Rather than having to hope the television tastes are compatible, I decided to try out a device I'd heard about called "Slingbox". It allows you to connect to your own television at home, or even your Tivo or DVR. With a broadband internet connection you can not only "watch" your TV, you can control it from where ever you are. I had recorded several documentary programs on my DVR's external hard disk drive and was able to access not only the DVR, but to actually stream the programs from it thru my DVR and router onto my laptop while away. As a result my son Tony and I watched Download: The True Story of the Internet on my laptop in the workshop while the girls were watching a chick flick. The quality of the video stream depends entirely on your broadband speed of course, the audio was always right in sync, but occasionally the video would pause, buffer and then skip ahead. It isn't perfect, but it surely is an option that's before now never been available. Were I a traveling salesman or a trucker still, this device would be as important as XM radio! Here is a link to a YouTube video that describes the Slingbox Solo.
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