Apple's Airport Express is an excellent device for streaming music from your computer to your stereo; the only obvious drawback is that you need to control playback via your computer, which can defeat the purpose of listening on your stereo. (Of course, the problem goes away if you're using your computer while listening to the music.)
Owners of the Nintendo Wii can solve the interface issue by installing the Opera browser on the Wii and then running dot.Tunes on their Mac or PC. This streams iTunes music, including purchased DRM-ed songs, as long as it's in the MP3 format, to the Wii (as well as your online friends who have the password), and allows graphical playback control on the receiving end, unlike the Airport Express.
In the case of the Wii, you would control dot.Tunes/iTunes playback with your wireless Wii controller and a flash-basedinterface on your television set. You might be able to demo the software here (their registration process isn't working at the moment, so the demo is currently unavailable to new users).
dot.Tunes is free for fifteen days; after that, it costs $30, althoughif you register before the fifteen days is up, the charge is cut inhalf. I'm not sure how stable Opera's flash support is on the Wii, butif this system works (and assuming Apple doesn't include a monkeywrench in the next iTunes update), people like me who are considering buying the Wii have onemore justification for buying one.
(via MusicGizmos)
