Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’

On average, how much TV do you watch? How much radio do you listen to? And more importantly, who owns/broadcasts the content that you are consuming? As of late this is something that I am becoming more sensitive too. The internet offers more independent sources of news and entertainment than ever before. And back in the day it was drilled into us that if it was on the radio, on the TV or in the paper, it must be true. Not so much so anymore. Consider the sources of your news and entertainment. Consider the values that they are pumping into your home, into the heads of yourself and your family. If you have children, how aware are you of the content they are consuming?

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If you are like me, you enjoy the luxury of streaming media from Netflix, Hulu and Youtube. They are each great services. What happens when the net goes down? Building your offline library of media (movies and music) can be a life saver in a grid down situation.

First consider the situation you’ll be faced with. Will the use of a DVD player be feasible? Most often when the power is out of service, DVDs are not good use of emergency power. But mobile devices can be charged via solar power and can play ripped media. Consider ripping your current video media with Handbrake and storing it on a SD card. Your media can then be viewed on the small screen. Potable DVD players are fairly cheap as well and use battery power. Read the rest of this entry »