"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Got a Tivo? They make a wireless USB connection for most tivo units to get
> the program guide/program whn away fom home/transfer recorded shows/etc
> wirelessly....
> Got one or two areas that wireless don't reach but you have power to?
> Netgear has a neat line of power line networking (rather than the 14Mb,
> they have 54Mb and 85Mb, that can ALSO be used to put AP's in areas where
> wireless won't reach, or to make your illuminated area a lot larger have
> 4 of em and 3 AP's...
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Brid...Extenders.aspx
> Or the one that I love (drives the dogs crazy, sorry I don't have a link),
> but basically it's is a rechargable wireless robot (you can control and/or
> program it wirelessly)....
>
> Forget useful or practical.. look for FUN stuff!

Ah, Tivo! Now we are talking... I have a couple of Media MVP boxes (Radio
Shack was/is closing them for only $35!).

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/produ..._mediamvp.html

Along with GBPVR, http://www.gbpvr.com/ , you can make DiY "media centers".
I use mine mainly to stream music (MP3's and internet radio) to the stereo,
more than video, though..

Tivo now has HD players out, but waiting for them to go down a bit. No way
I'm jumping on first generation, (read: big, slow, and bulky) HD-DVD or
BluRay! Give both of them a year or so...

Forget useful or practical.. look for FUN stuff! Hmm.. XBox 360?

Cheers,
Eric