If you haven't heard of or seen a Slingbox yet, you probably have a lot of company. However, you need to get up to speed on this great new device that enhances the television watching experience. Imagine being able to watch live television wherever you are, even if you aren't in front of a TV. Interested? You should be, and he likely would be interested as well. The fact of the matter is that a Slingbox and a computer are all one needs to be able to watch TV on the go. Perhaps he watches too much TV at home; perhaps he'll watch less TV at home, and spend more time with you, if he watches more TV on the road and on the go. Slingbox may be a path worth taking.

Sling Media, Inc. (founded in 2004) and its signature product - Slingbox - are in their infancy, but this technology is drawing the interest of television aficionados of all kinds. By hooking a Slingbox to a television, and synchronizing the Slingbox device with any personal computer or laptop with internet connectivity, your can control and watch that television wherever your internet-connected computer or laptop is - close to home or far away. The Slingbox interacts with multiple audio-visual devices and is also compatible with digital video recording devices like TiVo. It may behoove Slingbox users to set up the Slingbox on a lesser-used television in the house, since, if the Slingbox signal is sent to a specific television set, then that set could be controlled by both the viewer at home and the remote Slingbox user, thus creating a potential "remote war".

With an internet connection for his PC or laptop, and ownership of a Slingbox, his TV is where he wants it, when he wants it.  Add a DVR into the mix, and he can watch live or recorded television programming. How much TV you want him to watch is something you need to work out with him, but you may find that giving him the opportunity to watch his favorite shows and games while he's on the go (even in the bathroom!) may actually create more non-TV time with you.