Today’s Internet provides access to a vast array of audio and video feeds from across the globe. Virtually any kind of music you can think of, as well as news and sports commentary, TV shows, and movies can stream through a computer hookup to your stereo system or other television sets in your home.

Your computer can not only play these various forms of media but they can also be stored onto your computer’s hard drive. An audio server can send music from the computer via an audio cable hooked up to a stereo system for listening in any room of the house. And a digital video recorder can send TV shows and movies, as well as music and even photographs, through the network to television sets throughout the house.

The beauty of having these devices as part of your home network is that together they create a comprehensive home media center without the need for any CDs, DVDs, LPs, or other physical forms of media, though you can download all of these onto the network as well.