Plex wants to be the Swiss Army Knife of cable TV cord-cutting, and today the versatile software incorporates another new tool. Plex users can now use the pre-existing HDHomeRun, a $90 external box that connects to an over-the-air TV antenna, to schedule recordings of TV shows, record and watch them on any Plex-capable device, from …
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As cord cutters binge, pay TV purges. Cable, satellite and telecom pay TV providers lost more subscribers last quarter than ever, according to a report on Monday from Leitchman Research. “The top pay-TV providers lost about 665,000 subscribers in the traditionally weak second quarter, with net losses in 2Q 2016 surpassing the previous quarterly low set in last year’s second …
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Vizio produces some of CNET’s highest-rated TVs, and high dynamic range video is our favorite image quality improvement since high-def itself. Now Vizio’s 2016 HDR sets can access the full slate of HDR TV shows and movies. A software update rolling out now to 2016 Vizio M-series and P-series TVs fulfills the company’s promise, made when the sets launched earlier …
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Now playing: Watch this: LeEco announces it’s buying Vizio for $2 billion 1:29 Chinese conglomerate LeEco just spent $2 billion to get its foot in the door of the US television market. Along with Samsung, Vizio has been one of the two most-popular TV brands in the US over the last few years. Vizio TVs are among CNET’s most-recommended models. …
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Vue viewers who are football fans will soon begin seeing red. The NFL’s popular RedZone network, that is. Sony’s live TV streaming service will add two new pro football-centric channels, NFL Network and NFL RedZone, to its slate of live TV channels in time for the 2016 NFL football season. In addition to Thursday Night Football games, The NFL Network …
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For the Samsung fan who has a Gear to go with his Galaxy, a new wireless charger for both might be around the corner. A Samsung patent application published last week shows three new wireless charger designs that are distinct from its current, flat wireless chargers for phones. The new taller chargers are designed to charge both a phone, like …
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Now playing: Watch this: What the Verizon-Yahoo deal means for users 2:19 Although many of her media bets as CEO of Yahoo failed, Marissa Mayer wants to stick around. In an open letter to employees on Yahoo’s Tumblr page, Mayer indicated that she’d like to stay on in some capacity after her company gets acquired by Verizon, a $4.83 billion …
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It’s not Verizon gobbling up Yahoo, but by the standards of the TV market, an acquisition of Vizio by LeEco could be big. A series of reports, the latest by India’s The Economic Times, points to either an acquisition or investment by the Chinese conglomerate LeEco in Irvine, California-based Vizio, which along with Samsung has been one of the two …
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Ditching cable TV using your Roku just got easier. Today Sony announced that the app for its PlayStaion Vue live TV service is available for download to Roku, CNET’s favorite platform for streaming to TVs. The app works with Roku Streaming Stick, Roku boxes and Roku TVs. Sony also said that a Vue app for Android phones and tablets would …
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A lot of people listen to Spotify. The music streaming service said its user base of active listeners has passed 100 million. The majority of those are “free” users who listen to streams with commercial breaks, but the company also claims the largest paid subscriber base in the music industry, with 30 million paid subscribers. Although it might be the …
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