Comments on: It's really official this time: Sling.com launches to the public

The streaming site of Slingbox maker Sling Media is now open to the public, delivering TV episodes, clips, and full-length movies to a single destination.

[Ultimo01]

So far from what I have seen this takes almost everything from Hulu.com and puts a different name on it with a few different features that stand out like the fan activity. I took a quick look at it and saw it was another hulu copy.

Hulu has been around for a decent amount now and is adding things every week, if not sometimes sooner. Hulu also has better organization but not perfect. I will give a few things to Sling though, they have videos from internet sites like College Humor and CNET, a much sleeker look, and personally I like the way the video player is in location with details next to it.

Final Decision: Hulu is better because of how long it's been here and others are just trying to put on a different face onto Hulu with different designed web pages.

[togo14]

agreed

[broadscaler2]

Moving abroad I found a great solution which allows me to have my slingbox hosted in the USA so I can watch live american TV stations anywhere I travel - I've been using http://www.parkmytv.com for about 2 months and it works like a charm. Would rec to anyone traveling or moving abroad...

[prince10bee]

Not read for full release to many problems. They should have kept it in beta.

[mattumanu]

"Comments anyone? Does Sling.com live up to the hype? How could it be better?"

How could it be better? Hmmm... I dunno, maybe if it worked? That would make it better. On the bright side I've seen the commercial for Novel Adventures about 8 times now, but each time the actual video comes up it plays for a total of 3 seconds and stops. This is with both Internet explorer and Firefox.

Look! The Managerie part 1 played for 3 seconds, I now have a starship enterprise picture on my browser... again, the commercial for Novel Adventures played just fine. I've given them about all the ad money I can stand without getting anything at all in reture.