SlingPlayer for Mac OS X 1.0.6 Released
Friday, 3rd October, 2008
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Earlier today, Sling Media put up a new version of SlingPlayer for Mac OS X for download, and while it’s not the major 2.0 overhaul that users are waiting to sink their teeth in to, it does offer a few worthwhile improvements over the previous version. The most important of these enhancements impacts new PRO-HD owners. Some users have reported problems setting up the brand new Slingbox PRO-HD with SlingPlayer for Mac OS X. Today’s update should fix any issues during the set up process, but Mac users will still need to hold out for 2.0 to get HD streaming and the other 2.0 features. Other Release Highlights: Improved video quality Online Slingbox registration added; plus users can store their Slingbox ID online for easy access Improved Slingbox Setup Assistant: New setup and configuration screens are streamlined and easier to use Users can rapidly cycle between Fullscreen (4:3), Widescreen (16:9), Letterbox, Windowbox, Pillarbox modes Show / Hide player controls with one-click toggle Download SlingPlayer for Mac OS X 1.0.6 from Sling Media
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Sling Media today announced its next generation Slingbox™ PRO-HD is now available for purchase from www.slingmedia.com and leading online and brick and mortar retailers nationwide for 9.99. Sling Media is also pleased to announce the Slingbox PRO-HD will be available at leading Canadian retailers for 9.99 in the coming weeks. The Slingbox PRO-HD is capable of streaming HD content from a home television source, including over the air HD digital signals (ATSC), digital cable channels (Clear QAM), HDTV cable set-top boxes, HDTV satellite receivers, or HD DVR’s, to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house. Additionally, customers who have a high speed broadband connection that features upload speeds of 1.5 Megabits per second or higher, Slingbox PRO-HD can even stream HD TV signals outside the home to just about anywhere you can receive a high-speed network connection. “With Slingbox PRO-HD, our customers will have the ability to place-shift their HD programming to a laptop or desktop computer both in and around the home or remotely while preserving the best possible picture quality,” said Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media. “Slingbox PRO-HD marks a giant leap forward in hardware and software development from Sling Media including…
Looking to try the latest and greatest SlingPlayer software but are scared off by the word "beta." Fear not… SlingPlayer for Windows 2.0 has gone legit in the US, and is waiting for you at Sling Media’s download site. It’s been only six weeks since the public beta was first made available, showing that Sling Media has made tremendous strides getting their next gen player ready for prime-time. With the Slingbox PRO HD ready to hit shelves any day now, the pieces to Sling Media’s puzzle are starting to fall into place. Miss out on the beta? Don’t know what SlingPlayer 2.0 is all about? Check out some of the new features that await you. SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows Key Features See what’s on with the Guide - The SlingPlayer Guide helps you find what’s on and get there fast. Control live TV with the Live Video Buffer - Now you can pause, rewind or fast-forward up to 60 minutes of video. Find your Slingbox with Sling Accounts - Access your program line up and Slingbox information quickly and easily. Control your TV with the SlingRemote - It looks and behaves just like your real remote, right on your computer…
In today’s hub-bub surrounding T-Mobile’s launch of the first phone running Google’s new Android operating system, many questions reagarding its look, feel, and features have been answered… all but whether or not Sling Media is looking to bring it’s flavor of TV anywhere to the budding OS. Leave it to our old friend Dave Zatz to ask the tough questions, which is probably all the better since he’s got lots of friends there. According to an e-mail response from the company, Sling has Android on their radar, but isn’t expecting Slingbox support this year in leiu of "higher priorities."Want to know what those are? Hit up the read link below and pay ZatzNotFunny a visit. Read the full story at ZatzNotFunny
It’s been a long wait since the "TR-40" Digital to analog converter first appeared at Sling Media’s booth at CES. But, the light at the end of the tunnel is that after a physical design overhaul and a complete identity change , our new "DTVPal" (as in friend, not Europe’s PAL TV system) should be available in about a week. As always, those who’ve gotten their mittens on them early are already posting reviews and pictures around the web. For a thorough look at DTV Pal and tons of pics hit up the full scoop from the boys over at SatelliteGuys.US . On the video front, our long time friend (and former go-to guy at Sling) Dave Zatz has hands-on videos galore of the DTVPal. Check out the unboxing now… … then head over to ZatzNotFunny for parts 1 through 4 of this full look at DTVPal. [Thanks to Malouff for the tip!]
With a mobile screen so large and pretty, it was only a matter of time. Over the weekend our good friends at Sling Media showed off SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone and iPod Touch in the form of a pre-alpha proof-of-concept software demonstration. According to our friends at Engadget , Sling hasn’t yet been accepted into Apple’s developer program , making what’s been seen so far as an under-the-radar app for jailbroken devices. Don’t get your hopes up though… it won’t get released until Sling can do so legitimately. Could we see SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone and iPod Touch before the end of 2008?
Sling Media today unveiled SlingPlayer for Windows 2.0 Public Beta, a preview of the next generation SlingPlayer software for desktop PCs.
