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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.08.07/Mon/sling.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.08.07/Mon/sling.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84b88f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.08.07/Mon/sling.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Sling Media, the folks that brought you the SlingBox, which we've [looked at before][3], have just announced a new product called SlingCatcher that reverses the SlingBox concept to [bring internet video to your television][1].
I've never used a SlingBox in part because I've never wanted to get things off my TV, I want to get things *on* my TV. The new SlingCatcher does exactly that, it moves content from your PC to your television.
The software bundled with SlingCatcher, dubbed SlingProjector, enables you to wirelessly project your PC's content to your TV. Anything that you can watch on your PC, whether it's YouTube movies or content from the soon-to-be-public Venice Project, can be sent to your TV via SlingProjector.
Along with SlingProjector, the SlingCatcher also features a piece of software called the "SlingPlayer for TV" which allows you to send content from one TV to another without the need for a PC or additional boxes from the cable company.
The appeal for hi-res content like feature films or television shows is obvious, but how is highly compressed video from sites like YouTube going to look on a high-def Plasma or LCD television? So far Sling hasn't given any details on how the software will handle the potential resolution problems.
And it's possible no one will care. According to a Forrester Research study, 80 percent of viewers are uninterested in buying a device to let Internet videos to be viewed on TV sets.
The new Sling device also faces some competition from Apple who are expected to give more details on the "iTV" offering at tomorrow's MacWorld expo.
SlingCatcher will be available "by the middle of this year" and SlingMedia says the price will be under $200.
[Also see Gadget Lab's [coverage][2] of Sling's announcement]
[1]: http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?type=comktNews&storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070108:MTFH74380_2007-01-08_03-00-09_N07305248&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=HybArt-C1-ArticlePage1 "Sling Media to link PCs to TVs"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/sling_extends_r.html "Gadget Lab: Sling Extends Reach"
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/slingplayer_for.html "Monkey Bites on SlingBox"
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