Sling Media Offers New Slingbox Trio
By Karen Brown -- Multichannel News, 9/28/2006 2:56:00 PM
Sling Media is expanding its product lineup of portable TV products with a trio of new devices aimed at analog-TV viewers, as well as those with HDTV sets.
The products are designed to target specific viewer segments and carry improved hardware and software features, according to Sling.
The new $249.99 Slingbox PRO targets customers with multiple home TVs and video devices, offering a wider range of connection inputs, as well as an optional $49.99 HD jack to connect to HDTV sets. It also supports the HD wide-screen 16:9 screen ratio and can remotely tap into as many as four video devices from one PC.
The $179.99 Slingbox AV, meanwhile, is designed to more easily connect to a cable, satellite or retail digital-video recorder, with added wide-screen presentation and programmable video-compression features.
And the $179.99 Slingbox Tuner is aimed at the analog-TV customer who does not have a digital set-top box. Tapping TV signals over the air, it can connect to a cable modem in an office, even if it is not connected to a TV set. It also provides a secondary TV connection to for viewers who are away from home but want to watch TV even while a family member at home is also watching TV.
At the same time, Sling is also offering embedded software in the boxes that allows new customers to chat live with customer-care technicians if they need help hooking up their boxes. If the customer allows it, that same software can also allow the customer-service representative to take control of the customer’s PC to help with the installation.
“With our new products, we have focused on creating a better out-of-box experience for our customers, increased performance and software features and segmented our product family to reach a new set of customers who are now ready to experience the benefits of Slingbox,” cofounder and CEO Blake Krikorian said.
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