Sling Media has released an updated version of its SlingPlayer Mobile app for Android. The new version adds an option for higher quality video and also fixes problems affecting Motorola Atrix users and connectivity issues that had affected some T-Mobile users.

SlingPlayer Mobile is an app that lets you stream live or recorded TV from your home theater setup to your mobile phone over a WiFi or mobile broadband connection. In order to use the $30 app, you’ll need to buy Slingbox hardware to connect to your home theater.

The company recently launched updated software for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad as well, adding support for video output using a component cable.

Sling Media has launched updated versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile  apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The new apps add support for video out, which means you can transmit video from your mobile device to a TV over a component cable — assuming you have the correct adapters.

You’ll still need Slingbox set top box to get the most out of the SlingPlayer Mobile app. What the Sling system lets you do is connect a Slingbox to your audio and video components and then stream live TV or recorded shows from your DVR over the internet to the SlingPlayer Mobile app on your iOS device or to a PC or other device with SlingPlayer software.

Now that the SlingPlayer iOS app supports video output, you can use it to do things like record a movie on your home DVR, drive over to your buddy’s house, connect your iPhone to his TV, and watch the movie without burning it to DVD or other physical media first.

In order to use the new video out capability you’ll need an iPad or iPhone 4 (although the latest iPod touch may work as well, since it has the same processor as the iPhone 4).

SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone and iPad is available from the App Store for $29.99.

As expected, Sling Media has launched a version of its popular SlingPlayer app for the iPad. SlingPlayer Mobile lets you stream live or recorded TV shows over the internet to your mobile device. It does this by hooking into a Slingbox or related hardware connected to your home theater system, so you’ll need to purchase a Slingbox and the SlingPlayer app in order to use the service.

Sling already offers iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and BlackBerry apps. A Windows Phone 7 version was also launched recently.

SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPad can stream video from a cable, satellite, or telephone company set top box, as well as digital over the air broadcasts. You can also connect a TiVo, Apple TV, home security camera, or other A/V source. If you’re using a TiVo or other DVR, you can not only watch live programs, but use the SlingPlayer software to watch recorded shows.

The iPad app requires Slingbox SOLO or Slingbox Pro-HD hardware. It doesn’t support the Slingbox Pro, AV, Tuner, or Classic.

SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPad is available from the App Store for $29.99. That may seem pretty steep for an app, but it’s a lot cheaper than paying for yet-another monthly service so you can watch TV on your mobile device.

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Sling Media offers mobile apps that let you stream live TV from your home to a computer or any number of mobile devices including an iPhone, Android device, or BlackBerry. But one mobile app that’s still missing in action? An iPad app. That will soon change though, as Sling Media has started showing off a pre-release build of a SlingPlayer app for the iPad.

Like other SlingPlayer apps, the iPad version works with a Slingbox piece of hardware that you hook up to your home media system. It lets you stream live TV from your cable, broadcast, or satellite setup over the internet, or recorded programs from a DVR. You can pause, play, fast forward and rewind as you go.

The on-screen controls have been adjusted for the iPad’s larger screen.

You can keep track of the iPad app development by signing up at the Slingbox page.

via Gizmodo

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Another mobile operating system, another chance for the folks at Sling Media to give you a way to watch live and recorded TV on your phone. The company, which is owned by EchoStar (the company behind the DISH Network satellite TV service), offers a set top box that you can use to stream video from your home theater setup over the internet. That way you can watch videos stored on your DVR, or even live TV using your cable box… from a computer at your office.

Sling sells mobile apps for Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, Palm OS, Android, and the iPhone. So it’s hardly surprising that the company is working on a version for Windows Phone 7. Still, I guess it’s nice to see it in action… and now you can, because a Sling Media project manager has uploaded a demo video to YouTube. You can check it out after the break.

Video quality looks pretty good, and the on-screen controls are designed to make it easy to do things like change channels on the go, while viewing information about the programs on your device. It takes a few seconds for video to start playing, or to change channels, but the good news is that Sling Media says Windows Phone 7 allows the SlingPlayer Mobile app to stream video at 4 times the resolution of the older Windows Mobile app.

Update: SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Phone 7 is now available for $30 from the Windows Phone Marketplace.

via Engadget

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Ahead of Monsoon Multimedia actually shipping the Vulkano “God Box” later this month, their free iPhone/iPad client has landed in Apple’s app storefront. Vulkano is the successor to Monsoon’s Slingbox-esque HAVA. It allows you to stream live and pre-recorded TV over the internet to a computer or mobile device after plugging a piece of hardware into your home theater setup.  I suspect the new Vulkano Mobile app (v1.2.101) is an enhanced version of HAVA Mobile (v1.1.28) to now support the iPad and iOS4.

While I don’t yet have a Vulkano in my possession, I do have access to a pair of remote units (connected to DISH ViP 211 satellite receivers) for the purposes of testing the iPhone software. Once locked onto a television channel, video quality looked very good… And I enjoyed some arena football from the NFL Network last night, despite a max app resolution of 320×240 (equivalent to Sling’s current solution). However, initial buffering and issuing remote commands seemed quite slow.

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After a somewhat protracted lead-up, SlingPlayer Mobile for Android will enter the Market late tonight. Priced at the same $29.99 as Sling’s other mobile clients (and maybe 1/3rd too much in the current app environment), SlingPlayer Mobile allows you to stream your home television over 3G or WiFi while on the go with the assistance of a Slingbox.

Officially, the Slingbox SOLO, PRO, and PRO-HD are supported… but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that some of the older units also get the job done.

Sling Media believes the new Android client provides their most polished mobile experience yet — with quicker app launching and channel changing, along with a refreshed UI. Check out Engadget’s video coverage of a beta build, shot last month, to see for yourself. While Sling wouldn’t give me the streaming resolution and codec details I was looking for, they did suggest video quality would be comparable to the iPhone client.

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Sling Media offers a two part solution for streaming video from your home to an internet-connected PC or mobile phone. First you buy a Slingbox to stick next to your home A/V components (cable box, TiVo, etc), and then you run the SlingPlayer software on a Mac or Windows PC, or a supported smartphone including Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm, or Symbian device.

A few months ago we learned that an Android version was in the works, and now it looks like Sling Media has launched a limited beta of SlingPlayer Mobile for Android. The closed beta isn’t available to the general public yet, but a beta tester sent a message to Android news site Phandroid the other day — despite the fact that the message specifically said not to share it.

While this could clearly be enough kick this particular tester out of the beta test if he’s discovered, it’s also a good indication that the wait for a full fledged SlingPlayer Mobile client for Android is in the works and hopefully we won’t have to wait too long for a public release.

There’s no word on the final pricing, but SlingPlayer Mobile generally runs about $30 on other platforms.