Category Archives: Place Shifting

SlingPlayer for Facebook Now Available

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 by MegaZone

I reported on Sling Media’s SlingPlayer for Facebook a week ago, and today it is available to everyone. The good news, such as it is, is that it is written in Flash. So it should work in any browser and … Continue reading →

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SlingPlayer for Facebook

Posted on Friday, November 11, 2011 by MegaZone

It looks like Sling Media is still at it with new versions of SlingPlayer, this time it is SlingPlayer for Facebook. They’ve posted a short demo video of the product, still in development – to Facebook of course. The video … Continue reading →

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A Look at the Vulkano Lava, the Slingbox’s Erstwhile Competitor

Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 by MegaZone

Monsoon Multimedia has long been Sling Media’s erstwhile competitor. First with their line of HAVA devices, and more recently with the Vulkano lineup. Personally I’ve always felt like their units were the cheaper, less polished offerings. I’ve always preferred Sling’s … Continue reading →

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DirecTV’s Nomad Now Available – Does Copying, Not Streaming

Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 by MegaZone

Back in August I posted a number of details about DirecTV’s then forthcoming Nomad place shifting product, and it is finally here for $149. It turns out that most of the info I had at the time was correct and, … Continue reading →

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Is This How TiVo Will Get Place Shifting?

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by MegaZone

Entropic Communications Inc. has made a $10 million investment in Zenverge Inc., buying their way into the video transcoding segment. So what, you ask? Entropic is the company supplying the MoCA chipsets to TiVo for the TiVo Premiere Elite and … Continue reading →

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