Slingbox Brings Television to You

New streaming TV device from Sling Media promises to deliver television signal from cable, satellite or PVR to your computer anywhere in the world.

Get ready to enjoy your television viewing experience anywhere you go – the Slingbox is coming to town.

Sling Media today announced the nationwide rollout of their Slingbox home media streaming device. Priced at $249.99, this subscription free device takes a single TV stream from devices like cable and satellite boxes and personal video recorders and redirects it (placeshifts, as Sling Media described it in a press release) over a home network to a Windows XP equipped desktop or laptop computer. When coupled with broadband, the Slingbox can also stream your television program over the Internet to a remote computer.

The Slingbox works by connecting to your TV source as well as your home network router. It is powered by a Texas Instruments processor and uses Microsoft Windows Media technology for the streaming. Software which runs on the receiving computer includes dynamic compression, virtual remote and docking viewer features.

The award-winning Slingbox, designed to fit inside a consumer’s existing television entertainment center setup, is being sold at Best Buy and CompUSA locations as well as the retailers’ websites.  For more information, check out Sling Media’s website.