....snip...

I think the idea is that you can watch your _own_ slingbox (sat in
your own UK home!) from anywhere in the world - though I suppose
"friends" can "share".

Quite right although were I abroad, I'd probably get a friend to "baby sit"
such a box. Easier to get them to reboot it then.

It would be quite handy for use in-home too - having full access to
(and control over) the lounge PVR from a laptop in the bedroom or PC
in the study should give far better picture quality than the analogue
SD-only RF connections some people use now.

...but it looks like HD should work within the house
well enough - even on most WiFi connections.

Great point. I'd never thought of that.

Paul DS.