Posts tagged ‘Sling’
EchoStar Offers Sling Licensing
Until now, EchoStar has only offered the SlingLoaded feature only in its own boxes, including a model for Dish Network, European cable MSOs, and a tru2way box for the US Cable market. However, it is now offering the technology to other interested vendors.
EchoStar is most likely going to go after the largest cable set-top box suppliers in the US: Motorola, Cisco, and Pace Micro. This would allow for most people with DVRs to be able to watch content world-wide.
Setting up a MoCA Network in your Home
How to Set Up a MoCA Home Entertainment Network
Xbox to Media Player Using MoCA
Here are a couple of HOW TO videos complements of the folks at ConnectMyStuff.org showing how you can connect your Tivo, Slingbox, and Xbox 360 together through a MoCA network. The Slingbox sends HD video to another room using the SlingCatcher and some updated software while the Tivo’s exchange recorded HD shows with each other through MoCA. The Xbox can play HD videos from a PC or NAS as well as through the Internet using Netflix. MoCA can handle up to 6 HD video streams simultaneously and requires a MoCA adapter (less than $99 each) for each of the rooms where you want a network connection. A lot easier and cheaper than running Ethernet CAT-5 through your walls and ceilings!
EchoStar Unveils World’s First SlingLoaded HD DVR for Cable
Well, the National Cable and Telecommunications Show is starting tomorrow April 1-3 in Washington, D.C. and already Echo – Sling is making some MoCA noise with their new HD-DVR with built in Slingbox capability. The SlingLoaded T2200S comes with the following features:
– Supports MPEG-2, H.264 (MPEG-4) and VC1.
– 1GHz tuners to support expanded network bandwidth.
– Connect to the home network via Ethernet, WiFi (with optional WiFi
adapter) or Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA).
– Picture-in-Picture
– Supports advanced resolution formats up to 1080p24.
– Individual branding opportunities for MSOs.
– Supports Macrovision and DCS analog copy protection.
– Features an attractive, capacitive-touch, backlit front panel with
clock display.
Right now, the new set-top box is only available to cable providers but since it’s also Tru2Way-enabled, you might see some of the technology leak out into a retail product at some point.
Read the press release here.
