SlingPlayer app for iPhone $30, and no 3G support.

[Muadib]

Without 3G support, I'll pass.:disgust:

Here's a review

 

[aphex]

wow, that seriously sucks. I no longer have digital cable, so the older Tuner and/or Classic would have been perfect for me.

Hoping this is an April Fools joke, but I wouldn't put it past sling.

 

[ric1287]

that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: ric1287
that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

Sure, but your old box won't stay that way. As soon as your cable company moves to digital, it's going to be an outdated brick. It's not Sling's fault that that everyone is moving to encrypted digital streams (and that CableLabs damn near refuses to license any consumer hardware beyond TVs).

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: ric1287
that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

Sure, but your old box won't stay that way. As soon as your cable company moves to digital, it's going to be an outdated brick. It's not Sling's fault that that everyone is moving to encrypted digital streams (and that CableLabs damn near refuses to license any consumer hardware beyond TVs).

Doesn't excuse sling from dropping support from boxes that are barely 2 years old, in fact some places STILL sell the AV model which is being dropped.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: ric1287
that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

Sure, but your old box won't stay that way. As soon as your cable company moves to digital, it's going to be an outdated brick. It's not Sling's fault that that everyone is moving to encrypted digital streams (and that CableLabs damn near refuses to license any consumer hardware beyond TVs).

Doesn't excuse sling from dropping support from boxes that are barely 2 years old, in fact some places STILL sell the AV model which is being dropped.

I completely agree. Basically, Sling is jumping on this as an opportunity to shift some units through a forced upgrade (if you want to watch on your iPhone/Touch).

Look at their product line, and it's pretty apparent there's no reason to upgrade every couple of years. Their business plan has to be based around market saturation. This is just a passing opportunity to get some repeat purchasers in the fold, so they're jumping on it.

I think I have a Solo, but it might be an AV, I don't remember and can't check from here. I'm going to be pretty disappointed if I have the "older" hardware, but I don't plan to upgrade it. I can watch from my Palm Centro instead, I guess.

 

[Nizology]

This is such a slap in the face to early adopters. They announced they were developing this app over a year ago and they mentioned nothing about it.

I hope they are realizing how f'd up this is. The bad press is flooding the interwebz as we speak.

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: ric1287
that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

Sure, but your old box won't stay that way. As soon as your cable company moves to digital, it's going to be an outdated brick. It's not Sling's fault that that everyone is moving to encrypted digital streams (and that CableLabs damn near refuses to license any consumer hardware beyond TVs).

then i still ahve the option to use svideo/rca. There is no reasoning for them to do this

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: ric1287

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: ric1287
that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The new sling boxes are INFERIOR to the old one I got for $50 here on the FT forum. New boxes require IR blasters and another external box to run off....meanwhile my old school sling is sitting all by itself in a corner, working perfectly fine (and much faster) with plain old tv tuner.

Sure, but your old box won't stay that way. As soon as your cable company moves to digital, it's going to be an outdated brick. It's not Sling's fault that that everyone is moving to encrypted digital streams (and that CableLabs damn near refuses to license any consumer hardware beyond TVs).

then i still ahve the option to use svideo/rca. There is no reasoning for them to do this

Yes there is. It's greed, pure & simple.

 

[JC86]

I guess they need to try and make money somehow and this is definitely one way to go about it. On another note, is anyone else worried that the sling player iphone app might not get passed? It's been over a week already and for such a hyped app, Apple sure is taking their sweet time approving it. I wonder if ATT has anything to do with it, not wanting people to overwhelm their networks streaming video.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: JC86
I guess they need to try and make money somehow and this is definitely one way to go about it. On another note, is anyone else worried that the sling player iphone app might not get passed? It's been over a week already and for such a hyped app, Apple sure is taking their sweet time approving it. I wonder if ATT has anything to do with it, not wanting people to overwhelm their networks streaming video.

You might be on to something. ATT changed their policy to ban sling-like services, but they quickly retracted it.

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[Muadib]

Updated.

 

[aphex]

Glad to see they added support for older slingboxes, looks like the outcry worked I suppose.

As for 3G, that sucks AT&T doesn't want it, but you can always jailbreak and trick the phone to think its on Wifi when its really on 3G.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: aphex
Glad to see they added support for older slingboxes, looks like the outcry worked I suppose.

As for 3G, that sucks AT&T doesn't want it, but you can always jailbreak and trick the phone to think its on Wifi when its really on 3G.

What app tricks the phone?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: aphex
Glad to see they added support for older slingboxes, looks like the outcry worked I suppose.

As for 3G, that sucks AT&T doesn't want it, but you can always jailbreak and trick the phone to think its on Wifi when its really on 3G.

What app tricks the phone?

Volpover3G

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: aphex
Glad to see they added support for older slingboxes, looks like the outcry worked I suppose.

As for 3G, that sucks AT&T doesn't want it, but you can always jailbreak and trick the phone to think its on Wifi when its really on 3G.

What app tricks the phone?

Volpover3G

Thanks! Sling should thank you too, as you may have made them $30.

 

[Muadib]

Just wanted to report that Volpover3G worked!!:thumbsup: