{"id":30627,"date":"2020-11-10T14:36:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T19:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30627"},"modified":"2022-12-01T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:33:51","slug":"slingbox-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/slingbox-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"Slingbox Discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walt Mossberg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The \n@slingbox, which let you view your home cable TV on a PC anywhere, has been discontinued. It was an innovative, exciting product from a small startup.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Its time has now gone, but it was the very kind of small company innovation many wish for today. Here’s my review<\/a> of that first Slingbox model in 2005[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Slingbox<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Slingbox servers will be permanently taken offline 24 months after the discontinued announcement date (November 9, 2020), at which point ALL Slingbox devices and services will become inoperable.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>\n

Customer data will be handled in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Does that mean they’re going to sell it, where legal?<\/p>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

You’re going to think that I am taking these questions out of context on Slingbox’s FAQ but I promise you that I am not[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2022-12-01): Dave Zatz<\/a> (via Jason Snell<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Welp. It’s come to this<\/a>. Slingbox servers will be shut down forever come November 9th. At which point all remaining devices will be bricked. *<\/a><\/p>

As part of the original Sling Media team, initially in an advisory role followed by full-time employment, redefining media consumption was a wild and fulfilling ride. But, like the personal DVR, roll-your-own video streaming is largely transitory as we embrace our messy but largely liberated<\/a> content futures.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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