Anyone have one of these, and no it has nothing to do with THAT part of the female anatomy?
http://www.slingmedia.com/
I am in the USA at the moment and ran into two friends, who, coincidentally, both have and love their Slingboxes.
One is a business lady who travels extensively nationally and internationally. She is able to access her cable TV while on the road on a PC, laptop or even a cell phone.
The other is a guy who is still working for the organization I retired from and has the misfortune of being posted in Damascus. His Slingbox is connected to DirectTV satellite with a sports package that allows him to watch many, many US sports programs in Syria. He can also see many favorites like Lost, CSI, 24, 60 Minutes, local news, etc.
I was thinking of getting one and hooking it up to my mother's Direct TV, but she lacks the computer requirements necessary.
I thought this might be great for ex-pat retirees in the LOS like myself fed up with UBC...