I'll be the first to admit that devices such as Tivo and DVRs are really nice, especially when you find yourself writing about television on a daily basis. However, it also seems like the viewing experience, as it becomes more convenient, has also become unnecessarily complicated. For example, a new device known as Slingbox allows folks to port live television to any other device via a broadband connection. It seems straightforward enough, but some experts fear that there may be some legal issues about when and where content is made available: "Place-shifting is problematic to many copyright holders because it sidesteps what is known in legalese as proximity control, which restricts the distribution of content to specific regions and times."I like television, but I don't want to think about it THAT much.
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