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Best Wi-Fi home entertainment products
Who needs an Ethernet cable when some of the latest and greatest devices now offer Wi-Fi support? Whether it's a gaming console or your personal music hub, we've narrowed down a list of top Wi-Fi entertainment products for your home. On the gaming front, both Sony and Nintendo offer built-in Wi-Fi (it's a pricey add-on accessory for the Xbox 360). The Sony VGF-WA1 and Logitech Squeezebox Duet, both of which stream all manner of music and Internet radio stations to your home stereo, are both Wi-Fi-ready (the more expensive Sonos needs at least one wired connection). The Chumby is a sort of Web-connected Internet alarm clock and information appliance. And the Apple TV gives you access to iTunes movies and music on your television. In other words, Wi-Fi's not just your PC anymore.
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| Review date | November 09, 2007 | February 25, 2008 | November 13, 2006 | June 18, 2007 | March 04, 2008 | March 22, 2007 |
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| Connections type | Info unavailable | Headphones | Info unavailable | Headphones , Audio line-in , Audio line-out , USB , Digital audio output (optical) | Network , SPDIF output , Audio line-out | Component video output , HDMI , Audio line-out , SPDIF output |
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| Product type | Info unavailable | Digital multimedia receiver | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Digital multimedia receiver |
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| Connector type | Info unavailable | 1 Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm Installed Rear , 2 4 pin USB Type A Installed Rear | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 1 Network RJ-45 Installed Rear , 1 SPDIF output Rear , 1 SPDIF output RCA phono Installed Rear , 1 Audio line-out RCA phono x 2 Installed Rear | 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , 1 HDMI Rear , 1 Audio line-out RCA phono x 2 Installed Rear , 1 RJ-45 Installed Rear , 1 SPDIF output Rear , 1 Rear |
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| Product Description | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Sony VAIO VGF-WA1 - Portable network audio player / digital player | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
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| Product name | Sony PlayStation 3 (40GB) | Chumby (black) | Nintendo Wii | Sony VGF-WA1 (white) |
Logitech Squeezebox Duet
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