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- SLINGPLAYER FOR WEB FAVORITES UPDATE
- SLINGPLAYER FOR WEB FAVORITES PRO
- SLINGPLAYER FOR WEB FAVORITES TV
So whatever you do will be seen by the people in your home if that TV happens to be on. When you use a SlingPlayer to watch your TV/DVR remotely, you are physically controlling that DVR in real-time. Why not connect it to one of the TiVo HDs? There’s a reason that I have it connected to the Comcast box instead of my favorite DVRs.
SLINGPLAYER FOR WEB FAVORITES PRO
This is the DVR that I have my SlingBox Pro connected to. I have Comcast cable and I do have one Comcast (Motorola) DVR. Plug in your headphones, fire up the SlingPlayer Mobile App and using the on screen remote control interface you can change channels, switch sources and watch recorded shows from your DVR. It’s great to have this ability when you find yourself with some down time or sitting in a waiting room somewhere. The SlingPlayer Mobile app promises to give you that same capability on your iPhone or iPod touch. I LOVE the ability to watch recorded shows from my DVR anywhere I happen to be as long as I have my laptop and internet connection. The idea of the SlingPlayer and SlingPlayer Mobile app is that you can watch your TV (DVR, DVD player, Apple TV, basically any video source you have connected to the Slingbox) on the go. Now that we’ve gotten past all of the politics (well not quite, but let’s put that on hold for a sec) and what a Slingbox/Player is, let me concentrate on the app itself. – How well does the SlingPlayer Mobile App for iPhone work? To save time, if you have no idea what a SlingPlayer is and why you’d want one, go read my review of the Slingbox Pro here. – It’s finally here! SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone So it was no surprise to me that when the SlingPlayer Mobile App finally got released this week that the ability to stream video over 3G networks was removed.
SLINGPLAYER FOR WEB FAVORITES UPDATE
Even though they later came back and said that the update was released in error, the writing was on the wall.
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The SlingPlayer certainly would violate this policy. AT&T has recently been reemphasizing their polices on streaming data and bandwidth to wireless devices. I had a suspicion that the problem was not with Apple, but with AT&T. Another week went by and I had pretty much assumed that this thing would never see the light of day. When two weeks went by, I knew that there was trouble in paradise. The approval process takes about a week on average. Back in late March, the news broke that SlingPlayer Mobile app had been submitted to the App Store for approval. So there’s always a chance that the app could be rejected. Unlike most other mobile device platforms, Apple has to approve every app submitted for the App Store. They said, “well we’re just about ready to begin the submission process to Apple.” That’s when it dawned upon me that even though this app was being developed, that doesn’t mean that it will actually make its way into the hands of users. I started getting really excited until I heard those words. The app was beautiful with a nice translucent display for onscreen buttons. I actually got to play with an early Alpha fo the SlingPlayer Mobile app back in January at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Then I thought my dream might actually come true. After all Sling Media had produced mobile versions of their player for other mobile platforms and the iPhone seemed like a natural for this kind of app. When the iPhone 2.0 update came out last year and the iPhone was open to 3rd party app development, one of the main apps on my wishlist way back then was a SlingPlayer Mobile app.