SlingPlayer Makes its Macintosh Debut

For TV junkies, the Slingbox placeshifting system is several flavors of awesome -- unless you were a Mac owner, in which case you sulked petulantly in the corner. No more.

On Monday, Sling Media announced that Slingbox owners who tote Macs can now watch their TV from the comfort of hotel rooms abroad, just like their PC brethren. The new OS X-compatible SlingPlayer works with the Apple remote control, and in addition to streaming video from your TV/DVD/DVR/cable box/satellite box, also supports video iPods and Apple TV. If you've already got a Slingbox, the software is a free download.