If you’ve been glued to your TV the past two weeks and dread going to the cottage because you don’t want to miss the Olympics’ closing ceremonies, rest assured there is a solution.

The Slingbox is a small square box that transmits your home cable, satellite or HD TV to your laptop or wireless phone anywhere in the world, even the cottage. It uses the Internet to transmit the signal. If you’re currently paying for two services, it’s a great way to save money, especially if you’re not getting all the channels you’d like to receive at the cabin.

The technology does have some limitations.

The first one: you need to have high speed Internet ( at least 256 KBPS) at the cottage in order to receive the streaming video.

Then there are the technical requirements.

Your laptop must have:

• Window Vista or Windows XP with service pack
• Graphics Card
• Sound Card
• Network Connection
• Home Network Router

The Slingboxes start at $199 and are available at Best Buy, Future Shop and London Drugs.

To find out more about this technology and read what others think about it, visit CNET.com for a complete product review.

Cheers,

Julie

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