So I have been spending a lot of time over the last week editing some video for work and working on the “Family Photo Archive Project” (Family Photo Archive Project Part One & Family Photo Archive Project Part Two) and found myself torn between getting on with the work I had to do and catching up with some of the TV I actually like to watch. This coupled with the amount I travel I do prompted me to start looking at a device I had been considering for a while, the SlingBox Pro from SlingMedia.

This device basically sits between the receiving device, and your home network. In my particular example between my Sky Satellite box and my home LAN. Using the SlingPlayer software you can then watch your TV from any computer on your LAN or via the Internet.

You have full control over your device via the software representation of your remote control and can set-up shortcut buttons for your favourite channels or functions. The SlingPlayer software even allows you to record a TV show although stops short of allowing you to set-up scheduled recordings, but I am sure there is something out there that works around this.

The SlingBox Pro allows you to connect up to four devices, so for example, as well as my Sky TV it can also be connected to say my DVD player/recorder, my Apple TV, or even my home video/security cameras.