If you’re a regular visitor to 40Tech, you may remember that we’re fans of the Slingbox. SlingPlayer for the iPhone works surprisingly well, allowing you to watch content from your home TV wherever you have a 3G or WiFi connection on your iPhone. You can also watch via the web, and there are apps for many other mobile clients. Unfortunately, the only option on the iPad was to run the iPhone app in compatible mode, so you didn’t get the benefit of the iPad’s higher resolution. That’s about to change.
Last week, Sling Media announced that the iPad app is about to launch. The app will cost $30, like the other mobile Slingbox apps. The important fact to note (and one that was actually announced in October), is that the app will only work with the Slingox PRO-HD and the Slingbox Solo. According to Sling, legacy Slingboxes don’t have the hardware capability to stream at the iPad’s higher resolution.
Are you like me, and pretty psyched about this news?
iPad Slingbox Player “Almost Here” [Zatz Not Funny!]
