For skins fans who keep missing the games, Possible solution for ya

[dcweldon]

i'm a skins fan who lives in pittsburgh at the moment, and I stumbled onto a great product: the slingbox.

what the slingbox is, in a nutshell, allows you to hook up your standard tv, cable box, HD box, or Tivo device and "sling" that signal over the internet. This allows you to view your slingbox remotely, wherever you can get an internet connection. The slingbox has been out since 2005, and there are many competitors, but slingbox is the most active in improving their product.

A few things to keep in mind, if you do research the slingbox, one: your internet connection at home is very important to your remote viewing quality. Slingmedia recommends that you have atleast 256kpbs of UPLOAD speed (you know when you download you bring something to your pc...well this sends stuff out, opp of download). Right now, my slingbox is at my parents house, and my upload speed is at 380kpbs, which is fair for sports, it is a little fuzzy, i can read the graphics on the screen clearly, no problem.

IF you have the new verizon fios internet, your quality will be incredible when remotely viewing.

For everything you need to know:
Sling Community - The Official Community for the Slingbox, placeshifting, and the expanding Sling Mediaverse.
-forum page
www.slingmedia.com
-company page.

If you do buy a slingbox, i suggest amazon.com, I bought their basic slingbox for $100.