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Slingbox PRO-HD Freeview Review

, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Sling Media’s Slingbox PRO-HD for the European market has been a long time coming, two years in fact, though the streaming media market has largely left its niche alone in the meantime.  As with the US model, the PRO-HD promises to take your SD and HD video sources – cable TV box, DVR, DVD player or even CCTV hardware – and squirt it over the internet; however, this new version also includes a Freeview tuner to add free-to-air digital TV to that list.  Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Slingbox PRO-HD gets Euro update with Freeview tuner

, Sep 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

It's been two years since Sling Media launched the Slingbox PRO-HD on the North American market, and now they're ready to release their European-centric version.  Out goes the ATSC TV and in comes a Freeview TV tuner, meaning owners can now stream free-to-air digital TV as well as the various SD and HD video inputs.  After the cut, more on the new PRO-HD, Sling's push for in-browser viewing, and we talk to the company's European VP about the future for place-shifting. Read The Full Story

Vulkano place-shifting DVR hits preorder

, Jul 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Monsoon Multimedia are taking preorders for their Vulkano set-top box, which the company reckons can replace not only your TiVo but your Slingbox and Roku too.  Basically a place-shifting streamer with optional DVR functionality and various smartphone clients for remote use over 3G/WiFi, the Vulkano also promises to keep pace with new STBs; the company has said they'll be releasing updates to add Google TV compatibility, among other things. Read The Full Story

SlingPlayer Mobile for Android hands-on [Video]

, May 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sling Media have released a brief demo of their new SlingPlayer Android client, but we fancied a better play and so managed to grab a copy of the beta for ourselves.  Loaded up on a Nexus One, the control process was just as straightforward on the Google phone’s 3.7-inch display as it looks on the EVO 4G’s 4.3-inch screen; picture quality is decent, and while there are a lot of on-screen controls – since they’re basically recreating your full set-top box remote in the mobile client – after a little use it’s all reasonably familiar.  More first impressions – and a demo video – after the cut.

Video demo after the cut

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Android SlingPlayer app coming this Summer [Video]

, Mar 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Having teased us with the promise that they were at least considering the Android platform for their next version of SlingPlayer, the Sling Media team have confirmed to AndroidandMe that the Android client will launch Summer 2010.  Demonstrated running on a Google Nexus One and Motorola DROID, among other devices, the app will allow for remote control and streaming of content from a Slingbox over 3G and WiFi. Read The Full Story

The Connected TV Reality

, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

In March of last year, I canceled my service with DISH Network to embark on a simple experiment. The question was, did I need my television service provider, and the experiment was to see if streaming shows from the Internet could satisfy my television habits. I connected one of my more powerful notebooks as elegantly as possible to my TV via HDMI and the experiment began.

The TV shows they are a-streaming…

In the first few weeks of this experiment, I came to find out that 90% of the TV shows my wife and I watched on a regular basis were available online from either the networks’ websites themselves or from Hulu. What suffered however was live sports and shows for our kids, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing as kids probably get enough TV as it is.

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Sling Player for iPhone getting AT&T 3G streaming

, Feb 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

AT&T's decision to deny iPhone users the ability to stream their Sling content over 3G soured the launch of the app last year, but it seems the carrier has now relented.  According to the press release, AT&T have been testing a freshly "optimized" version of the Sling Player for iPhone software, which it obviously believes won't drag its 3G network to its knees. Read The Full Story

Sling Receiver 300 and Slingbox 700U add placeshifting to EchoStar and DISH Network

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Slightly less eye-catching than a touchscreen remote and a portable HDTV with integrated WiFi, Sling Media's two remaining products could be no less useful if your cable or satellite provider does the decent thing and decides to offer them.  The Sling Receiver 300 is a slip of a box designed to hook up wirelessly to EchoStar's SlingLoaded 922 HD DVR and funnel 1080i content to a distant HDTV, similar in principle to the Sling Monitor 150 only without the integrated display.  Meanwhile the Slingbox 700U hopes to add place-shifting functionality to existing internet-connected DVRs. Read The Full Story

Sling Monitor 150 WiFi HDTV scores DISH Network partnership

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sling Media have updated their Sling Monitor prototype and reworked the 15.6-inch 720p HDTV for DISH Network.  Set to launch as the Sling Monitor 150, the lightweight display has an integrated dual-band WiFi 802.11n radio with internal MIMO antenna, and can receive streaming HD content from a nearby DISH Network DVR. Read The Full Story

Sling Touch Control 100 universal remote gets WiFi

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sling promised touchscreen delights and more at CES 2010 and sure enough they've delivered.  The company has unveiled a new remote, the Sling Touch Control 100, with a 4.3-inch 272 x 480 capacitive touchscreen and integrated WiFi, allowing for straightforward schedule browsing as well as universal control via IR of whatever might be lurking in your AV rack. Read The Full Story

New Sling products at CES 2010

, Dec 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

In the past year Sling has released very few updates and even fewer new products. To be exact, just one, an iPhone client which was subsequently neutered by Apple and AT&T. Now the company is promising a new, slimmer range of Slingboxes, together with touchscreens and WiFi TV at CES 2010. Read The Full Story

SlingPlayer for webOS and Android incoming?

, Oct 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Sling Media's upcoming smartphone plans have been tipped courtesy of a new job listing from the company.  The role - Senior Mobile User Interface Designer - calls for someone with experience of (or interest in gaining knowledge in) UI designs for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and Palm webOS. Read The Full Story
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