While we normally don’t cover software updates on products here at StarterTech, this new release from Sling Media is worth it.

Sling Media makes a line of placeshifting hardware called Sling Boxes that allow you to watch your home television from wherever you may be in the world via your computer.  While this has been a great tool up until now, it was very straightforward in how it worked, and if anyone should be at home while you were watching, it was a pain to call them and have them pause it if you should get a phone call.  The new SlingPlayer version 2.0 beta software adds a nice new twist in that you can pause whatever you are watching for up to an hour without effecting what is happening on the TV at your home.  Essentially you are getting DVR like fuctionality wherever you may be at the time.

This may be a small thing, but as an avid Sling Box (“Slinger” to those in the know), I couldn’t be more excited about such a small thing.