I am sitting here in my house in the Philippines and I am watching TV back from Denmark om my widescreen TV right now...
Sounds interesting?
This is how I did it:
My buddy in Denmark bought a Slingbox on Amazon.com and hooked it up to his cable TV and Internet line back in Denmark.
Then I went to Amazon.com here and bought a Sling Catcher and we got these 2 devices configured to connect to each other.
So now the slingbox in Denmark is broadcasting Danish TV to me via the Internet - I usually get around 500-700 Kbps connection between the Slingbox and Slingcatcher on my Comclark cable 2Mbit Internet connection.
This speed is enough to get a very nice picture here and it is awesome to have 50+ channels from Denmark here
I have tried a slinghosting service in the States as well, I got around 200 US channels, with a Digital Video recorder for around $100 a month - quite cheap and the connection from the US slingbox host was usually 1500Kbps in stead, so the image there was crystal clear.
I can not recommend any slingbox hosting services, the one I tried is no longer offering it on their website, but a quick Google search will turn up several options
This is something a lot of expats would be interested in, so I hope this quick guide on how to use a Slingbox to get TV from home will help some of them. Post questions in this thread if you need more information about this.
Happy TV watching...
The Dane