Sling rains on its own parade

I love my sling box. Sling media, not so much. http://www.asf-converter.net I know that when I need to upgrade, I'll be looking for a product from another company.

any sling tuners are paper weights when comcast fully implements their digital tv signal. i have one can no longer use most of the time.

I have two Classics. I bought the mobile viewer for my Windows-based cellphone. Now I have an iPhone but it sounds like I'm screwed. Thanks Sling. You won't be seeing any more money from me.

Same here, 4 Slingboxes and a slingcatcher. Won't be getting anymore Sling products if this keeps up. Oh and won't be recommending them to friends and family. They speak as if we can just toss out the old ones - I have SBs in various parts of the world! Would Sling pay for my plane ticket too?

Everyones bashing Sling as a company... I posted a story at gromitron.com about a year ago about how I had an xbox 360 that broke for the 3rd time, and was struggling to get the warrantee repair which took hours on the phone and about a month to get back. My slingbox which was way OUT of warrantee also broke (just wouldn't turn on). 15 minutes on the phone with them they sent me a brand new pro model, and just asked me to send the old one back in the new box. They overnighted it to me at no charge. They were so nice on the phone, when they didn't have to help me at all. I haven't had that kind of customer service from anyone else, so I wanted to pipe in since everyone is bashing them.

Yeah, I guess I'd settle for a free iPhone app w/ purchase of new hardware. I'm a Slingbox Tuner owner for the lasat 2 years. I love it, but will think twice about recommending it to friends, as I have since I got it.

Having happily paid $30 for the logmein app, I'd say that I would have easily spent $30-$40 for an iPhone Sling app. However, I won't upgrade my device AND pay for an app. Not when I'm being intentionally fenced out by a marketing decision.

On the other hand, LogMeIn has provided a GREAT & FREE service to me, and I thanked them with my business.

The idea that "the customer is always right," is definitely NOT true. However, customers should be treated with respect and decency. They could have offered a slightly more expensive version of the application for older devices by saying that part of the price was included in the newer devices.

I have had a Slingbox Classic for years. I have been praising it to friends just as long. Several have been bought because of this.
So how do they reward me? By saying throw it away and buy a new one.
Instead of getting my money for the app they will get nothing.

I have been a proud owner of the 1st generation Sling, but as the saying goes, "standards are industry's way of codifying obsolescence." My Slingbox will join the trash heap of other unused gadgets I've acquired over the years.

Has anybody had any luck with Hava Player? Are there are dedicated devices that will work with Orb? If I'm going to be forced to upgrade, I'm going to upgrade to something without the one viewing node limit and without DRM.

apple would be dumb to not accept sling's app. this is their chance to spin things and act as if this is the first mobile platform that enables you to watch tv. i can see the "there's an app for that" commercial right now.... people would FLOCK.