Slingbox AV spotted in the wild!

Ah, the Slingbox AV -- a not so wily creature which has appeared not only on the FCC twice, but now on the internets in some hot Slingbox-gone-wild nudity. We're not sure why the AV is so much more popular a leak than the Tuner or Pro, but boy can we not wait for this Thursday.

[Zoli @ Sep 26th 2006 5:07AM]

Maybe I'm blind, but can anyone read what it says under the" which slingbox is right for me?"

[djDaemon @ Sep 26th 2006 6:18AM]

(1)Widescreen support (16:9)
(2)High quality programmable video compression
(3)Watch ***** from any PC/Mac/laptop
(4)Watch recorded TV from select mobile phones
(5)TV analog cable tuner
(6)Pass-through connections for seamless integration into AV configuration
(7)Connects to set-top box cable, satellite, DVR
(8)Remote control of AV devices
(9)Connect HD component devices
(10)Connect & control up to 4 AV devices

[splintax @ Sep 26th 2006 6:33AM]

That says "watch/control from any PC/Mac/laptop".

[Evan @ Sep 26th 2006 7:38AM]

The public beta version for Mac OSX will be available at the end of October.

[Alex @ Sep 26th 2006 7:39AM]

DVR Inside, maybe?

[J @ Sep 26th 2006 8:38AM]

These are great and cool and dope and fly and all, but what I want is a hardware sling client that I can plug into a regular TV. Then I can plug the output from my Tivo in the living room into the network and watch it in the bedroom. Right now, I'm doing it by encoding the A/V outs back to a coax signal. While it works pretty well, there is noise in the system (audio hiss, the most annoying). Seems like a sling hardware encode/decode system could eliminate some of these problems, plus add support for place-shifng an HD signal. Watching TV on my phone would be gravy.

[DeafLEGO @ Sep 26th 2006 9:23AM]

I am so sick of these blurry crappy photos. This is my pet peeve with camera phones, pocket digital camera and anything else besides a SLR, those little things are nothing but POS.

[Dave @ Sep 27th 2006 4:20PM]

annoyed with the crappy photos?

this is 'leaked' photo of an unreleased device and you expect someone to take a shot of it with an SLR. get real.

[BrianP @ Sep 26th 2006 10:51AM]

Judging by the packaging, etc. it looks like these are ready to hit the stores as soon as they are announced. I'm all over that top o' the line model. I was going to purchase one last weekend but glad I held out. I've got my fingers crossed for an announcement this week as everyone is speculating. Maybe they will hit stores this weekend even...probably not but I can dream!

[Lou @ Sep 26th 2006 12:08PM]

I did notice when I went to RadioShack this past weekend their stock of Slingboxes where gone. I had no idea these might be released so soon I was so pissed becuase I was at RadioShack to buy one. It was my mission. I'm glad they pulled them cuz I would've been even pissedereederer if I saw this while setting up an old model.

[Sam @ Sep 26th 2006 1:43PM]

Slingbox: Almost the best toy ever created. If anyone remembers the radioshack "rabbit" this is a close seccond ;-)

[Kyle S @ Sep 26th 2006 2:05PM]

That's pretty cool. I wonder if SlingMedia is an IPO candidate in the next 12 months given the market's renewed appetite for tech plays.

[John M @ Sep 26th 2006 2:38PM]

A readable version of the table is here:
http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/slingcompare-091806.gif

[Carlos @ Sep 26th 2006 4:18PM]

Wow, John! How did you find that image on Amazon?

[Jeff @ Sep 26th 2006 6:31PM]

Looks like Amazon is also posting specs, pics etc. of the Tuner version.

http://www.amazon.com/Sling-Media-Slingbox-Tuner-SB220-100/dp/B000HBEKJE/sr=1-3/qid=1159309720/ref=sr_1_3/104-4035943-2615905?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

[Brandon Humphries @ Sep 27th 2006 2:27AM]

So, what exactly do these new SlingFeces, i mean SlingBoxes do besides support for HD that the old ones did not? I have a plain ol' tivo series 2 and a plain ol' analog tv and a 802.11g wireless network , which one of these am i supposed to get?

[diggdugghugg @ Sep 27th 2006 7:38AM]

slingbox.......sling this.....