Placeshifting & Slingbox Category

The ability to take video and TV content with you be it through Portable Media Players and/or Slingbox Type Technology

slinglogo.gifLast week Major League Baseball was in the news complaining about the Slingbox from SlingMedia.

This week the National Hockey League (NHL) has decided to take the opposite approach and embraced the Slingbox by developing a new service that allows hockey fans to share video clips of hockey game online.

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TV StaticIt’s not so long away before the internet and the TV become almost the same thing. We’ll surf the web on our TV, while also subscribing to internet TV shows, buying video downloads, and watching TV broadcast over a broadband connection.

However, there is still a long way to go with TV technology, and internet technology, still somewhat incompatible with each other. There are two major issues:

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Posted in: 15 Questions, Interviews and Talks, Mobile Video, News, Placeshifting & Slingbox by Chris Tew on February 8, 2007

BluOnyxI recently had my 15 questions with Bob Guenther of Agere systems about the recently announced BluOnyx Mobile Content Server. The BluOnyx is an advanced memory stick with some cool features for when you’re on the move. You can access the contents of a BluOnyx with your cell phone over WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as stream video to PMPs and cell phones. To sum up the BluOnyx allows you to:

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