SLING TV APP FOR SMART TV FULL
SLING TV APP FOR SMART TV BLUETOOTH

Taken as a whole, the AirTV system is a convenient way to combine Sling TV, other streaming apps, and optional over-the-air channels. The separate AirTV networked tuner ($80) can stream over-the-air channels into the Sling TV app. Hauppauge’s USB tuner didn’t work either.) AirTV

(I tried connecting the AirTV USB tuner adapter to the Mini through an OTG cable, but this only caused the Sling TV app to reboot without recognizing it. The AirTV tuner supports USB hard drives for recording over-the-air channels as well, so you could potentially have multiple AirTV Mini streamers served by a single tuner and DVR. Instead, you’re supposed to use AirTV’s networked tuner, a separate $80 box that can stream broadcast TV into the Sling app over Wi-Fi. Unlike the AirTV Player from a couple years ago, the AirTV Mini has no full-sized USB ports, so you can’t directly plug in a TV tuner to watch over-the-air channels from an antenna. The AirTV Mini remote has dedicated buttons for Sling TV’s programming guide, channel recall function, and info pages. None of these buttons serve any purpose outside the Sling app. It also has dedicated buttons for viewing the Sling TV guide, the channel recall menu, and the info screen for whatever’s currently playing. Alongside the usual directional pad and playback control buttons, it has a big blue “Sling” launch button near the top. The remote control is equally Sling-centric. (The Sling TV menu also has its own integration with Netflix, so you can scroll through recommendations or jump into the app without visiting the main app launcher first.)

SLING TV APP FOR SMART TV FULL

(Read our full Sling TV review here.) The underlying software, however, is Android TV, so you can always hit the remote’s home button to see a menu of other apps, such as Netflix and YouTube. Whenever you boot up the AirTV Mini, it loads directly into Sling TV, whether you’re paying for the live TV service or not. The Sling TV app launches automatically when the AirTV Mini boots up.

SLING TV APP FOR SMART TV BLUETOOTH

It also supports Bluetooth for external controllers. While the dongle only has a single micro-USB port for power, you can use a USB OTG cable to plug in an external USB hard drive or game controller. It also supports 4K HDR video in apps like Netflix and YouTube, along with a small amount of HDR10+ content, but it won’t display Dolby Vision HDR. It has a quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, which is adequate for scrolling smoothly through menus and launching apps without delay. Though it’s a bit hefty for a streaming dongle, the AirTV Mini still manages to hang from your television’s HDMI input via a short, rubberized cable. For most Sling subscribers, a Roku player, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV will still be better fits. The AirTV Mini and Sling TV are so inextricable that using the streaming device for any other purpose can be a hassle, and your options for alternative live TV services are more limited than they are on other devices.

Still, anyone who has second thoughts about committing to Sling should look elsewhere.

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