NEW YORK -- Foster City-based Sling Media, the maker of devices
that let people watch their cable channels while traveling, is
trying to become more relevant in the living room.
Traditionally, Sling's strength has been in so-called place
shifting. Attached to the home cable box, the Slingbox device
sends video to various phones, tablets and other devices. If
you're on a work trip in Boston, you can still catch the local
news in New York live on a SlingPlayer app. You can also use
that to watch shows on your home video recorder.  Inside the
home, though, the Slingbox hasn't been of much use beyond
letting you watch from a phone or tablet in another room.
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(PRNewsFoto/Sling Media)   The new feature incorporates some of
what's already found on TiVo recorders and cable set-top boxes.
Because the box still can't record shows, the Slingbox's biggest
appeal will likely remain in remote viewing -- both when
traveling and on devices in other rooms.     Even