Sling Media has released a new tablet-friendly version of their Android app which allows Slingbox owners to stream live or recorded TV over the internet. Like the smartphone app, the new version of SlingPlayer for tablets costs $29.99, which makes it rather expensive for an Android app… but rather cheap for a portable TV.

The new app works on tablets running Android 3.0 and up and has a new user interface designed for high resolution displays.

You can access a program guide, adjust screen aspect ratios, or access other settings from the app. You can also pull up an on-screen remote control that should look like the remote for the cable box, DVR, or other home theater device you’re accessing over the internet.

You’ll need a Slingbox SOLO or SLingbox Pro-HD in order to use the new app. You’ll also want a speedy internet connection to stream video.

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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.

Late last night, an updated SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone was released to the App Store. And the refreshed placeshifting software inherits two notable features from its iPad big brother… the new program guide and, much more significantly, higher resolution streaming — I’m thinking in the neighborhood of 640×480 and utilizing H.264 encoding. Which is why only the newer, more capable Slingbox SOLO and PRO-HD units can provide it.

In order to take advantage of the high quality streaming, you’ll need at least 800kbps of bandwidth from the Slingbox by your home theater setup to your phone over a WiFi connection, and 500kbps over a 3G connection.

SlingPlayer Mobile 2.0 is available for Slingbox Classic, Tuner, AV, and Pro users, but they won’t be able to access the HQ video modes.

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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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DISH network has launched an Android app that lets users stream live TV from their home to a phone. Users can also manager their DVR, search the program guide, or use their phones as remote controls for their set-top boxes.

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The app makes use of technology from Sling Media, which is owned by DISH Network. That means you’ll need to have the proper hardware in your home theater setup to use the DISH Remote Access app. It requires a ViP 922 Slingloaded DVR, a ViP 722 set top box, or a ViP722k DVR with the Sling Adapter accessory.

Overall the app looks a lot like the SlingPlayer Mobile app for Android. Both apps have the same video interface with the same on-screen buttons. The program guide for the DISH app could certainly be more attractive though.

The good news is that while the full SlingPlayer Mobile app for Android costs $29.99, DISH Remote Access is available as a free download from the Android Market.

via Android Community

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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