The Black Friday season introduced me to low-priced Blu-Ray players with on-board wi-fi. Low, low prices were enough of an enticement to finally step up to the next level in video technology, plus I can stream Netflix on every TV in the house. That includes the one in front of my eliptical.

Now I won’t go into the problems with streaming because we are stuck with Cablevision. While I’m perfectly satisfied with the quality watching Spongebob and Portlandia via streaming Netflix, the Cablevision connection fails time and time again. And believe me, it is neither a Netflix fail or an in-house wi-fi fail. Cablevision fails time and time again. It’s tough living in the country, absent alternative high speed internet options.

Nevertheless, I’m loving these wi-fi Blu-Ray players. For awhile we considered another WII or even a Playstation or Xbox to add streaming video to a different TV in the house since we were initiated with our WII. But the Blu-Rays were way cheaper, and let’s face it… even with three kids in the house, we really don’t need another game system. Soon enough the kids will be wanting something else.

Hopefully the next system will come with maid service and SAT prep. Hey, a guy can dream, right?