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"The Hot List: Home Entertainment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Spotify Premium\n\nPrice: $9.99 a month/$119.88 a year\nWhat it does: Gives you access to millions and millions of music tracks that can be accessed on the desktop or mobile -- you can even do offline listening.\nWhy it's worth it: There are lots of subscription music services -- Rdio, Rhapsody, MOG, Sony's Music Unlimited -- but Spotify is our favorite. Spotify Premium offers users ad-free access, the ability to stream on mobile devices and offline access on the go or from a Mac or PC. We love Spotify Radio -- especially on the phone -- and it has essentially replaced Pandora for us. Coupled with the extensive music library and strong social features, Spotify Premium is well worth the price.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Jawbone Big Jambox \n\nPrice: $299.99\nWhat it does: Jawbone's portable wireless speaker lets users pump audio from their phones, tablets or other audio peripherals anywhere.\nWhy it's worth it: The Big Jambox improves on its little brother by packing tons of power into a wireless speaker that is portable and extensible. As we said in our review, the sound quality is really great and the setup is extremely simple. It works with any Bluetooth device (and can plug directly into other sources) and has support for tons of third-party apps. If $300 is too rich for your blood, the original, smaller Jambox is $199.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Amazon Prime \n\nPrice: $79 a year \nWhat it does: Free two-day shipping on every Amazon purchase (from Amazon or their fulfillment partners) as well as access to thousands of TV shows and movies on demand and thousands of Kindle books.\nWhy it's worth it: Amazon Prime is one of the best values around. When the service just offered free two-day shipping, no minimum purchase required, it was a great deal for frequent shoppers. Add the Kindle lending library and the always-improving selection of Amazon Instant Video titles and the value gets even better. A growing number of consumer electronic devices support streaming from Amazon Instant Video and the company recently released an iPad app. Amazon might not match Netflix or Hulu in terms of sheer quantity of content, but it's getting close in terms of quality.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe New Acura ILX\n\nThe Hot List highlights tech products that are worth splurging on, and it's presented by the new Acura ILX. With technology centered around your life and a design that pushes all the right buttons, luxury starts here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. PlayStation 3 \n\nPrice: $229.99 for basic console, $299.99 with a game or PlayStation Move\nWhat it does: Plays video games, offers access to online content, plays Blu-ray discs and offers access to various streaming services.\nWhy it's worth it: If you're looking for an all-in-one device to play back Blu-ray discs and access streaming media, check out the PS3. For the same price as a high-end Blu-ray player, you can also play PS3 games and connect to the PlayStation Network. Support for Vudu, Amazon Instant, Hulu Plus and Netflix makes it a great media player, even without game support.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Logitech Harmony One Universal Remote \n\nPrice: Retails for $199, but can be found for $119 online\nWhat it does: Controls all of your devices from one remote control. \nWhy it's worth it: If you have lots of devices connected to your TV -- Blu-ray player, cable box, receiver, video game console, streaming box -- a universal remote control is a godsend. The Harmony One is several years old (I got mine in 2009), but remains the best universal remote on the market. You can control everything from one place and even better, set up specific actions -- such as \"watch a Blu-ray\" -- that will auto-tune the right components. Setup could be improved -- Logitech's web interface still needs work -- but once it's done, only having to reach for one remote instead of five is a dream come true.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt's a great time to be an entertainment lover. From connected TVs to streaming music and video services to video games that look better than real life, entertainment and digital are intersecting like never before. With so many products on the market, the hardest part is choosing which service or gadget you want to use to consume content or play games.\nWe've highlighted five of our favorite premium services and gadgets in the entertainment space. From music and video subscriptions to streaming media players, wireless speakers and universal remotes, we tried to run the gamut of entertainment devices that are worth paying for.\nWhat entertainment gadgets and services were worth it to you? Let us know what's on your Hot List in the comments!\nImage courtesy of Flickr, Andreas Blixt"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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