![]() Couldn’t find it with Amazon, but didn’t look very hard.ĭoesn’t really change the math for me, since, despite my hopes, when it all comes down to it, I guess I just don’t really find the utility for a smart phone / tablet remote in my workflow. Netflix DIAL works perfectly for me with the TiVo. “Chucky, have you tried launching video from tablet/phone-to-TiVo (using DIAL.) and does that change the math for you?” (Sometimes I will enjoy the instant gratification of immediately watching OTT straight from the TiVo search, since I don’t have to navigate TiVo’s lousy OTT interface in such circumstances.)īut for starting Netflix or Amazon from scratch, I always switch inputs from the TiVo to the Roku, which is too bad, considering the advantages of the single remote workflow… Plus, unlike the Roku search, you can quickly ‘n’ easily go straight ‘back’ from the OTT service to the search, without having to needlessly navigate around for a while first, which always pissed me off about the Roku search. (Oddly, I’ve never seen anyone write about this.) It’s nice to use that TiVo search, and be able to quickly add something to my OTT service watchlists from the TiVo, if it’s not on the TV schedule, even though I usually end up watching on the Roku. The beauty of punching in a director with the Slide, and getting to rapidly see the all of the TV recording, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Amazon a-la-carte options is a killer feature. On the plus side, the TiVo search function totally trumps the Roku search. Not only do Netflix and Amazon launch slowly, as Dave warned me about, but even once launched, navigation is incredibly slow, and the interface is very weak, which is where Dave steered me wrong. And they’re not serving me ads so far – I’m guessing they’re waiting for the 30 day warranty to expire.īut Dave did steer me wrong on one item. Off topic, but after having my Roamio for a few weeks now, I’m really McLovin’ it. I regret to inform you that the Stream won’t work with your S1 TiVo. “As for my placeshifting needs, with TiVo’s new-found Android support, I’m thinking of picking up a Stream – especially since the company indicates they’ll ultimately enable Android downloads” For the interim, I guess us Slingbox owners have one more reason to keep Yahoo’s Firefox around. Indeed, in speaking with Sling last June, I got the sense that their player intentions were somewhat in flux… so it’ll be interesting to see where we ultimately land. While Sling has once again released a desktop client (yes!), it’s incomplete and support hasn’t been extended to most models (not to mention the software is next to impossible to find) - so that’s not an option for most impacted by this news. We are in the process of addressing this issue and are expecting a temporary interruption of the free, web-based Slingplayer service for Chrome browsers version 39 and above. You won’t be able to stream from your Slingbox using the latest version of the Chrome browser. ![]() Since the current version of Watch on for Mac and PC uses a 32-bit browser extension, it is therefore no longer supported by the latest version of the Chrome browser. As Google modernizes their Chrome web browser, Sling has alerted customers that they’re unprepared to continue streaming support at this time.Īs part of their 64-bit upgrade process, Google is discontinuing the support of 32-bit browser extensions for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
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