On the eve of Oscar nominations, Netflix was reveling in its popcorn fare. Netflix cheered its Hollywood-blockbuster flick “Bright,” a fantasy/action film starring Will Smith, as the company on Tuesday reported its best quarter ever for booking new members. “Bright” might have been panned by critics but it got high marks from Netflix execs for …
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Maybe the best way to characterize Netflix’s attitude about price hikes at the moment is that the company has no plans to increase your bill right up until it does. During a video interview about fourth-quarter earnings Monday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the company has “no plans to try to repeat” price hikes “in the near term.” Last year, …
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The battle to save net neutrality is heating up. Senate Democrats have edged closer to overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulation, and lawsuits challenging the agency have been filed. But net neutrality supporters shouldn’t hold their breath. These efforts are long shots. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida is flanked by Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts …
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If you want to fire up your 120-inch screen with a voice command like “Alexa, turn on the projector,” Optoma’s newest effort is at your beck and call. When it goes on sale in April for $1,700 (roughly converting to £1,240 in the UK and AU$2,150 in Australia), the UHD51A will be the first projector to feature direct compatibility with …
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When I reviewed the Razer Phone, I was surprised how deep the screen’s blacks could go — great for nighttime reading, I wrote, about a month ago. Now I know why the screen can get so dim on command. It’s because the Razer Phone was secretly designed to play HDR video. For instance: Netflix. Here at CES 2018 in Las …
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In the media circles swirling at CES 2018, the figure $8 billion gets thrown around a lot, but Hulu isn’t buying into the hype. Rival Netflix is spending at a breakneck pace — a new high of $8 billion this year — to both create and license the shows and movies that will fuel your watercooler talk and suck …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. T-Mobile’s John Legere. Is his company satisfying customers? James Martin/CNET When you’re loved, do you keep it to yourself, for fear the love will wane? Or do you boast about it from the highest mountain top because, well, that’s just who you are? T-Mobile seems …
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The holidays are over, and it’s time to load up your new device with digital content. Enter Amazon. To celebrate its second annual “Digital Day,” the retailer will offer discounts on thousands of products including movies, apps, e-books and TV shows. Like with Amazon’s Prime Day, there is much dreck — but also gems hidden among the rough. The deals kicked …
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With high dynamic range (HDR) becoming available on more and more TVs, chances are your next TV will have it as a feature. But you might need to upgrade more than just the TV to get the full HDR experience. Depending on how complex your system is, you may also need to upgrade all or some of your gear, since …
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Even for streaming video, it’s true what they say: You can’t always get what you want. The top complaint consumers have about streaming-video services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu is lack of content, according to a survey by IBM Cloud Video, which powers streaming for online video providers. Nearly half of those users say video-streaming services rarely or …
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