The new Slingboxes can do some nifty things, including stream content to iPhones, but for some odd reason, the older boxes don’t possess the magic software to do so. Owners of the older boxes can buy into what might be greed on Sling’s part buy taking advantage of a $50 upgrade discount on new equipment.
Don’t you think it’s rather nice of Sling to offer this discount on new hardware rather than simply putting out a firmware upgrade for the older crop? I do. You have to have something to spend your unemployment check on. Why not a gadget?
I read over on macforums.com that the problem with the older boxes is that they stream with wmv which takes up a lot of bandwith compared to the newer boxes that stream with h.264.
I read the iphone software works fine with old units, but the company is looking to force people to upgrade. But why would I upgrade if they’re just going to do the same thing with this hardware in a few years? Turns out I don’t need TV on my iphone.
Here’s some math:
$180 slingbox solo
- 50 pandering rebate
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$130
+ 20ish cost of iPhone app software
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BULL$#!T
This becomes a very expensive iPhone app very quickly.
Oldest slingbox works fine with the new(ish) blackberry app, not sure why it would be different for Yahweh phone??