Sling Media, which makes the Slingbox device that lets you watch your home TV remotely, rolled out a "beta" version of its own video-streaming site, Sling.com.

The site has deals with Hulu and a number of the same partners and it seems that Sling.com has much of the same content. The difference is that if you have a Slingbox device, which lets you control and watch your TV from any Mac- or Windows-based computer equipped with high-speed Internet access, you can also use the site to control your Slingbox.

The Slingbox is great gear to have around if you do any travelling.  For $180 it will stream your TV content anywhere in the world. The website does not have much more content than Hulu but combined with the hardware it is a pretty good alternative.

Sling.com is free to use but you get adverts during TV shows and movies although they are shorter than the ones you'd sit through when watching TV.

The site is broadcasting at a low resolution feed so the quality is not that great either.