While Slingbox owners wait and wait and wait for SlingPlayer for iPhone and SlingPlayer 2.0 for Mac users, Sling delivers a small update for Mac users.
Sling Media's SlingPlayer for Mac 1.0.8 is a software player/controller for its Slingbox streaming hardware line. The software includes SlingStream streaming with dynamic adjustments for bandwidth, SlingRemote remote control (with support for controlling Apple TV, a Mac with Front Row, or an iPod in an Apple Universal Dock), and more. This release includes improved video quality, hybrid tuning support for the Slingbox PRO-HD, improvements to the Slingbox Setup Assistant, rapid switching among view modes (full screen, wide screen, letterbox, windowbox, pillarbox), and a one-click toggle to show/hide the player controls. SlingPlayer for Mac is available for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and up (Universal Binary).
Sling Media has bundled the latest Slingbox firmware versions in 1.0.8, which should help alleviate some headaches for Mac only households that have, say, a SlingCatcher and the constant reboots the older firmware loaded slingboxes had?
SlingPlayer 1.0.8 brings hybrid scanning for the PRO HD, allowing users to scan a cable coax input for analog and Clear-QAM digital channels simultaneously, allowing you to enjoy both SD analog and HD channels your provider may offer. It's unclear when this functionality will be available to PC owners.
Also, PRO HD owners using the digital coax input will now also be able to switch audio channels for stations broadcasting multiple audio channels, common for shows that are offered in more than one language.
Though it may seem like nothing compared to the long awaited features 2.0 offers on the PC, its better than nothing I guess!
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