How do you access your media? Do you use a smartphone? A tablet? Or are you “old fashioned” and use your computer?
There are many ways to consume music and video these days be it Spotify, Slacker, YouTube, Hulu and several others that make “on demand” programming almost a staple. It’s become so ingrained into our regular lives; I can barely remember a time without it.
The (relatively) low price point for tablets and smartphones add to that accessibility of on demand programming letting you take yourself out of the living room and into the coffee shops, the libraries and even the commuter trains to enjoy your favorite shows.
Our society has really become one where you can get your media, your way. (I will randomly award a GoFlex Satellite to one person who can correctly tell me which fast food company had a similar slogan. I’ll announce a winner in the comments section 5/29/12)
Anyway, the same can be said for storage. I keep an external drive in my bag at all times and I’ll have a different drive in another bag just in case I take that one. The rise of cloud storage has really taking this anytime/anywhere mantra to heart to the point where you can literally get your media your way. (BTW, R.I.P. ZumoDrive)
I remember growing up watching Star Trek and learning about the concept of IDIC – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. The short version of this concept is how there are millions of variables for things in the universe. The same can be said about electronic devices on the market. For example, if I’m on the go covering a show like CES? Then it’s my Slim and my Android phone. In a situation where I have the chance to be more stationary, then maybe my laptop and my GoFlex Pro. I don’t have to worry about whatever infinite combination I use to access my data because it’s always “on demand.”
So how do you access your media?
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Burger King
I access my media through the web on a smartphone, tablet, or computer via cloud storage! Also I think the answer to your question was Burger King, your way right away…
The motto it’s like the one on Burguer King!
BTW I access my media via smartphone and the old fashioned way, my PC.
Ah, ye olde Burger King slogan! I access my media as much and as often as I can—external drives, SSD, the internet, my TiVo, my tablet and phone, the works!
The answer would be Burger King.
Media access is usually streamed from our media server, either OTA with smart phone/iPad or directly to the TV through HDMI.
I still mainly use my laptop but have also been using my iPad more these days.
We do seem to love getting our media, our way!
“Have it your way” is the famous Burger King advertising slogan–with all the options, it’s quite true!
Burger King! Home network Storage.
burger king has a similar slogan.
BK as its know today, but Burger King as everyone has said so far…
And I get my media from my computers ;shared network and NAS various forms of external storage, thumb drives ,SSD USB 3.0 drive and a pop in 3.5″/2.5″ drive reader. My iPhone has some stuff and I believe I have a few ‘cloud’ accounts used rarely.
Burger King had a long run ning slogan that was similar. At our house, we use either a media server, connect our TV directly to a computer or a USB device.
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The now defunct King Crown and Robed Image of tasty Burger King! I get my media via laptop, PC and smartphone, TV, radio and am learning from sites like yours how to use more ways to get my media. Thank you.
I’m old fashioned and stream media from my PC or external HDD to TV using a PBO Media player. Have it your way is Burger King’s slogan. I like my burger to have a toasted bun but seeing as they don’t toast buns then I can’t have it my way now can I! I guess I’ll stick to Harvey’s.
I’ll have it my Whopper my way from Burger King!
I first only utilized Dropbox for all of my cloud storage needs. It was a perfect connected solution with an iOS app, web connectivity, and native folder integration in OS X. The problem was paying for more space! Thankfully, I now use a Seagate GoFlex Home! I have native OS X integration using a mounted network hard drive, love using the mobile app to access my files – even using the built in media player for movies on the go -, and can even access the drive from anywhere using the web application. Even better, I can send access URLs to my folders via the web app and restrict access to email addresses I know. SO, personal Cloud storage FTW!
Burger King’s slogan…..created in 1974. I currently use various free cloud services, but a free Go Flex Satellite would certainly change that….minus the pickles please.
Have it your way. Burger King.
I have been wanting one of these to use with my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Burger King!
Burger King is the fast food company I believe. And I use my phone, tablet and a big old honkin’ display when I want “big screen”
The answer is Burger King, and I access my media via ssh, http, and cloud storage. I don’t have to out the old to welcome in the new do I?
Burger King’s slogan ! i use different free cloud services ….
Burger king is the one with the slogan I believe. And I have a home server to store my media.
good old(really old) fashion computer
plus audio-cds from way back and back-up dvds
Bufrger King had the slogan, “Have it your way”
Burger King…
I also use various free and paid cloud services (personal & work), but a free Go Flex Satellite is going to get my wife a lot faster media access.
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Roku
“Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us…”
“Have it Your Way” at Burger King!!
Burger King.
I usually use MS SkyDrive now.
