A device, system and method which enables prompt playback/presentation of remotely located content on a target network content device, regardless of the actual location of the content data in the network or Internet is disclosed. The present invention pre-caches of portion of the remotely located content in a target network content device, where such content is not stored locally in the target network content device, but rather resides in other remote network content device(s) residing on the same network as the target network device (local area network ("LAN") in a home, for example), or on the Internet, in order to provide seamless, nearly latency free, playback/presentation of such content. Further, the device, system and method of the present invention determines the portion of the content to pre-cache.