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Ever hear of Slingbox? It’s this neat little contraption that we heard of while listening to our endless hours of sports talk radio. What you do is hook the box up to your TV. Then, through the power of the Internets, your TV feed is broadcast to your desktop or laptop computer. So if you’re away on business and your hotel doesn’t get some of your local channels, you can just watch your home TV through your Slingbox. Ah, but what about those instances where you don’t have an Internet connection? Or, in the case of hotels, if you don’t want to pay them for Internet access. Well, the creators of Slingbox are working on software that would allow you to view your home TV on your BlackBerry.
They’re just getting out the planning stages of this software, so it could be quite some time before the service is realized. But once it is, we figure it will be a hot ticket item for BlackBerry users. It will especially be popular for the commuting crowd, who won’t have to miss evening programs as they ride the train or bus.
Sling Media, who are quick to recommend people sign up for a flat rate data package or use the on board Wi-Fi where possible say that people who’ve seen the application working are “blown away by the performance”.
We’re blown away by the concept, so we’re glad to hear that people are giving this rave reviews. It’ll probably be six months or so before the service is offered. It should be worth the wait.
