When traveling to foreign countries - it is always nice to see their newspapers and television programs. London media has a flavor all its own. Of course - there is lots news about soccer - but there is also a large amount of gossip. They do cover quite a few stories about America - particularly Hollywood.
Thanks to a great new invention called Slingbox - one can view television programming directly from one's home. A slingbox is a small piece of hardware that you connect to your television service at home and also connect it to your internet service. In our case - we have a satellite Direct Tivo at home and Comcast cable internet.
No matter where you travel - as long as you have an internet connection - you can see and tune your home television. Even if you are on the internet wirelessly squatting on someone else's signal - you can watch the TV programming directly from your home and the old USA.
Our London apartment has wireless internet. Using our laptops macs here - we can watch our home television live or view programs that our Tivo digital video recorder has recorded for us. We can also set the recorder to record other programs right from our computer screen here.
I like to watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Lulu loves to watch All My Children.
I forgot to mention that our Slingbox cost $120 - but you do not have to pay any monthly fee to operate it. Many times we have watched football games or nightly news while sitting in airports or even sitting in a rental car. You do not even need a clear view of the southern sky.
First picture is Jay Leno on the Mac Book Pro. Second picture is what a Slingbox looks like - about the size of a paperback book.
After touring all around London during the day - it is great to catch up on the news back home or watch a movie on HBO. We are very surprised with the clear picture and quality sound.
Now we are all ready for hurricane season back in Tallahassee.
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