anybody here using a slingbox?

I’m really considering picking one of these things up…

I really can’t justify paying 60 bucks or whatever for cable at my place, and I barely watch 5 minutes a day.

I’m thinking of setting one up on my dads extra directv box at his place, then just controlling that from the internet.

A couple questions…

Is the quality half way decent?

Can I get a full screen video?

Any problems with dsl on his side, and time warner on my side? I’m worried he might not have enough upload speed…

I’m thinking of putting a 24 inch lcd in my den, and just watching slingbox and itunes videos on it.

Thanks…

the only problem you are gonna have right away is DSL upload blows so your quality is gonna suffer and its going to tax his line to the max.