Just when you thought you’d gotten the whole high dynamic range thing figured out, here comes a whole new format. HDR is the latest enhancement to make it to televisions, streaming devices and your favorite TV shows and movies. The good news is that it can deliver the best picture quality available in home video …
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the World Series for the first time since 1988. The Houston Astros are returning to the World Series for only the second time in franchise history — and the team’s first as a member of the American League. The Dodgers won 104 games this year on the strength of having baseball’s best pitcher, …
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You can watch NFL games three nights a week and, of course, Sunday afternoons. Games are broadcast on CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons, NBC on Sunday nights and ESPN on Monday nights. A Thursday night game is on the NFL Network each week, but five will be simulcast on CBS, followed by another five on NBC. (For the record: CNET is a division of CBS.) …
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In the American League Championship Series, MLB’s shortest player and MVP candidate (Jose Altuve at 5 feet 6 inches) leads the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees, who employ MLB’s tallest player and MVP candidate (all rise for the 6 feet 7 inches tall Aaron Judge). Meanwhile, in the National League, baseball’s best pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, and the Los …
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Microsoft pulled support for Windows phones earlier this summer, but you know the one-time iPhone and Android competitor is truly dead when Microsoft’s founder admits on TV that he’s now using Android. “The phone that I have, recently, I actually did switch to an Android phone with a lot of Microsoft software,” Bill Gates told Fox News Sunday host Chris …
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It’s time for your weekly guide to finding out what to watch online. If you’re new to this series, there’s a podcast below that lets you know what’s been newly added or coming up soon. Sometimes we include trivia, sometimes we just try to pack in as much info as you can in a minute or two. Since you’re reading …
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A dozen Godzilla movies are being added to Hulu in October. In that pile, there’s the terrible 1998 version, but don’t worry. There are a lot of classic Godzilla films being added as well, including “Godzilla Vs. Mothra.” You can also catch several Quentin Tarantino films like “Kill Bill” and “From Dusk till Dawn” on Hulu. Tarantino has said that …
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What time does the fight start? Quintuple champion boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor are set to enter the ring on Saturday night, August 26. The pay-per-view event kicks off at 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET, 2 a.m. Sunday UK) in Las Vegas for what’s expected to be the most watched fight… ever. How much is …
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The fall season sees the return to Hulu of lots of popular shows like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “The Mindy Project” and “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” Fox’s reality-cooking show “Hell’s Kitchen” also returns for its 17th edition. Spoiler: Some chefs will be hopelessly outclassed and Gordon Ramsay will yell at whatever he perceives as incompetence. Some older shows are coming …
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Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it’s after your paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, is available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 cities already served, half of the households in America can …
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