Free sticks with your $60 Sling TV commitment! David Katzmaier/CNET Sling TV launched earlier this week with the promise of no commitments and freedom from cable TV bundling, but its latest promotion requires a commitment and bundles devices with the service. “For a limited time,” according to Sling TV’s site, you can pick up a …

Now playing: Watch this: Sling TV: Is it time to cut the cord? 6:53 Sling TV is now available to anyone in the US, and to mark the launch the company has bolstered its offerings. The first-of-its-kind live TV package is now accepting all comers who sign up at Sling.com. It starts at $20 per month, and there’s a free, …

Microsoft For the few people who own a compatible Smart TV from Samsung, Skype just got better. Microsoft, which owns the video-calling software brand, says an updated Skype app is available now for 2014 Samsung TVs that feature a built-in camera. As far as we can tell, that amounts to the HU9000 series of curved 4K Ultra HD TVs — …

Now playing: Watch this: Dish launches new Internet TV service with Sling TV 2:45 LAS VEGAS — Home video at CES 2015 wasn’t so much about the hardware as what you can watch on it, how much it will cost, and whether you can drop your cable subscription. For the past few years as more online services deliver shows, movies …

Sarah Tew/CNET LAS VEGAS — The marketing departments at major TV makers love their buzzwords, and none more than Samsung. The world’s biggest TV maker and dominant force in 4K UHD sales bet big on a confusing array of new terms at CES 2015, beginning with S(don’t-call-me-Super)UHD . Other TV makers joined in too, adding HDR, pixel splitting and numerous …

Now playing: Watch this: LG’s OLED HDR: the next generation of the best TV ever 1:20 LAS VEGAS — LG’s huge, hectic booth on the main floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center is packed tight with the newest OLED TVs, from flat to curved to flexible . Meanwhile in LG Display’s quiet, private suite at the Bellagio, I got …

One Pass to rule them all, One Pass to find them, One Pass to group them all, and in the My Shows bind them! David Katzmaier/CNET LAS VEGAS — TiVo is prepared for hordes of pitchfork-wielding faithful to assault its headquarters, chanting, “Bring back Season Pass! Bring back Season Pass!” This February the company will perform an update to its …

At 0.2-inch deep, Sony’s XBR-X900C is the thinnest LCD TV yet. Sarah Tew/CNET LAS VEGAS — While Samsung and LG were trying to outdo each other with the curviest and flexiest showstopper SUHD and OLED TVs, Sony introduced a full line of 4K televisions that promises, as usual, to compete with those two for the best picture quality of of …

Haier Roku TV is expanding, but not yet to any top-tier US TV brands. The purveyor of our favorite smart TV platform of 2014 has announced two new hardware partners for 2015: Chinese TV maker Haier, and Best Buy house brand Insignia. The Insignia Roku TVs will arrive first this spring. Pricing and screen sizes were not divulged, but Roku …

LG Think today’s TVs are cut too thick? Here’s another way to thin-slice the market. LG Display has announced a new “Art Slim” series of LED LCD TVs, featuring reduced depth and weight. At CES 2015 it will show 55- and 65-inch versions, which measure 7.5mm (0.3 inch) and 8.2mm (0.32 inch) deep respectively. With slimmer bodies comes fewer pounds: …