Music is such an integral part of my life and who I am. No I am not a famous musician masquerading as a wanna be blogger, I am just a huge fan of music. All kinds of music. I don't discriminate {well maybe against polka or Justin Bieber-ish music}. In fact, I really think I could piece together the soundtrack of my life {or at least the parts that I can remember}.
Now that I am {finally} on the cusp of moving into my new home, one of my super high "wants" is a centralized audio system so that we can play music all over the house. Weelll it looks like that's not going to make it into my dream home package. But thankfully I found the next best thing......Sonos.
Sonos is a wireless audio system that allows you to play music using in-home WiFi connection. You can stream music from your iTunes collection, mp3 collection and from a host of popular internet radio sites like Pandora, Spotify, SiriusXM, Rhapsody, Napster, iHeartRadio and many others.
The great thing about it is that you can start with just one of the box-like speaker systems for your main room, and then add on additional speaker systems for other rooms as your needs increase {or you find the money!}. I love the fact that you don't have to purchase {or keep up with} a separate remote for the system. You can control the entire system and each of the zones individually, all from your computer, iPhone, iPad or other tablets and phones.
Just a few more weeks {hopefully} and I can begin choreographing the next segment of my soundtrack......what's on yours?
Cable/Satellite TV is sooooo 2000s. Even DVR is becoming a bit irrelevant. Every show {and movie when I have time} that I watch is available on the network's website, and with limited commercial interruptions. So tell me again why I am paying Verizon a billion dollars a month for Fios {oh yeah for football/sports that's why...smh}?!? But seriously, if I could easily get the internet on my TV and watch it with limited connectivity issues, I would totally switch. I don't think we're truly there yet, but we're close.
Google now offers Google TV {and Apple has been offering Apple TV for some time now, but to little fanfare}. I love everything Google so I had to check it out. It seems like all that you need is a Logitech Revue Companion Box or something similar, and an internet connection {and a TV of course} and you're good to go!
Amazon is also offering Amazon Video which allows you to "rent" movies and TV shows on demand. You can access this using Google TV or even straight from your laptop.
While the price tag is a bit high -- $299 for the Logitech -- think of all the money you'll save not paying for cable every month and it will quickly pay for itself.
I haven't tried it yet, but I'm itching to. I would LOVE to stop paying Verizon all that money for practically nothing every month. My only worry is that accessing your TV over a wireless network may get a bit annoying.
