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Thursday, Oct 9
The Office: Business Ethics
Filed under: OpEd, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S05E02) Before we start tonight's review, I'd like to take a moment to worship at the Sling Media altar. Yet again, the makers of the Slingbox have made it possible for me to review The Office in a timely fashion despite the fact...
Thursday, Jul 3
Deal of the day: Slingbox AV for $70
The Slingbox AV is one of the cheapest models available. You can only plug in one audio/video device at a time using the S-Video or composite inputs. This box also does not support HD video. If you're looking for HD, you either need an adaptor or the Slingbox Solo. If you want multiple inputs and/...
Friday, Jan 11
HAVASoft: Slingbox competition becomes Orb competition
Filed under: PVR Wire, SoftwareMonsoon Multimedia, makers of the Hava line of place-shifting set top boxes are taking a break from trying to one-up the Slingbox and trying to take on another big name in the placeshifting world: Orb. The difference is Orb gives away its product for free, wh...
Monday, Jan 7
Monsoon Multimedia answers Slingbox Pro-HD with Hava Wireless HD
But while you can use SlingPlayer software to watch streaming video on devices including Mac and Windows computers, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones, you'll need a Windows PC or Windows Mobile device to watch your streaming Hava content.
Wednesday, Nov 7
What's in store for Elgato EyeTV 3? - VIDEO
But one thing I hadn't realized about EyeTV is that the electronic program guide is practically non-existent. Without a doubt, EyeTV is the most popular PVR application for the Mac. But it's missing a feature that's found in pretty much every Windows, Linux, or set top box-based PVR: the ab...
Thursday, Sep 27
Coming soon(ish): stream live TV to your BlackBerry
SlingPlayer Mobile lets anyone with a Slingbox hooked up to their cable/satellite/TiVo/other set-top box stream TV from their home over the internet to a mobile device. We're going to go out on a limb and say that SlingPlayer for BlackBerry is going to run you $30, which is the going rate fo...
Monday, Sep 24
EchoStar buys Sling Media for $380 million
Filed under: PVR Wire, Cable/Satellite EchoStar Communications, the company behind the Dish Network satellite service has agreed to buy Sling Media for $380 million. Sling Media is the maker of the popular Slingbox place-shifting device.
Thursday, Sep 6
Now's the time to get a Slingbox, folks with no cable
Filed under: OpEd, PVR Wire, Cable/Satellite, HardwareLiving without cable can be a real hassle... especially when one's job depends on it. "TV blogger" kind of implies the need for TV. I recently moved into an apartment where there is absolutely no option for cable television and had no choi...
Thursday, Jul 26
Slingbox updates
The nice thing about HP's SlingPlayer integration is that the application has been added to HP's QuickPlay software, meaning you can load up the SlingPlayer to watch streaming television without fully booting up your PC. via TiVo Lovers and Dave Zatz]
Saturday, Jul 21
Sony to market LocationFree TV under VAIO name
Sony's LocationFree boxes, which let you stream content from your TV, PVR, DVD player or other A/V components to any internet-connected PC, Windows Mobile device, or Playstation Portable. But in recent years, Sony's LocationFree line has been operating in the shadow of the more popula...
Monday, Feb 26
Use Slingbox to capture clips from your PVR
Sling Media is beta testing a new feature called Clip+Sling, which will let you record on your PC or mobile device a short video clip of whatever you're using your Slingbox to watch. Then you can share that clip with your friends, ...
Tuesday, Nov 14
Sling Media's Slingbox AV -- the TV Squad review
Forward ahead to today, where Sling Media now has an updated line of Slingboxen in their arsenal. Along with the Slingbox AV and Slingbox TUNER, they've now got an HD-capable unit available, the Slingbox PRO. And gone are the days of strange etchings across their tops.
