How to: Workaround for Restrictions on Streaming Television Apps

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Streaming Television, A Look at Time Warner Cable


Time Warner recently released their streaming App. It's free, but you must be a subscriber to their service and create a login. It's not a bad app if you want to take your TV viewing around with you. The downside is that television networks are pretty anal about where their content is being shown.
This is apparent when you see the lineup on the app. Time Warner will also have to remove some channels because (as mentioned earlier) some networks don't like the idea of their content being streamed to other devices.

Meet Slingbox


Slingbox is a piece of hardware that connects to your TV and receiver and gives you access from another machine in real time.

For example, say you subscribe to Showtime. You have Slingplayer on your iPad or computer. While you are on vacation, you can carry around your iDevice and watch Showtime from your iPad over wifi. Nifty if the hotel you are at doesn't have Showtime.

The Workaround

Yes, this will cost you a bit. Still, if you are a frequent traveler, and you enjoy all 200+ channels in your lineup, you will need two things:

1) Slingbox - solo is $179.99 and Pro-HD is $299.99 from Slingbox.com

2) Slingplayer for iPad - $29.99

This will allow you to watch any part of your channel lineup without having to worry about what's going on between your provider and the TV networks concerning streaming Apps.


What else is there to say but goodnight and goodnight to you Mrs. Amore, wherever you may be.