You should first have one of your friends in the UK get you a Slingbox and set it up on their TV and internet connection for you can see if it is what you expected. Then once you see what it is like, then make a final decision on the PVR and internet. This way if it is not up to your expectations, then you will only be out the Slingbox and a favour to one of your friends. However, once they set it up and see it working, they may want the same from you to get American TV there. Be sure to check the internet pricing, upload/download speeds and byte caps for you do not end up with a surprise. I think my 600k stream from my Slingbox gives a good picture, but I am watching it on a notebook screen and not on a TV. The larger the display, the more the flaws in the picture are going to showup.