The television set has to be the most loved device in the house. After all, how many hours do you spend in front of the toaster each day? Despite all of that adoration, though, the boob tube no longer corners the market when it comes to audiovisual excitement. Thanks to advancements in online multimedia delivery, services such as YouTube, Picasa and iTunes also offer a lot of Web-based entertainment to get you through the wee hours of the morning. Still, no matter how much you can contort your body, sitting in an office chair is definitely not a “sweet spot” when it comes to enjoying your favorite film or soap opera. Mercifully, these days, there are plenty of ways to get audio, video and photos off the computer and into any room of the home. Here are a few of our favorite streaming devices that let you enjoy music, movies and more anytime, anywhere.
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Sling Media Slingbox
What would it be like if you could watch your favorite television or video programming locked away on your cable box, DVD player or Tivo at home? Sling Media, already successful with its first generation “placeshifting” Slingbox, is back at it again with the recent introduction of their second generation of Slingbox products geared for different levels of home user enjoyment.
MovieBeam
MovieBeam, a venture formerly funded by just The Walt Disney Company, but now with backing as well from Intel, Cisco and several venture capital firms, is a new set top box ready to join the array of boxes already cluttering home entertainment systems across America. This latest unit though provides some of the most interesting promise: wirelessly downloaded movies from virtually every major Hollywood studio, including 20th Century Fox, NBC/Universal Studios, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Brothers Studios.
Slim Devices Squeezebox
Slim Devices? newest Squeezebox network music player is turning heads with a stylish look and the ability to stream digital music and Internet radio stations to a stereo. It is the third generation of a device which has won numerous awards from the tech media.
The Squeezebox network music player is available in black or white and comes in a slim, vertical brushed metal case which contrasts with an aqua-blue display. This 7.6? x 3.7? x 3.1? case has a stand and was designed by renowned California-based designer Fred Bould.
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StreetFire RBX1600
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The StreetFire RBX1600 home media device takes management of your music collection in a different direction. Instead of focusing on MP3s and video files, the developers at StreetFire Sound Labs have created a product which uses your PC, home network and a broadband connection to help manage your actual collection of CDs stored in up to four Sony MegaStorage CD changers.
The RBX1600 is capable of managing up to 1600 audio CDs. It sits quietly in your home entertainment cabinet alongside your Sony MegaStorage CD changers, providing the ability to control your collection with customizable playback capabilities which can be set from any computer on your network.
