Entertainment to go
There are creatures who have adapted to travel with everything they need. Camels store water in their humps. Turtles carry shelter on their backs. This is an area in which humans, evolutionarily speaking, are lacking. Unfortunately, we have not yet evolved to a point where everything we need to travel is just there for us. That is particularly true of entertainment. The movies and shows we would like to watch do not come loaded on our brains. Maybe one day. Until then, there is HopperGO.
HopperGO is a small black box half the size of your smartphone with 64 gigs of storage space. It can hold 100 hours of TV. And you can stream it on up to 5 devices by connecting to the wifi network each HopperGO creates.
So when you take a trip—say, for spring break—you can bring your entertainment with you. Whether you want movies for a car trip or to spend an entire week watching TV on a remote island beach, you can do that. Seriously. Go ahead. Spend a week watching TV on a remote island beach. You will not regret it.
Since 100 hours is a lot of hours, we’ll get you started. Here are 16 things you can record tomorrow to take on the road with you. (Remember, you can record 16 channels at once with the Hopper 3 DVR.) They’ll set the scene for a spring break road trip rather perfectly.
Movies
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial
LMN 10am
OK, you wouldn’t want this for a spring break scenario.
Dude, Where’s My Car?
CMDY 1pm
Where, indeed?
John Tucker Must Die
FRFM 9.30am
Careful out there.
Love in Paradise
HLMRK 11am
The ideal spring break scenario.
Wild Hogs
ENCRW 11.15am
The mid-life crisis set does its own version of a spring break road trip, on motorcycles.
Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School
BOOM 4pm
One movie we can promise will not tax your brain.
Due Date
IFC 5.30pm
A screwball road trip through the American Southwest starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. For those who like a spring break tinged with black comedy.
Planet of the Apes
AMC 2pm
It counts as travel even when you stay on the same planet.
How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days
TNCK 9.30pm
Ten days is a good amount of time for a spring break.
Alice In Wonderland
DISCF 10pm
Quite a trip.
He’s Just Not That Into You
E! 10pm
For a spring break of self help.
TV
Swamp People
HIST 7am
Lots of boating in the sun, even if the objective is to hunt alligators.
Planet Earth: Human Planet
BBCA 2pm
An episode about surviving in a rainforest.
Stranded with a Million Dollars
MTV2 1.20pm
Spring break as a game of survival.
Food Paradise
TRV 3pm
A survey of late night food specials around the U.S.
2 Broke Girls
TBS 5pm
Or, when you come home from spring break.
…And there is plenty more where those came from. Wherever your travels take you, take your entertainment. And have fun.
