Your boss sends you on a business trip the same night your team is playing, and their games aren't broadcast in the city where you're going. You could record the game and watch it when you get back, but it’s a lot more suspenseful when you don’t already know who won.

The solution: Watch it on your laptop. Or on your mobile phone. The Slingbox redirects, or "placeshifts," a live TV stream from a cable box, satellite receiver or DVR via the Internet to your PC; SlingPlayer Mobile sends the stream to your mobile phone.