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Slingbox Support for Apple TV
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If I am right Cathay Pacific are about to launch an on board internet service.
They already have laptop power in economy
You know, iTunes itself used to have this capability back around version 4.x. It was removed at the behest of the majors, I recal< because people were actually using the feature. There's no reason Apple couldn't re-enable streaming over the internet. Heck, they could even have iTunes check with your device (iPhone) and the Store to see if you're allowed to play the files on your machine.
This would be a killer app.
This would be a killer app.
The non-tuner Slingboxes (along with the tuner one if I'm not mistaken) have an IR interface that allows you to control your cable box, sattelite tuner or DVR and will take the output of that device (much like the tuner would take the antenna/cable signal) and stream it to the net.
That IS what it does. There is an IR interface that literally sits in front of your cable box or whatever you are controlling and when you tell the slingbox you want to change channels, it does.
Not that complex at all.
I know I seem like the only Slingbox Fanboy on the planet right now, but somebody has to back me up on it's greatness. It is truly remarkable.
It has changed the way we can watch TV or anything. NO EXTRA FEE FOR USING IT, NO SUBSCRIPTION NECESSARY (or available). If you just have antenna, you can connect to your local stations (make sure you get the correct model for that). It's great.
I pay nearly $150 a month in cable bills and internet. There is no way I'm going to continue paying every time I want to watch an episode of a show. How many times are you going to watch it?
Ask anybody that owns one?
I'm now at my shotty hotel and I get about 4 stations PLUS my cable back home. THANK YOU SLINGBOX. YOU ARE THE BEST <WINK> <CHEESY SMILE>
I'm sure I'd love it, and I do want one but the budget is a bit tight at the moment as we prepare to lose one income and add to our family. I think it would be worth it alone for the ability to remotely access/program our DirecTiVO (I wish I could get the TiVO to go updates for it). It would also be nice when we're out of town to watch shows on our own time rather than at either of our parents house where there are no DVRs.
That being said I'd love to see the
TV add the inverse support so you could access your Slingbox remotely. Pack up the TV and you could plug it into any TV you're near and watch stuff off your home DVR/Cable wherever you are. And for $300 the TV is a bit cheaper (and much smaller) than building a small multimedia PC to do the same thing.
I will attest to Slingboxs' greatness. That's why in the iPhone forum thread about people's dream iPhone app, I said SLINGPLAYER!
I REALLY thought Apple was going to build this into the aTV. Man that would have been awesome.
I REALLY thought Apple was going to build this into the aTV. Man that would have been awesome.
Another Slingbox fan here. It allows me to watch my favorite major-league baseball team's telecasts live here in Japan (where NHK, the broadcaster that owns the rights to ALL public broadcasts of MLB games, only shows Yankees, Red Sox or Mariners games).
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.
Huh?
I think he means that you can't use the SlingBox to take content from your computer and display it on the TV.
Question for the slingbox owners....
Can this be used with basic cable without a cable box...
I would like to hook one of these up at my grandfathers house so I can watch my beloved colts instead of paying for Sunday ticket every year..
Can this be used with basic cable without a cable box...
I would like to hook one of these up at my grandfathers house so I can watch my beloved colts instead of paying for Sunday ticket every year..
The Japanese may have WiFi for their cell phones, but they are seriously lacking WiFi hotspots for laptop access. I traveled in Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto) recently and it was nearly impossible to find a WiFi connection anywhere. Compare that to, say, Seattle, where every coffee shop has free WiFi access.
And anyway, who wants to surf the internet on their phones? Ugh.
You need to get the tuner version but it could work if you plugged that into any basic cable socket. With the AV boxes (no tuner) you'd be hijacking his TV since the box takes control of the cable box/DVR and the TV would only be able to watch whatever the remote access person was watching. With a tuner box and basic cable you might be able to get around that. Since the Sling box has a tuner you could use an unused cable outlet and watch whatever channel you wanted.
You should really put the money into education then
I didn't even know that meaning of dense, maybe we should do that.
or, maybe not (read the description)
Except that we're not talking about AppleTV (presumably iTV?), we're talking about Slingback. My Rube Goldberg idea is for Slingback to broadcast the TV signal over the net to my computer, which does have a dual-link output.
The best alternative - affordable alternative, that is - is to capture the output of the satellite box over FireWire using my Canpus ADVC 100. That's also Rube Goldberg, of course.
Apple TV to receive as well???
Does this planned Apple TV support mean it will be possible to receive a slingbox stream on my AppleTV as well? Now this would be interesting for me as I live abroad and this would enable me to place a slingbox in my home country and watch the slingbox stream on my TV at home.
Does this planned Apple TV support mean it will be possible to receive a slingbox stream on my AppleTV as well? Now this would be interesting for me as I live abroad and this would enable me to place a slingbox in my home country and watch the slingbox stream on my TV at home.