Can you watch a Slingbox via a game console?
May 21, 2010, 7:17 pm
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Can you watch a Slingbox via a game console?
Is it possible to view a slingbox on a TV away from home using a game console such as a Wii? As best I can tell the Wii browser is not supported by the online Slingbox viewer and neither is the PS3 browser per what I could find via Google. There does not appear to be a Slingplayer for Wii (or any other game console) and I haven't found any references for Playon.tv or Orb about hooking up a Slingbox.
Would you need to find a, now discontinued, Slingcatcher at an exorbitant price to do this?
Would you need to find a, now discontinued, Slingcatcher at an exorbitant price to do this?
May 22, 2010, 3:16 pm
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No game consoles support it. You will indeed need a sling catcher, BUT I have seen them at BestBuy for under $100 though given the prices on Ebay right now, I suspect the cheap ones have all been snatched up...
Build a cheap PC perhaps? For about $150 you can get an Atom powered machine and try it on that?
Build a cheap PC perhaps? For about $150 you can get an Atom powered machine and try it on that?
May 24, 2010, 9:14 am
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I don't think I'm going to be able to get a Sling Catcher for anywhere near $100 nowadays given what they're going for on Amazon or Ebay. I think this will mean a new life for one of old laptops I've got lying around. Now I just have to figure out how to get the audio into the speaker system.
Jun 1, 2010, 1:28 am
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Rumor control has a new Apple TV in the works which will run on iPhone OS4 and sell for $99. Since there is already a Slingplayer iPhone app for $30, then that should be a cheaper alternative to the now $400+ Slingcatchers.
Jun 2, 2010, 8:22 am
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wow, untill now I had NO IDEA how much the slingcatchers were going for (now that they are pretty much discontinued) I will have to sell the 3 or 4 extras I have!
That said, I THINK there was some way of hacking the playon software for the ps3 to enable it to play the slingstream either via a semi http interface or from a pc on the same LAN as the ps3. I know it isn't on the actual console itself, but there was a workaround. If you have a laptop, you can always connect it to the TV directly.
That said, I THINK there was some way of hacking the playon software for the ps3 to enable it to play the slingstream either via a semi http interface or from a pc on the same LAN as the ps3. I know it isn't on the actual console itself, but there was a workaround. If you have a laptop, you can always connect it to the TV directly.