TED 20MAY2015 – Media Devices

Media Devices comes in all shapes and sizes, video or audio and Internet or airwaves. You might be one of those Cord Cutter types who wants to get rid of high cable or satellite bills. Want to have access to all your music or photos on a device or through the cloud. Maybe streaming radio, music or TV. There is an abundance of devices out there from simple to high end. I will try to give you a list of some of the resources for finding what you need. Most are quite simple to setup. It can be a cell phone, tablet, PC, laptop, Internet radio, connected automobile, TV set-top box, software & apps or that old iPod or other device. All these come in many flavors of operating systems from Apple OS, Microsoft, Google Android, Linux or others. Internet, WiFi, Cell connected or that old over-the-air antenna, even your up or downloaded media files you access. Media can be in the form of Print, TV, Social, Movies, Radio, Music, Photos, Podcasts and many others.... Lots of places to consume Media on your device. Streaming TV: Roku & Roku Stick Apple TV Google TV & Chromcast Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Slingbox or Sling TV Nexus Player Xbox One and lots more boxes including available built-in to Smart TV's... Streaming Services Movies, TV, Music, Photos: Amazon Prime $99 annual. Netflix Plans from $7.99 a month. Hulu Plus $7.99 a month. HBO Go $14.99 a month. M-Go free, pay only for what you watch. CBS All Access $6 a month. ABC Go free online. NBC free online. Fox or Fox Now free online. Showtime Anytime free with your subscription through participating providers. and many others... Streaming Music: Amazon Music free to prime members or 30-day free trial. Spotify 3 months of Premium for $0.99 regular $10 a month. Pandora $4.99 a month. Sound Cloud free, Pro $3.99, Pro Unlimited $15 a month. annual plans available. iTunes Last.fm $3.00 a month. YouTube Music and many others... Movie and TV Databases: Rotten Tomatoes great ratings. iMDb oldest and most extensive. TheMoviedb The TVDB TV Guide these are the main ones. Internet Radio: Live365 thousands of Internet radio stations. Tunein streaming music radio and streaming talk radio. iTunes Radio Hear where your music takes you. Pandora personalized radio that plays music you'll love. Spotify Get the right music, right now. InternetRadio free music from thousands of Internet radio stations. SHOUTcast a complete suite of products to power internet radio stations. SiriusXM What you love. Anywhere. Slacker Radio is powered by humans! and many more... Podcasts Audio & Video: TWiT TV Netcasts you Love from People you Trust. GeekNewsCentral Apple iTunes Home to everything that entertains you. NPR TechPodcasts If it's Tech it's Here. TPN.tv videos. PodcastDirectory the Portal for Audio and Video Podcasts. POdcastOne destination for the best and most popular. iPodder and many more... News: Fifty Plus - Huffington Post Reddit the front page of the Internet. Google News Flipboard Your Personal Magazine. SC Magazine for IT Security Professionals. Livestation the top international news channels. BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news) informs, educates and entertains. CNN the latest breaking news and information. CNET News top technology news. Reuters worldwide links. and many more... Social Media: Twitter cross-platform. Facebook a social utility that connects people with friends and others. Linkedin business-oriented social networking service. Instagram Take a picture or video. Pinterest a visual discovery tool. Tumblr is so easy to use that it's hard to explain. AARP and many more... Print Media: Amazon Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Project Gutenberg a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works. GoodReads Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion. kobo eBooks, Magazines, Apps & eReaders. Newseum Today's Front Pages Worldwide. Barnes & Noble the world's largest book seller.