|
|
#1 | |
|
Slingbox Support for Apple TV
![]() CNet's Gadget blog had previously reported that Sling Media was working to get their SlingBox working with the Apple TV. A Sling Media employee confirms that this was accurate: Quote:
This functionality would allow you to have your entire iTunes library available to you on your internet enabled phone (iPhone or not) without directly syncing your entire library to your phone. |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#2 |
|
nice, so is this something for Mac and PC?
__________________
13 inch MacBook Pro, mid 2010 |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#3 |
|
All sounds pretty cool, but at the moment i think a little too expensive to stream(?) the music to your mobile phone.
Last edited by Doctor Q; Apr 11, 2007 at 07:23 PM. Reason: no need to quote first post |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#4 |
|
They say the Japanese are 10 years ahead of us here in Europe... And they have WiFi everywhere in their streets... so one would hope that eventually mobile data rates will come down... all I know is that I've been sucked dry for wanting to have a little mobile internet for the past coupla years!
I think I read somewhere that Mac software had just come out for slingbox that was identical to the pc version...! |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#5 | |
|
Quote:
|
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#6 |
|
this is practically made for people on three UK's X-series
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#7 |
|
one word: convergence
__________________
They say that if you play a Microsoft CD in backwards it plays Satanic music....That's nothing. If you play it forward it installs Windows!!! |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Don't know if anyone saw this thread a couple of days ago, but figured it would be worth putting it out there in light of this article. Question to those who are thinking of getting a SlingCatcher.
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#9 |
|
safe to say Korea has passed Japan as the tech mecca of the world...
the problem with US having low tech all over the place has little to do with the actual advancement in technology...it's just that there are so many organizations trying to stop us from doing anything significant, such as "nooo~ mobile phone antenna is bad for our health!", "nooo~ wi-fi on the street will increase traffic accidents!" "nooo~ we need to keep things as is to sustain nostalgic value!" until that changes, we will be in awe with Razr while Koreans and Japanese will laugh at Americans while watching TV on their cells. |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#10 | |
|
Quote:
__________________
13 inch MacBook Pro, mid 2010 |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#11 | |
|
US and Wifi
Quote:
|
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#12 | |
|
Quote:
i can see your point. however, Korea's tech advancement is mainly concentrated in Seoul, the capital and the biggest city of Korea. if you compare Seoul to, let's say, New York, the difference is pretty large. Also, Seoul is much bigger than New York sizewise. |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#13 | |
|
Quote:
I work for a company which maintains and supports the 3UK network and I thought the sling stuff was pretty good when I had a play a few months ago. |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#14 | |
|
Quote:
__________________
albertfallickwang.artcat.com late 2006 iMac 17" (Intel Core Duo 2) with 4 GB and 4 TB internal hard drive; Mac OS X 10.6, iPhone 3GS on T-Mobile + a few Android phones (HTC Amaze, etc.) |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#15 | |
|
Quote:
TV to control a Sling Box to distribute a DVR to other rooms in your house. TV is cheap enough to be tempting if all you're trying to do is build a small multi-media PC to get DVR functionality into a room that does not currently have it. Combined with a Sling Box you can now use the living room TIVO as the DVR and the TV to access it in another room.I know this ties up the TIVO to be watching what is being accessed remotely but for instances where only one person is watching but needs to be in a different room it opens up possibilities.
__________________
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." - Paul Erdös Every little bit helps, put your spare CPU cycles to good use, join the MacRumors Folding@Home team! Get the widget |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#16 |
|
This will work with any
TV, regardless of whether a Mac or a PC is serving up content to it. All this is saying is that Sling is going to be able to take a video and audio feed from TV and then send IR control signals back to it via its IR blaster. This is exactly what Sling does today with other set top boxes. The only real TV news here is that they will be adding the IR codes for the TV (which you'd expect them to be doing for most new TV interface devices.It's a nice to have but it's not any great integration or unusual commitment to Apple on their part.
__________________
Howmanoid Mostly humanoid partly Numanoid Http://www.noonedriving.com For more Apple stuff 4 core 2.66GHz Mac Pro, 2GB, 3TB RAID, 30" Cine |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#18 |
|
I was confused about this story at first. As it seems others are.