Burger King had the same slogan 🙂
I would have to say burger king as their slogan is “Have it your way” and it fits as there are times when you want to feel free roam around and don’t have to worry tangled cords or computers that are unable to recognize what you’ve plugged in. Although I use sound cloud for my music, I want to just play my music seamlessly without having to log in just to go straight to my music. I use hulu to watch my favorite shows that I’ve missed, but with hulu plus, you have to have a subscription as well with netflix. I want to watch and access what I want when I want it without hassles and be able to view it anywhere.
The fast food company which had a similar slogan is Burger King!
Actually I use both, I have a tab….along with my old fashioned pc….& trust me…both are working well…the difference between two is, one i can carry outside with me & the other one i can’t….that’s it…!!
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Burger King of course. I like to get my media over my wifi network where I store all my videos and music on my desktop.
Burger King had / has a similar slogan. I access my media via Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex, HP Laptop, Western Digital Media TV Live, and the Motorola Droid Bionic. Love my Seagate! Thanks for the contest! Good luck everyone!!!
“Have it your way.” -Burger King!
I’d love one of those GoFlex Satellites!
have it your way-burger king.
would love to use this for all my devices!
The company with the similar motto is Burger King. Have it your way. Or the jingle; Your way, right away at Burger King now!
Burger King! ). Burger King’s most popular product, the Original Whopper Sandwich was introduced to the world in 1957. The Whopper became a huge success and is still a world known sandwich that has a perfect fire-grilled taste (www.burgerking.ca/en/1121/index.php). This tasty hamburger was created to satisfy their customer so that any one as customer can have their food their own way which relates to their slogan “Have it your way”, created in 1974. They state that their vision is to “proudly serve the best burgers in the business, plus a variety of real authentic foods….all freshly prepared…. just the way you want it”
I’m not really a big cloud user right now. I have a pretty stringent back-up regimen, where my main data is on a SSD, media and larger files (as well as secondary back -up) are on an internal drive, and I have an external drive where I make regular back-ups of important data. Since I deal with a lot of large data and I’m backing up a lot of files, I haven’t bothered with cloud storage yet since I imagine it’ll take forever to upload the files.
When it comes to mobile data, I just use a USB stick. Probably not very secure, but I don’t put any vital data on there (it’s usually just for media transfers).
Also, Burger King!
Burger King
Burger King has a slogan “Have it your Way”
I use Dropbox and a friend of mine actually have a Seagate GoFlex Satellite drive and cannot live without it . After seeing his setup ande considering mine I think that the GoFlex drive would be just the thing for me and I could not get along without it after using one for any length of time.
“Have it your waaaaaaay…..” Burger King is the answer. BTW would LOVE to have a GoFlex Satellite to use with my Galaxy Tab….Thanks for the giveaway!
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Burger King. I access my media via my gigabit ethernet/wifi home network which contaings several Go Flex external hard drives. Streaming to various android phones, game consoles, a media center and an iPad 2.
BURGER KING “HAVE IT YOUR WAY”
It’s similar to Burger King’s slogan. I utilize the cloud for accessing my work files wherever I am. For media I use my NAS at home and external on the road.
I think Burguer King is the answer 🙂
the dreaded Burger King
All of the above.
Burger King is the answer you want.
I don’t carry a harddrive with me everywhere because having all those wires is quite a fuss. Instead, I put some of my essentials on my phone and on Dropbox. Dropbox is good because I can have the app on my android, and it integrates very well with my PC. However the android app is a bit rubbish, it’s hard to download multiple files, and viewing pictures straight out of the app is bad quality.
My main computer is usually on when I’m out of the house, so I can control that via Logmein and send the files via Dropbox. I also use Logmein Hamachi to send files between remote computers (Amazon EC2), but I’m frustrated that there’s no android app for that.
In terms of managing media at home, we have a PC “nettop” plugged in under the TV, it handles files, printing, or long processing jobs, and we also use it to view media on the big screen.
The system need modernising, but we don’t have the money! The main aim is to have all your data, easily, reliably and securely available to you, all the time, wherever you go. There are several ways to do this, but they all involve either subscriptions, or an extra one-time cost for us!
The fast food company is Burger King!
i m so random! burger king. the bk king commercials freaked me out!
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Burger King. Have it your way.
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I use my desktop PC, laptop, and iPad 2.
Thanks!!!
How do you connect your Android phone directly to your Slim? I’d love to be able to do that. Perhaps write an article about using smartphones with backup drives?
Love all the comments, folks. Keep ’em coming.
Carol – that’s a good idea for a topic. I haven’t tried that so let me do some digging around.
BURGER KING!!! 😀
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Burger King. I access my media thru my smartphone and PC, but it’s much easier on my PC
Burger King had that slogan. “Have it your way”.
Hey Robin! Congrats on winning the GoFlex Satellite. Please check your email for more information. Thanks to all for reading and commenting. I hope you’re enjoying the blog.
Best,
Jonathan
My mind is whirling with ideas on how I am going to interface this into my life. A lot of limits just went away..
Burger King!