Roku may not have the reach or stature of a tech colossus, but it’s more popular for streaming. A report by eMarketer finds that among Americans who use a streaming device at least once a month in 2017, 38.9 million will use a Roku. That number of users beats Google Chromecast, the 2016 champ, as …
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Now playing: Watch this: What’s it like to use YouTube TV? We go hands-on 1:55 The free version of YouTube is an internet behemoth visited by 1.5 billion viewers worldwide each month, but the pay version, with more than 40 channels of live TV, is only available to a fraction of the US population. That fraction just got a lot …
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One of my favorite things about my TV setup at home is the ability to say “Alexa, turn on the TV” and have the TV fire up, my AV receiver switch to the right input and my TiVo ready for action — er, vegetation. To do all that, I use a Harmony universal remote. That’s because Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant …
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Some cowboy hackers wear white, but some insist on going black. Now you too can differentiate yourself from the masses of sheeple people wearing the plain white Apple AirPod wireless headphones. A site called BlackPods — in no way affiliated with Apple — sells custom-painted versions of the popular in-ear wireless headphones. For $279 it’ll sell you the standard “classic” version …
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Many high-end TV shoppers are waiting for prices on OLED TVs to fall within their range. If you’re one of them, you just lost a few hundred more excuses to wait. The least expensive LG OLED TV for 2017, the C7 series, hit a new price low over the July 4 weekend, shedding another $200. Here are their current prices: …
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OLED TVs boast the best picture quality we’ve ever tested, but if you want a truly big one, it’ll cost as much as a Ford Fiesta. Pricing has been announced for the biggest 2017 versions of LG and Sony’s organic light-emitting diode TVs. They measure 77 inches diagonal and start at $15 grand. That’s three or four times as expensive …
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Think you have your head wrapped around flexible displays? Wait till you see through this. LG Display is the purveyor of OLED, our favorite TV technology, and the Korean manufacturer has a crazy new concept display. Billed as the world’s first 77-inch transparent and flexible OLED display, it can look like water flowing over a shelf. But it’s a TV. …
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I’m not a Warriors fan, but I like Cleveland even less. And I always enjoy watching the kind of exciting, team-oriented basketball Golden State employed when it summarily dismantled the Cavaliers last night to claim the NBA title. And even though I watched most of the game via live TV streaming over the internet, it was still awesome. Read more …
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Updated June 12, 2017 If you’ve had your eye on a brand-new 2017 OLED TV, whether from LG or Sony, it may surprise you to see I’m still recommending the, er, brand-old LG B6 OLED TV instead. It’s still the best buy for most people. OLED TVs still provide the best picture quality I’ve ever tested, and I just reviewed …
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Most of the other big studios have jumped on the 4K Blu-ray bandwagon, but the House of Mouse is taking its time. Disney has yet to make any official announcement, but rumors are starting to accumulate that it’s ready to release its first 4K Blu-ray title. Signs point to one of its latest sci-fi blockbusters: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. …
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