New Slingbox supports Mac OS X, Symbian - but where's the software?

I think I will call the state Attorney General's office - I am sure this is illegal....I wonder why Apple isnt all over them for the misrepresentation.....Is Steve Jobs and investor ?

Gee, selling a box with the Mac OS logo - Putting in a CD , again with printing stating the Mac software is upon it....instructions enclosed telling you to go to the web site for download....a download that doesnt exist. All after hype & promotion in January - then releasing a product - baiting me not to return it to the store during the 30 day policy time frame. It's coming - it's coming - Even tech support trained to collect my email address (wonder how much spam that could lead to giving you email address to a company that has already got my money and lied to me).....sending me to slingcommunity.com in hopes of finding a workaround available. Hours of hunting around...nothing. The search on that site is poor for a reason - and full of press releases...designed to make you click pages deep with only about 10 selections per page...it appears there must be something someplace on the site....nothing yet.

Never saw any company looking for customer loyalty do this before.

Why isnt Apple Computer after these guys ! The best way to kill the Mac growth is to have companies claim they have Mac software and not deliver...but gee, by the way the Windows version is out...maybe Microsoft is paying Sling Media to NOT to come out with Mac software. Hummmmm, I wonder.

I have never seen so many product awards given to a company that missleads so much...I would guess that those are just "purchased awards" from Time Magazine, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, engadget, CNET, Businessweek.

Bob Evans
If I treated my customers the way Slingbox treats it's Mac customers, I would be out of business.

A monkey could run Slingbox/Slingmedia better than these guys do. Stay away from their products. What a headache.

This is one of the most talked about thinks on the sling community forum.

http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/thread/11357

They have a private beta, but no word when they will make it public. (I don't understand why they aren't making it open to all).

This page actually shows a download link for the mac 10.4 and above but goes nowhere. It seems to be getting closer.

http://us.slingmedia.com/page/slingplayerdesktop.html

What happened to my question marks? ;)

Can one of you who bought it contact your state attorney generals office. Tell them about this. They'll want to know. Trust me.

From what I can tell, Slingmedia looks like it is just tripping all over itself. Great initial product but they can't seem to make the transition to the next step.

Don't lock yourselves in to their format/hardware. Get an EyeTV or some other capture card and look into the world of Hamachi and/or CyTV. You won't get realtime streaming but if you're halfway around the world, who wants to be up at 3am watching a small grainy video?

Save yourself the eyestrain. Record it in full-screen glory using EyeTV or whatever else you want, burn to DVD using toast or some other burning utility, and watch on a regular TV.

The drawbacks to this are expense. It's easiest if you have Macs on both ends. So if your parents don't have one, they'll need to buy one. Here's a chance to do them a good deed as well. Give them a Mac on the condition that they let you hook up the appropriate equipment. You can use VNC to manage the recordings. Set the computer to wake from sleep at an appropriate and convenient time and you'll always have a window each day to set the recordings and transfer the shows from computer to computer. You could set up an automator task to transfer the EyeTV library from computer to computer.

Just google the terms if you need any clarification.

This can save you and your relatives a lot of inconveience and can be a huge plus for any expat sports fan. Good luck.

I just talked to a rep at the Engadget meetup in Boston this evening and he said give him a month. I said that was bullshit and I was going to buy something else, and he said he was sorry but they were working as hard as they could to get it out ASAP.

I'm thinking about buying one, then calling up Sling and being like WTF. I mean... class action suit of 'false advertising'? Anyone else in?

-Jody-

Just installed the software on WinXP within Parallels and it worked fine, although I noticed a Firmware was required before software installation. This update was done automatically (downloaded and installed itself). Setting up was surprisingly very easy and took about 10 minutes. I would still prefer to run the software within OSX, but where is the Mac installer Sling people?

Some screen captures here:

http://magnomite.com/slingbox/



MacBook 2.0GHz
512MB RAM
OSX (10.4.7)
Parallels (WinXP SP2)

2 Questions:
1-If you have a wireless network set up in your house, does the Slingbox pick that up or do you need the SlingLink?
2-If someone else is watching TV, can you watch something else from your computer or do you have to watch what they're watching? Or can you play recordings while someone's watching live TV?