So yes, finally your Slingbox can actually take advantage of that high def tuner (or DVR) you've got sitting in your living room console.
One, called Vollee, streams videogames to high-speed phones, which makes for graphics and game play almost as rich as you'd see on a living-room console.
Instead of getting together to watch a movie, some people huddle around the living-room game console, or strap on a headset and chat online with friends across town or across the country over some gunfire.
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Plans for the living room-friendly console emerged early last month.
Unfortunately for lovers of dust and beautifully over-engineered gear, the room-sized recording console is dying out fast, replaced by software and small, neat, racks of pre-amps and analog summing mixers.
Watch your favorite cable programs in the kitchen, then hook up to a game console in the living room for some action!
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Consoles, in turn, are accessible, and if Valve created a mini-PC of sorts (which is what most consoles are) for the living room, they could recreate the console experience many gamers prefer, complete with a controller, while still satiating the hardcore who want to use a wireless mouse and keyboard.
That success promises to give fresh momentum to Microsoft's years-long effort to break into the living room, as the company turns the console into a showcase for its ideas about merging gaming, on-demand video and online communities.
Microsoft's vision of the gaming console as the window into the living room is a big, big bet, and one that clearly hasn't paid off thus far.
The Linksys Powerline AV 4-Port Network Adapter Kit (PLSK400). (Includes one 1-port powerline adapter and a 4-port powerline adapter) This kit is ideal for the home media room where users can connect a TV, game console, media server and networked DVD player.
Of course, like Nintendo and especially Microsoft, Sony wants to continue branding its console as an entertainment hub for the living room, not just a gaming toy.
Behind a sofa, put a console table or, if you have the room, a round center table as Kathryn has done here.
This gives many indie developers the tantalizing possibility to get their community-voted games into the living room without the onerous costs and restrictions placed on them by the traditional console makers.
From the massively popular Mario Kart Wii, to the Legend of Zelda series, the simplified nature of the Wii Mini allows for an easier out-of-the-box gaming experience, and is perfect for those who want to check out the Wii and could not pick up the console before, or a quick addition to a rec or gaming room.
Still, with its next console called Revolution, Nintendo doesn't want to dominate your living room.
Big Picture won't turn your media center into a game console, but it definitely makes outputting high end PC games to your living room a smoother experience.
Over the past few years, Microsoft has built the Xbox from a gaming console into an entertainment hub capable of serving as the central device in any living room setup.
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