Tuesday, August 24, 2004
SlingBox Personal Broadcaster
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 09:00 PM
"Get ready for a new device that is going to be the next “must have” digital entertainment device for your home entertainment system. We're not kidding! If everything goes to plan, Sling Media, a San Francisco based start-up, at year end will begin selling the SlingBox Personal Broadcaster (MSRP $199), a device that plugs into a DVR, cable box, satellite receiver, or stereo at home and converts the analog stream into digital bits which can then be sent directly, in real-time, to any network PC or portable device (Laptop, PDA, cellphone, etc.) with a high-speed Internet connection."
Wow. 8O Technically, this sounds amazing, but I'm always a bit dubious until I see the implementation. I've seen great technologies wither and die because the company making them couldn't figure out how to package them properly...
Wow. 8O Technically, this sounds amazing, but I'm always a bit dubious until I see the implementation. I've seen great technologies wither and die because the company making them couldn't figure out how to package them properly...
