TIME Magazine Names Slingbox Gadget of the Week

Posted to blog Sling in the News on August 11, 2005 7:32 PM

Wilson Rothman of TIME Magazine talks about his experience with the new Slingbox Personal Broadcaster, and became the very first to compare setting up a Slingbox to building a bird feeder. We only wonder if Bob Villa would agree... Every so often we're dumbfounded by the newest thing to come along: the iPod, the TiVo, even, once upon a time, the VCR and the Walkman. The Slingbox definitely does its part to dumbfound. It's not a DVD player, or a cable box, or a video recorder like TiVo. It's a little manager, shaped like a brick of gold bullion, that takes video sources like cable TV, TiVo and DVD, and sends the signal to your PC. What's crazy is that it doesn't matter if your PC is Read TIME Magazine's Article More »

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Sling Media Announces Build For Windows 2000

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 25, 2005 11:15 AM

Sling Media is always listening to its users, and its users have demanded support for Windows 2000, a popular OS still in use in many corporate network environments. Sling Media has a BETA build of the SlingPlayer software available for Windows 2000 users, which they can find in the SlingPlayer download area of the Sling Media Website. As with all BETA builds, frequent updates become available as bugs and other fixes are made. Stay tuned to SlingCommunity for more updates. More »

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Engadget Interview with Sling Media Founder

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 25, 2005 11:07 AM

Journalist J.D. Lascia goes one-on-one with Sling Media founder Blake Krikorian, asking questions about the Slingbox launch and its future effects on the entertainment industry. Blake also outlines plans for different OS support over the coming months. Click here to read the interview. More »

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Rueters Talks Legal Implications of Slingbox

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 7, 2005 1:28 PM

While the Slingbox is giving more power to the consumer, allowing them to watch their TV shows from anywhere in the world, some believe that place-shifting may soon come under legal fire. Bypassing proximity controls for loacalized content distribution creates headaches for hollywood and other video content providers. Days after the Supreme Court weighed in on digital copyright infringement issues in the MGM v. Grokster case, select consumer electronics chains began stocking a product some predict could spark the entertainment industry's next showdown over intellectual property rights. New to the shelves of Best Buy and CompUSA this month is Slingbox, a brick-sized device that enables viewers to route the live television signal coming into their homes to a portable device anywhere on the globe via broadband connection. Slingbox costs $250 and has no subsequent subscription fee; several stores sold out on the first day. Read Reuter's Article More »

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TechLore Prints Review at SlingCommunity

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 5, 2005 4:39 PM

TechLore.com's Editor, Matt Whitlock, goes in-depth with a shiny new Slingbox Personal Broadcaster. The review is loaded with product images and screenshots! Plus, the review is available to read here at SlingCommunity.com Since the inception of television, every TV watcher has always had one thing in common... they're always sitting on a couch or chair in front of a TV screen. Sure, watching TV on the go is possible if you head to your favorite sports bar, restaurant, or cafe, but even there the TV seeker is bound by what the establishment puts on, whether it's what they want to watch or not. Read the review at TechLore.com Read the review at SlingCommunity.com More »

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CNET doles out a 7.2 for the Slingbox

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 5, 2005 4:23 PM

John P. Falcone of CNET reviewed the Slingbox on June 30th, 2005, and gave it a 7.2 out of 10. Why the demerit? Here's an excerpt from the review, but you'll have to read the whole thing for the full scoop: While the blocky video quality was nothing to write home about--especially when expanded from the small 320x240 window to full-screen--it maintained an impressively smooth frame rate. The video remained smoothest when we were passively watching. When we tried channel-surfing, the video hiccuped and stuttered before reoptimizing, although the actual lag between channel flips was minimal. Read CNET's Full Review More »

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PC Magazine gives Slingbox a "Good" Rating

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 5, 2005 4:07 PM

As the reviews of the Slingbox keep pouring in, the SlingCommunity is your hot-spot to catch them all. This time, PC Magazine's Bill Howard reviews the Slingbox from a PC guy's perspective. Here's a snippet: Sling Media's Slingbox scratches an itch you may not yet have. This technically impressive set-top box compresses and transfers live TV, satellite, or DVR video from your home to a computer anywhere in the world, all without requiring a PC to be up and running at home, and with minimal quality loss. Why, however, would you want to do that, when there's a TV in virtually every hotel room and friend's house around the world? It turns out there are some useful reasons as you dig deeper. But dig you must. Read PC Magazine's Review More »

