Filed under: Internet, Video, Windows, Web
Sling.com online video portal is open to the (US) public
by Brad Linder Nov 26th 2008 at 11:00AM
If you don't have a Slingbox, right now Sling.com is just another online video site that has an assortment of TV shows and movies from Fox, NBC, CBS, Sony, MGM, and web content providers like College Humor. Honestly, you can find most, but not all of the same content at Hulu.
Sling does plan to upgade its software so that Mac using Slingbox owners can also stream live TV. But right now anybody with a Flash enabled web browser running Windows, Mac, Linux or something else altogether can watch the web video streams from Sling Media's content partners - provided you're in the US. The content won't play outside of the region.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
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, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pyrofallout said 12:10PM on 11-26-2008
"We're sorry but Sling.com's Live TV is not currently supported for Mac."
what gives
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Mike said 12:33PM on 11-26-2008
RTFA
Ryan Worrell said 1:09PM on 11-26-2008
but anybody with a Flash enabled web browser running Windows, Mac, Linux or something else altogether can watch the video streams - provided you're in the US
tells me that my flash enabled browser should work now. so...try RTFA yourself.
Brad Linder said 1:19PM on 11-26-2008
Sorry, that was poorly worded. By video streams, I mean the *other* video streams from Hulu, NBC, CBS, etc. I've updated the post to make that point more clear.
Pyrofallout said 2:50PM on 11-26-2008
Thanks for the clarification Brad! :-)
vdomehq said 4:30PM on 11-26-2008
I recently starting using http://parkmytv.com which hosts my slingbox for me and I'm now getting MUCh better video quality since I'm not limited to my home DSL upload speeds and I pleasantly no longer annoy those at home watching TV while I'm switching channels on them while away :) I think they are in trials now but I was able to get an account early on...
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