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Originally Posted by asylon
Hi Pobman,
Can you just explain Sling for us thickies, I'm desperate for a shot of Dr Who or Torchwood !
Thanks
Ax
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Sling Media - Home of the Slingbox
You plug connect the box up in the UK to a TV aerial and an internet connection (parents back in the UK, friends relatives etc). You then run Slingplayer on your PC in Oz and it streams UK TV live over the internet to your PC in Oz.
Using it on home internet conenctions is OK, though is depends on the speed. Most ISPs in the UK have a slow uplink however Sky have 768Kbits and I know of some ISPs with 1.5mbit+ uploads so there are options.
You can also pay a 3rd party company to do this for you, for instance:
http://www.thetelly.net/
You get much better quality picture as they give you much higher bandwidth. Given the time delay you probably would need the PVR version.
I currently use a slingbox from the USA and one in the UK, but as has already been said you can get better quality and through torrent sites like UKnova.
The problem with all of the above is the cost of internet in Oz, where in the UK you could get 16mbit unlimited connection from Sky for 10 pounds a month there is nothing like that in Oz.
Its all down to the respective tv companies not having the worldwide rights to the programmes shown. The BBC state on their website that they are looking into being able to open their iplayer worldwide but at the mo only UK ip addresses can recieve the programmes. 
