One of my favorite but most underused aspects of the language lab is the Satellite TV. For me, watching TV from a foreign country is such a great way to learn the culture and you usually have a context for the language too. When we were in Korea for just one night on a recent trip to the Philippines, we were stuck at a hotel out by the airport, but I did get to watch Korean television and that gave me sense of being there even more than physically being there since airports are the same no matter where you go, so are airport hotels. ANyway, it's also a great way to keep up with the news and see it from another country's perspective.