It used to be that if you wanted to watch your home TV you needed to be at home. No more. Now you can get a slingbox and watch it on your laptop no matter where you are as long as you have high speed internet. Is it the beginning of the end for conventional TV, or has that beginning already begun? Is it a big step in the convergence of TV and personal computers? Likely it is. - TV Here, There, Everywhere - New York Times