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LIVEdigitally Talks Slingbox

Posted to blog Sling in the News on July 5, 2005 12:42 PM

The folks over at LIVEdigitally picked up their new Slingbox and have shared their thoughts and opinions. You can even download a 1 MB .wmv file to see the reviewer watch TV from a local coffee shop. Today I picked up the much anticipated Slingbox, from Sling Media. Thanks to a missed Giants game back in 2002, a man by the name of Krikorian decided to write video streaming code that would allow him to watch his TV wherever he was at. His famous quote goes something like: "I'm already paying for my cable at home, why can't I watch it somewhere else?" Read LIVEdigitally's Review More »

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Wall Street Journal Test Drives Slingbox

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 30, 2005 11:42 AM

Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal recently took the Slingbox for a test drive. He talks about his experience watching TV from his porch, and other interesting tidbits about his Slingbox joyride. Today, however, place shifting of TV shows takes a big leap forward. A Silicon Valley start-up company called Sling Media is introducing a $250 gadget it calls a "personal broadcaster." This small device, named the Slingbox, can beam any live TV show coming into your home to an Internet-connected Windows PC anywhere in the world. It also allows you to remotely watch shows you have recorded at home on a TiVo or other digital video recorder. Read the Wall Street Journal's Article More »

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TechLore Team Honors Slingbox as Top CES Pick

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 27, 2005 11:35 AM

Trusted gadget gurus Ron Repking, Steven Jones, and Matt Whitlock all talk about their top picks for the 2005 CES show. While the Slingbox Personal Broadcaster made the cut on all of their lists, TechLore Editor Matt Whitlock calls it #1 at CES. Among the normal fare of bigger, faster, and better was many newer innovative products bound to be a hit among consumers. Sling Media's Slingbox amazed visitors with the concept of place-shifting, allowing access to your home entertainment system from anywhere with a broadband connection. Read TechLore's Article More »

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Slingbox wins CNET Next Big Thing Award

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 27, 2005 11:18 AM

Behemoth online technology reveiwer CNET Networks has granted its prized Next Big Thing award for accessories to none other than the Slingbox Personal Broadcaster. A network add-on from newcomer Sling Media will enable TV fans to view their content wirelessly from any notebook in the home or on the road. The device, called the Slingbox, redirects live TV as well as TV content recorded on PVRs to anywhere a broadband connection is available. A common scenario for using the Slingbox might be to view live TV on a notebook anywhere in a wirelessly connected home. Or you could watch... Read CNET's Article More »

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Laptop Magazine Sings Praise of Slingbox

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 27, 2005 11:12 AM

Among several amazing contenders present at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, Laptop Magazine gave their best of CES award to the Slingbox Personal Broadcaster. You know they're impressed by a product when the first line of the article reads, "Put simply, the Slingbox rocks." Read Laptop Magazine's Article More »

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PC World Picks Slingbox as One of Top Products

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 27, 2005 11:07 AM

Trusted Technology Magazine picks the Slingbox as one of the top products shown at CES. Computer trade shows have gotten smaller over the years, but not CES. The Consumer Electronics Show is bigger than ever. With everything from the biggest (102 inches, anyone?) flat-screen TVs to IPod accessories everywhere you look, CES offers plenty of gadgets for work and play. Here are some of the highlights--and lowlights--that PC World editors found at this year's show. Read PC World's Article More »

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CBS News Mentions Sling in CES Roundup

Posted to blog Sling in the News on June 27, 2005 10:46 AM

Media empire CBS noticed the Slingbox at the CES, and nominated it as one of the new A/V products destined to shake the world. What's interesting is that the also mentioned Orb's product, and judging by the description, the Slingbox is more appealing. Both Orb Networks and SlingMedia displayed devices that will allow you to beam TV, DVDs or other video entertainment from your home to remote devices, anywhere in the world. The $249 SlingBox Personal Broadcaster consists of a box that you connect to a TiVo personal video recorder, satellite receiver, cable box or other video/audio source as well as to the Internet through a broadband connection. Then you can log on to the device from a laptop, a web-enabled personal digital assistant or even a cell phone from anywhere in the world to watch the content directly from your home via the Internet... Read CBS News' Article More »

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