This isn't a Slingplayer client for the aTV. This is only a remote and IR codes for current Slingplayer clients. Not surprising, and not very newsworthy IMO.
__________________
Why waste your time posting how much you hate Apple products? |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#19 |
|
|
0
|
|
|
#20 | |
|
Quote:
__________________
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#21 |
|
Using Slingbox as I type...
I am at the airport right now using my slingbox w/ my macbook pro and a connection with my Bluetooth enabled A900 (not EVDO rev. A). I cannot wait until they add the APPLE TV remote. It will be exactly what we (I) need.
Unfortunately, I don't see the iPHONE being able to use slingbox anytime soon (this is very sad). I would see them sooner try to develope their own iSLING or add a function to their APPLE TV. I have seen Slingbox work on a MacBook Pro (intel), my office DELL, a treo running Windows or Palm OS and on a PPC-6700 (looks and sounds amazing). There are two types of people in the world. People that OWN a Slingbox and people that WANT a Slingbox. Here's a screenshot from the airport today. Now if we could just get internet in the air. Hmmmm...
__________________
8Mhz Mac Classic, 933Mhz PowerMac G4 Quicksilver, 2.33Ghz Macbook Pro, 2 x 2.8 Quad Core Mac Pro, Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh, Slingbox Pro, AppleTV, 32GB iPhone 4, 64GB iPad 3G |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#22 |
|
A couple of things.
First, what Slingbox does is stream whatever it's fed onto the internet, from where you can access it with their player software. They also have control software, although I'm confused how that would work if you're not using their tuner (i.e. if your tuner is in a satellite or cable box). But it's also worth mentioning that we have high speed broadband access in the US right now. It's called EV-DO, also known as 3G, and Verizon and Sprint offer it. There's also slower internet access, offered by Cingular and others, called EDGE. That's the one the iPhone will use, of course, and it's the one that's used in Europe (on the edge of the GSM cell phone band they use; EV-DO is on the edge of the CDMA band we also have in the US). So you don't need Wi-Fi for this. Next, from what I can see, Slingbox' player software doesn't work on Mac OS X or Palm OS. But maybe I'm wrong about that. Hopefully so. What I wonder is whether this is a good solution for watching TV on a 30" Cinema display, which only has dual-link DVI input. I've been looking for a solution for that. |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#23 |
|
Well, the AppleTV doesn't have dual-link output, so you'll be looking for quite a long time.
__________________
Macs: MBP (2009) 2.66 OS X 10.6.4 iMac 3.06, G5 Dual 2.7, MythTV, G4 Cube I am not your lawyer; any discussion is purely academic and not legal advice. |
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
#24 | |
|
Does anyone know what's up with the SlingCatcher in terms of availability and whether or not it will be able to stream anything from my laptop to the tv, i.e., the ability to show a word doc or web page I am on, or will it only send the same kind of digital media, i.e., music, movies, etc. as apple tv? The reason I am asking is earlier in a press release sling media had made it sound like it could send anything, now it sounds like it can only do apple tv type.
Quote:
Last edited by Doctor Q; Apr 11, 2007 at 07:25 PM. Reason: post merge |
||
|
|
0
|
|
|
#25 |
|
forget this company what a pain in the butt. I just got off the phone with support and they are completely changing the slingcatcher to the way I was hoping it would not go as described above.
![]() looks like it is back to the old hook the mac mini up to my tv plan. |
|
|
|
0
|
![]() |
|
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Apple TV 2 TV Show Sorting | TheCheapGeek | Apple TV and Home Theater | 40 | Nov 21, 2012 02:47 AM |
| Apple TV in Classroom for Keynotes? | WoodrowCall | Apple TV and Home Theater | 2 | Aug 1, 2011 08:05 PM |
| Is there likely to be a NEWER apple TV coming for 2011?? | cootersgarage6 | Apple TV and Home Theater | 8 | Dec 22, 2010 09:39 AM |
| What happened to Sling Media support for Apple TV? | jmpage2 | Apple TV and Home Theater | 8 | Jan 15, 2009 03:30 PM |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:32 PM.












TV to control a Sling Box to distribute a DVR to other rooms in your house.

Linear Mode

