Sling Media has just made its SlingPlayer for Facebook app available but only if you have a Pro-HD or SOLO Slingbox unit running the latest firmware. According to Sling Media, SlingPlayer for Facebook lets you watch your home TV right inside Facebook as soon as you’ve installed the SlingPlayer app and signed in with your more »

Sling Media has roll-out what appears to be a welcomed update for the SlingPlayer Mobile app on the iPhone. The app is now sitting at version 2.0 and noted as having additional features to include High Quality (HQ) video streaming, though in order to take advantage you will need to be on a Wi-Fi connection more »

Here’s a bit of good news for all of you Slingbox owners. SlingPlayer Mobile app just hit the iPad App Store and you can now enjoy watching your favorite TV shows on your iPad’s crisp and clear 9.7-inch screen. Using the iPad’s intuitive native interface, SlingPlayer Mobile lets you change channels, control your DVRs, and more »

This week in Gadgetell’s Who’s on Crack we’ll go on a journey into the dumb, silly places the tech world is all too happy to lead us. This past week sees some far too much that should have been left on the cutting room floor. Things like standards that are changing too fast; we’ve hit the ceiling on mobile content, Google goes broke, adios speeding thanks to tech, and the new iPhone is the old iPhone?

With your iPhone, doing many tasks on-the-go is quite possible, however, catching up on TV shows you saved with your Slingbox player or DVR is not so possible. Today, Apple has finally approved the SlingPlayer Mobile app which can stream your TV shows from your device at home, for $30. Now, while all this sounds more »

During a recent media briefing, GearLive was able to get a sit down with Eric Rabe, the Senior VP of Media Relations for Verizon and talked FiOS and judging from the details, this is news that should make just about any Verizon FiOS customer a little happier. To begin with, the Home Media Manager will more »

We’ve told you about Hava before. It allows you to placeshift your television kind of like Slingbox. Monsoon Multimedia’s Hava goes well beyond Slingbox with its latest offerings. Media Center integration First off, the Hava integrates with Windows Media Center. The plugin tricks Media Center into thinking that your Hava feed is a TV tuner, more »

After waiting for the oft-delayed device, Slingbox fans can finally be happy again. The Slingbox PRO–HD has begun shipping. The PRO-HD is the first Slingbox to offer broadcast of digital signals. Previous devices converted HD video to SD standards before sending them out to your laptop or whatever device it was being viewed on. The Slingbox PRO-HD will broadcast up to 1080i. While it isn’t 1080p, it’s still better than SDTV, and unless you own a very large laptop, 720p is probably fine anyway.

EchoStar is set to launch its SlingModem – a product that combines a standard Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) cable modem and a Slingbox at a Cable Show trade event in New Orleans next week. The device incorporates the place-shifting capabilities of Sling’s popular Slingbox, which allows television content to be transmitted from more »

Looking to keep its promise of delivering newer versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile software, Sling Media has made updates available for download on their web site today. And not only did they update three currently existing versions of their software client, but they also added support for a few new devices, namely the Nokia N95 more »