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SlingPlayer 2.0 released today
Normally to watch your cable or satellite box you have to be there, in front of your TV. With a SlingBox you can shift your viewing to any PC after downloading the SlingPlayer and entering your administrator password. A SlingBox can range in price from $129.99 to $229.99.
Today the SlingPlayer for Windows 2.0 was released with some nice updated features. First, and my favorite, a new program guide. Simply click view, choose show program guide and you no longer have to remember what channels are your favorites from memory. You can scroll through the program guide, just like on your home TV. This makes things much nicer to use in my opinion. You can finally find movies with just a click of the mouse.
Another new feature is the live buffering feature which works like a DVR or Tivo in the sense that you can pause, rewind and record up to 60 minutes of TV. Great for when you need a break to go to the kitchen or also if you are getting a crappy signal for some reason you could record a large protion before playing it so things wil run more smoothly.
The third major new feature is the use of Sling Accounts. Basically if you have a SlingBox and you set up an account you can then use your SlingBox on any computer with SlingPlayer. I can see how this could be useful when I visit some of my relatives who don't have cable TV.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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andyg8180 said 1:25PM on 8-07-2008
I'm curious if anyone's hooked this up to an iphone or their mobile phones with internet access yet...
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Jash Sayani said 1:35PM on 8-07-2008
Waiting for SlingPlayer for iPhone 2.0
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superrrguy said 2:33PM on 8-07-2008
A nice improvment over all.
ATI All-In-Wonder had a nice feature to make the window on top, transparent, and click through so you could work while watching tv.
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Alexander said 4:51PM on 8-07-2008
I bought SlingBox 1.0, but I didn't realize it didn't work on Mac. Does this work on Mac now?
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Josh said 5:09PM on 8-07-2008
Slingbox does work on the mac, this new version of the player however is only for PC right now.
Christina Clark said 4:57PM on 8-07-2008
Not yet but they say that is one of the things coming next.
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