug 12 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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NHL Teams Up With Sling for Clippy Action
Unlike those Luddite crybabies over at the MLB, the NHL is embracing technology and partnering up with Sling. And they're giving it the go-ahead for NHL content to be used with Sling's upcoming Clip+Sling service.
Unlike those Luddite crybabies over at the MLB, the NHL is embracing technology and partnering up with Sling. And they're giving it the go-ahead for NHL content to be used with Sling's upcoming Clip+Sling service.
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MLB Calls Foul on Slingbox Placeshifting, Pitches the "L" Word
For being "America's favorite pastime," the MLB is apparently populated by a bunch of whiners. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Esq., the league's legal vultures have begun circling around Slingbox because of its ability to placeshift games. More »
sling away
I took a long look at the beta for Slingplayer with Apple TV compatibility inside. And I liked what I saw. So I installed it on all the other Macs in the house. Only to find out that the beta expires tomorrow and that version 1.0 is out today. Go download it if you're a Slinghead. And btw, the Apple TV support is a Mac exclusive now.
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Slingbox Mac Client v1.0: Free Here and Now to Sling Some Apple TV
I took a long look at the beta for Slingplayer with Apple TV compatibility inside. And I liked what I saw. So I installed it on all the other Macs in the house. Only to find out that the beta expires tomorrow and that version 1.0 is out today. Go download it if you're a Slinghead. And btw, the Apple TV support is a Mac exclusive now.
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My Apple TV Over Slingbox Hands On
Sling's Slingplayer Mac beta moves to version 1.0.2.190, which gives it the Apple TV support I was waiting for. Yay! Aside from wanting to click on the Apple TV's UI instead of the Slingbox's virtual remote, it works fine over the LAN (video after the jump). The simplified Apple remote is easy to navigate over Slingplayer. More »
11:05 AM on Mon Apr 30 2007
By Brian Lam
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Dealzmodo: $50 Off Slingbox Pro
Amazon.com is offering $50 of instant savings on the Slingbox Pro. The video-slinging device normally carries a $250 price tag, but you can get it with free shipping for $200 over at the 'Zon. More »
11:45 AM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Travis Hudson
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home entertainment
Slinglink Turbo: Merely a Powerline Networking Adapter
Amazon leaked an unrevealed piece of Sling gear yesterday. The next day you'll be assaulted with words from blogs claiming the Slinglink Turbo is a revolutionary piece of gadgetry. More »
home entertainment
Sling Introduces Clip Sharing Technology with Clip+Sling
Now all of you Slingers can be just like the Tivo'ing YouTubers that you are so jealous of. Sling Media has introduced Clip+Sling. It is a simple application that that allows Slingbox users to share short segments of television. Clip+Sling is a simple process used via the SlingPlayer software. You can even share clips with non-Sling users with this software. The CBS television network has also shown interest in the technology and will be working with Sling on this service. It is currently in beta testing, but expect it to be available in the second quarter of 2007. More details to come as we get them. Sling Media will be demoing Cilp+Sling at their booth tomorrow and we will be all over it.
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First Look: Slingbox Pro HD Connect
The Sling Media Slingbox Pro ($250, look for discounts) place-shifting video device has been available for more than a month now, but it's been only recently that its optional $50 HD Connect adapter was released. HD Connect exploits one of the best new features of the Slingbox Pro, its ability to place-shift video from HDTV sources. Now you can kinda/sorta watch HDTV from home while you're out on the road, using a laptop or smartphone, via the Internet. More »
12:29 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Charlie White
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Latest by Kelric: Not totally worthless. My cable box will output to both the component and s-video ports, but the menus only output via the component port when I have it set to 1080i. If I set the box to 480i more »
