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Slingbox Comes to the Mac

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the slung-like-a-cable-box dept.

Egadfly writes "The Slingbox has arrived for the Mac world. Some long delays during development now seem over. Sling Media has finally released version 1.0 of their software for Mac OSX. This means that, after buying and installing the Slingbox, Mac users can 'sling' their home cable and satellite signals to themselves at the airport, or in a café hotspot, or over their office computers. The article on SlingCommunity.com gives the details of the software's development — from last year's much-discussed beta to today's v1.0. Screenshots show how a standard-looking "TV remote," displayed onscreen, allows the Mac users to change channels or browse Tivo recordings over the Internet, many miles from their living rooms."

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  1. Mac or not, the Slingbox simply rocks! by LibertineR · · Score: 5, Funny
    No more being a slave to whatever is playing in my hotel room. With a fast connection, I can watch and control my own DirecTV from wherever I happen to be. Either on my laptop, or my Treo, I can watch what I want, when I want. Slingbox ought to hire me, because I help sell a few units everytime I connect up waiting at an airport gate. People cant believe I am watching my own DirecTV on my phone.

    Get one, bitches.

    1. Re:Mac or not, the Slingbox simply rocks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Meeting the locals in Cleveland at 2 am? No thanks.

  2. Full circle by jfengel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I then use the iTV to sling it back to my television set?

    Maybe we can get them to sling it back and forth until it opens a wormhole or something.

  3. Re:Isn't this news a little stale? by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slingbox for Mac went 1.0 a few weeks ago I think. I'm not sure why it's just making Slashdot now.
    The original announcement was recorded on Slashdot's tivo, they just got round to watching it now.
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  4. Re:What is it? by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Is it a unique product users will find interesting, that Sling something?

    Some people call it a kaiser box...I call it a sling box. I aim to watch TV with it.

  5. Are you NUTS?! by Crash+Culligan · · Score: 2, Funny

    jfengel: Maybe we can get them to sling it back and forth until it opens a wormhole or something.

    My ghod! Listen to yourself, man! You're trying to make television suck harder than it does now!!

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