If you’ve got a new Sony TV and don’t mind paying $30 to buy a movie, the company’s new Ultra app for its 4K TVs might be for you. Launching April 4, the new streaming service will offer a variety of Sony Pictures films for purchase only (no rental option yet) at $30 apiece. They’ll …
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Pack a Roku 4 streaming box into a television and you get the TCL P130 series, the latest Roku TV with 4K resolution. True to form, Chinese TV maker TCL has announced some of the least-expensive 4K TVs you can buy. It’s actually offering two different series, the US5800 and the P130. The main difference, aside from styling, is that …
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While Apple dukes it out over iPhone security with the FBI, its far-less-controversial Apple TV box is set to get incrementally better with the latest free software update. In CEO Tim Cook’s remarks from Apple’s event today he touted the fact that the Apple TV app store has more than 5,000 apps. He mentioned a special March Madness app, exclusive …
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Ditching your cable TV subscription just got easier, no matter where you live in the United States. PlayStation Vue, a service that streams live and on-demand TV over the Internet, is now available everywhere in the country, and for a lower price than ever. Starting today in 203 US TV markets, you can subscribe to the service for as little …
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You can’t call them SUHD, or OLED, but LG is fine with you calling its latest TVs Super. The company’s line of premium LCD-based televisions for 2016, first announced in January under the copycat name Super UHD TV, has received official pricing for when they ship to U.S. retailers later this month. They range from $1,800 for a 55-inch model …
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Call it “Fore!” K. DirecTV says it will broadcast all four rounds of The Masters golf tournament in 4K resolution, starting April 7. According to the company this is the first live 4K broadcast in the country, and as far as we know they’re correct. Only a select portion of the tourney will appear in 4K, however. “AT&T will broadcast …
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If you’re among the few who actually don 3D glasses to watch movies at home, you’re not gonna like this. If you’re everyone else, you probably couldn’t care less. 3D, once hailed as a breakthrough new feature on TVs and propelled into mainstream consciousness by the blue aliens of “Avatar” and the efforts of ESPN and DirecTV, has been waning …
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For years we’ve been telling people to skip the built-in smart TV apps on their TVs and use an external device like a Roku or Google’s $35 Chromecast. Now Vizio is internalizing our advice. According to a report in Variety, the TV maker is removing the built-in smart TV apps from some of its 2016 TVs and replacing it with …
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Sony says it’s paring down its TV offerings to concentrate on the high-end 4K market, and its expensive 2016 lineup is further proof. The storied Japanese TV maker is first among major names in announcing 2016 prices for its TVs, all of which use LED LCD technology. And many cost as much or more than comparable OLED-based models from LG, …
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The country is set to go officially crazy for Super Bowl 50 on February 7. If you’re not among the 75,000-odd lucky fans who get to watch the game in person at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium, you’ll probably be among the 110 million-plus people watching it on a TV. Here’s how to make that TV look its best for the …
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