'There's never anything on TV," you hear people say more and more often. And this from people paying NIS 300 a month for cable or satellite subscriptions. We should've all listened when Bruce Springsteen predicted this, when he sang many years ago about "57 channels and nothing on." We knew Bruce was "the Boss," but a prophet, too?
There's a reason TV has gotten Replica Panerai Watches so insipid of late: The most creative minds have moved from the TV studio to the Internet, where they are showing off their wares on sites like YouTube. Forget the 57 channels; YouTube has more than 120 million videos, with another 200,000 being added every day. It would take you 600 years to watch them all. YouTube is completely free, and there are actually ways to watch your favorite network TV series on the site as well (according to YouTube, about 12 percent of the files on the site are in violation of a copyright).
Far be it for me to recommend that anyone cancel their HOT or YES subscription, but you certainly would be just as entertained - if not more so - if you relied for your TV on YouTube, and download sites (legal and otherwise). It certainly seems like an idea to consider during these cash- strapped times. And there's no question that the Internet as a primary source for video is the wave of the future; Google just a few weeks ago introduced its Google TV platform (), which the company describes as a service "that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet."
The problem, of course, is that YouTube videos - and all the other videos on other entertainment sites - are on your computer, with its small, office appropriate screen. It seems a shame to have to watch this content on your computer screen, when you have a perfectly good TV gathering dust in the family or living room. A neat trick would be to "move" that YouTube and other Internet content - as well as programs you download with, for example, iTunes (more on that below) - directly on your TV. Can it be done? Indeed it can, using some of the solutions listed here.
The simplest solution, but maybe not the best, is to connect a computer to your TV directly. Of course, you wouldn't use your office computer for this purpose, but if you have an old PC hanging around, all you need to do is connect your computer to your TV (either using a USB to HDMI cable, if your TV has high-def input, or with an RCA connector from your PC's video out to your computer's video in). You might even consider buying a computer to use as a media server. A good, inexpensive choice would be the Acer Aspire Revo (), with HDMI output (it costs about $200 at Amazon.com).
Then there are the media servers - hardware to stream video and audio files, YouTube videos, and any other Internet content, from a computer to a TV. There is a plethora of products in this category, including Other Brands Jewellery expensive, high-end devices with Blueray DVD players and a large hard drive to store files (), but two better choices for most people would be the ASUS O!Play Air - Wireless N TV HD Media Player () or the Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player (http:// tinyurl.com/338f4g7), both about $120 from Amazon.
Both allow connections to hi-def ports on your TV, and can stream movies, TV, Internet or music on either a wired ethernet or wi-fi network. The devices find the appropriate content on your PC and display it in menu form on your TV; all you have to do is click on the remote, sit back and watch. You may not be ready to break your relationship with your TV, but chanc
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