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Pluto.tv VS Slingbox

Compare Pluto.tv VS Slingbox and see what are their differences

Pluto.tv logo Pluto.tv

Pluto. tv is an app that allows users to stream Internet television channels. The app sources its programs from services like YouTube and Vimeo, and it has also partnered with Hulu to offer access to more programming.

Slingbox logo Slingbox

Slingbox is a TV Steaming device that encodes local video for transmission over the internet to the remote device.
  • Pluto.tv Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-27
  • Slingbox Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-01-21

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Slingbox videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Pluto.tv and Slingbox)
Video & Movies
90 90%
10% 10
Video
0 0%
100% 100
Watch Movies Online
88 88%
12% 12
Entertainment
91 91%
9% 9

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Pluto.tv and Slingbox

Pluto.tv Reviews

Top 30 Best Movie4u Alternatives To Watch Latest Movies
People who own and run PlutoTV can do so on a legal platform, too. You can watch the best movies and TV shows from companies like MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central on this service. It’s part of the ViacomCBS family. If you want to enjoy PlutoTV, you can only do it for free. Because it doesn’t have any ads, it’s good. You will have to take a break from time to time, but...
Tired of Netflix? Here are 14 great alternatives to try
Pluto TV has become hugely popular over the last year, mainly because it’s completely free to use. Pluto TV actually offers two streaming services. One is formatted like a cable TV provider, offering hundreds of channels to stream. You can watch live news coverage from several outlets, or watch classic films and TV shows. There are channels for sports fans, kids, and...

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Slingbox should be more popular than Pluto.tv. It has been mentiond 6 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Pluto.tv mentions (2)

  • How does Roku work/What do I need?
    You can see the Roku Channel channels at https://www.roku.com/whats-on/the-roku-channel. There's a very similar app called Pluto TV. Both of them are free and offer both on-demand and "live" channels with a guide similar to cable. Some of their channel names are the same as cable channels (or similar), but they don't have the same content. Usually it's just older stuff or channels dedicated to a single show that... Source: about 1 year ago
  • Any tips for long-term homeless and boredom?
    Other low cost or free things to do is to watch free movies from Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/feed/storefront?bp=ogUCKAY%3D. There are also options from tubitv.com and Pluto TV at https://pluto.tv/welcome. Source: about 1 year ago

Slingbox mentions (6)

  • block 70.42.244.140 port 5678 on your routers asap
    Have been digging a little more in the little time I have spare at the moment - Seems DNS blacklists/redirect are not fully successfull. Even though I have redirected the domains sling.com, slingbox.com and slingmedia.com to a local "HoneyPod" on my lan it still appears that the slingbox is trying to talk to 67.148.153.136 and 67.148.153.250 on the internet which it can not get to since I shutdown all internet... Source: over 1 year ago
  • block 70.42.244.140 port 5678 on your routers asap
    I just blacklisted slingmedia.com and slingbox.com in my DNS so the boxes can not resolve it but that is pretty bad behavior for a company to do that! Source: over 1 year ago
  • Audio/Video Un-syncing
    This has become a little worse with the Slinger server, but I think this is an issue with the Slingbox itself as I see the issue with their application. But I see a lot of cases where the audio gets ahead of the video. Have others seen it? Or does anyone have solutions? One of the solutions on slingbox.com is to factory reset the box. Source: over 1 year ago
  • HARD RESET AFTER 11/9
    Also, after my first apparently failed attempt at trying a factory reset with no access to sling what I did was put the slingbox and a PC behind a cheapy old router I had so I could just unplug the uplink cable to make sure nothing was leaking up to the internet. Just concerned about what your router is doing when blocking "slingbox.com" does it just do a DNS lookup and block that IP? In my packet capture there's... Source: over 1 year ago
  • HARD RESET AFTER 11/9
    It appears that the automatic update comes from some path on sling.com because blocking slingbox.com alone still allowed a firmware update. Source: over 1 year ago
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When comparing Pluto.tv and Slingbox, you can also consider the following products

Netflix - See what's next. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime.

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Hulu - Hulu is a streaming video on demand service that provides users all their TV in one place.

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YouTube - Our mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world.

TVCatchup - TVCatchup is an Internet television service for viewing free-to-air UK channels.