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I review and discuss a ton of smart home<\/a>, cordcutting<\/a>, and home networking gear<\/a> at this blog. You’d think I have all the gear I’d want, right? Not even close. Unfortunately, two things stop me from having everything I want. I don’t have unlimited money, and I certainly don’t have unlimited time. I also only tend to buy things that are reasonably priced and that will get a lot of use. If I don’t think my family will use something a lot I probably won’t buy it, even if I want it. And, I try to be somewhat frugal about my smart home purchases. Any smart home purchase under $50<\/a> gets a lot less thought than a purchase over $50. But I still keep those ideas for purchases on my wish list!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a list of items on my wish list (not in any particular order) but haven’t bought because it’s too expensive, I don’t have the time to implement it, I don’t think it will get used much, or any combination of those reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10 GbE upgrade all around the home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t really get a lot of use out of this one, but I’d like to have it. It would be great to have planned for the future. I have Cat 6 going through my house, which should be able to handle it. But all my switches are gigabit, as are my network cards. I’d love to put 10 GbE cards in my Proxmox hosts<\/a> and see if I can run them as a cluster in high availability mode. 10 GbE would make that easier. For now, I think I’d just need a 10 GbE switch<\/a> in my office, a 10 GbE Thunderbolt 3<\/a> adapter for my NUC, and a couple of PCIe 10 GbE network cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4K TV and install, 4K capable receiver <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A 4K TV has been on my wish list for a while. We have a smaller one in my bedroom, but it is time to upgrade our 9-year-old plasma TV in our family room. I think 65″ will suffice. I don’t need it to be smart because I have a 4K capable Roku and a Chromecast with Google TV<\/a>. But I’m not opposed to it being smart. I think I’d also pay someone to install it. It’s a two-person job to remove my current TV and mount a new one. Here are a few on my wish list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n