My setup is that I've left my tivo there along with a slingbox. The quality is a bit so-so - google wifi only gives me about 300-400kbit for reliable streaming - but seeing as the only sort of things I tend to watch are car programmes and never mind the buzzcocks, I can live with it... connecting the laptop to the plasma is possibly overkill though.

For other stuff, I have to admit I use uknova to torrent UK TV. Works very well, their policy of never having anything on there which you can buy commercially keeps it up to date (plus they come up with some great gems that never made it to DVD) - and hopefully out of major trouble. HDTV (ish) direct rips are also appearing there, I just got the first few of Jack Dee's new sitcom in HDish resolution from there at 500MBish per episode. I don't tend to hoard the torrents, I usually just watch then delete.

Hugo