In the first of what will probably be several moments of Macworld/CES friction, there are reports from Engadget, among other sources, of the latest Sling Media product: the SlingCatcher, a remote receiver for Slingbox streams that will work as a set top box for TVs. With wireless networking and an internal hard drive for storing hypothetical purchased content, this begins to sound very much like a preannounced product we've heard about.
It was too much to wish that everyone else would stay out of Apple's way while the iTV finished baking; perhaps the shadow of SlingCatcher and similar devices on the horizon caused the atypical
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1-08-2007 @ 9:50AM
Richard Flynn said...
But what about the rumours of a collaboration between Apple and Sling Media? I haven’t seen those mentioned here, but from what I understand, in the directory of exhibitors at CES, there is a listing for Apple Computer, but the street address given is for Sling Media. You could say that’s a simple mistake, but there’s also the fact that there’s confusion over the floor plans of CES exhibitors—the stall listed as Apple’s in the directory is listed as Sling Media’s on the plans themselves.
But yes, probably all just a bit of a misunderstanding.
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1-08-2007 @ 6:09PM
Chris Davis said...
If you knew that the simplicity of the iPod/iTunes combo was on the way for your video streaming, would it be worth waiting for? Or would you go Sling instead?
Pretty tough to beat a set top box solution that's video codec agnostic, but I'm happy to wait and see what finally emerges from the iTV corner before committing.
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