Is at Macworld demonstrating a couple of for Slingbox owners. The is a set top box that allows you to stream video from your home television over the internet to any supported device (Mac, PC, Mobile Phone). For Mac users, the company was demonstrating a prototype of SlingPlayer for Mac HD which finally allows Slingbox PRO-HD owners to stream HD content to their Mac.

• Slingplayer For Macbook Pro

The HD player is a web-based system that allows easy access to your Slingbox. The release version is expected later in Q1 and will be available through. An even more anticipated product has been Sling Media's SlingPlayer for iPhone.

Slingplayer for Mac 5.0.38 is available as a free download on our software library. The actual developer of this free Mac application is Sling Media, Inc. The current installation package available for download occupies 42.3 MB on disk. SlingPlayer works with any Internet connection, including Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or 3G cellular. We checked out the Mac software on a PowerBook using our Slingbox AV box. SlingPlayer Mac Sling Media today launched the finished 1.0 version of SlingPlayer for Mac, a new version which adds controls unique to any version of the software. Designed to play content on a computer streamed from a Slingbox attached to a TV, the finished Mac version includes not only support for controlling cable boxes, DVRs, and other. Further cementing the Mac street cred: the development effort for this latest version of the player is being led by former Apple employees, according to a Sling Media spokesman. Get the most out of your Slingbox with Slingplayer: available for most phones and tablets, streamers, and your Mac and PC. Slingplayer allows you to watch and control your TV on-the-go wherever you are.

Versions of this application have been demoed for months, but there has been little word on when an official App Store release was expected. This app will allow Slingbox owners to stream their home television to their iPhone over Wi-Fi, 3G and even EDGE. Sling Media was demonstrating an early version of the SlingPlayer for iPhone on the show floor. This detailed video demonstrating the product: SlingPlayer for iPhone will be submitted to the App Store in March of this year.

Slingplayer For Macbook Pro

Sling Media representatives expect the application to be approved by Apple. Pricing has not yet been set. Sling Media also has a of the iPhone version on their website.

Today announced SlingPlayer Mac, offering Mac users the ability to watch and control their home television from an Internet-connected Macintosh computer anywhere in the world. The software client is in alpha testing stage; however, the company said it is conducting a demo outside the Expo taking place this week and will ship the software in the second quarter of 2006.

'Just like the SlingPlayer software for Windows-based computers, SlingPlayer Mac will deliver the ability to watch living room TV programming from virtually anywhere you can get a broadband Internet connection anywhere in the world. On-screen remote controls will allow full manipulation of the home television source, including the ability to change channels and navigate menus.' Slingbox is available from consumer retailers for $250. In addition, if a customer has a digital video recorder (DVR) they will also enjoy those added features including the ability to pause, rewind or fast forward live TV or watch recorded content stored on the DVR, according to the company. 'Having grown up a Mac fan here in Northern California, I am personally very excited to be demonstrating the capabilities of the Slingbox on the Macintosh operating system,' said Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media. 'From the time we announced the Slingbox, over a year ago, Mac customers have asked us when we'd deliver a Mac version of the SlingPlayer software. We are happy to say it is well on its way.'

The Slingbox is touted as a 'breakthrough' consumer electronics product that enables consumers to watch their living room TV programming from wherever they are by turning virtually any Windows PC, Windows Mobile-based device and now a Macintosh computer into a personal TV. The Slingbox redirects, or 'placeshifts,' a single live TV stream from a cable box, satellite receiver, or DVR to the viewer's device of choice -- located anywhere in the home or anywhere in the world, via the Internet.