I have been considering purchasing a slingbox recently. I got a special offer with my laptop to order one at a discount. I am not very knowledgable about the technology. It seems like a tv tuner for the pc. I know it has no monthly fees and will allow the dvr functions with its software...or at least I imagine it does because most tv tuners do. The pricing honestly doesn't look that bad but I would like to get some feedback from someone that has one or at least knows of them.