Pluto TV is one of our favorite free streaming services and it’s filling out its lineup with lots of new shows this summer. Starting July 14, the service will be adding CBS shows such as Survivor, Star Trek: The Next Generation and American’s Next Top Model. Pluto TV is also adding seasons 1-10 of Comedy …
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Comcast’s Peacock is the latest entrant into the “streaming wars” and like AT&T’s HBO Max before it, the new service could very well launch nationwide next week without apps on the two most popular streaming device platforms, Roku or Amazon Fire TV. And in an interview with CNET, the executive in charge of the Peacock says that’s fine. “When it …
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HBO Max, HBO’s hot new streaming service, launched in May with 10,000 hours of content. For $14.99 a month, subscribers can find almost every Studio Ghibli film, the Harry Potter movies, classics like Casablanca, all 10 seasons of Friends (and a promised reunion episode) and cult favorites such as Rick and Morty — along with all the HBO movies and series …
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Vizio, the No. 3 TV maker in the US after Samsung and TCL, has announced pricing and availability of its extensive 2020 range of TVs. The new 2020 TVs are available in store now and promise better color, better contrast and improved performance, for gamers in particular. The biggest surprise for this year was the company’s first OLED TVs, but its bread and …
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Roku expanded its free live TV service Roku Channel earlier this month with the addition of 100 live channels housed in a new program guide. The service offers linear programming from categories including news (ABC News Live, Reuters, Newsy), kids (Teletubbies, Kidz Bop), lifestyle (Bon Appetit, Bob Ross) and sports (Bein, Outside TV). In order to watch the new channels, Roku Channel has …
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When we received the TiVo Stream 4K video streamer for review we ran into some issues. The device, a $50 streamer similar to a Roku or Fire TV but based on Google’s Android TV system, would repeatedly lock up and restart after playing video from Netflix and Disney Plus on an LG CX OLED TV. Audio dropouts occurred on a Sony X950G …
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HBO Max is here and streaming to subscribers now, serving up episodes of Friends and The Big Bang Theory, movies from Joker to Casablanca to Howl’s Moving Castle and tons of kid-friendly shows including a new Elmo series and Looney Toons. There’s a lot we already know about the service, including the fact that it’s still maturing and adding new …
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HBO Max, when it arrived two weeks ago as an amped-up app to stream HBO with a lot of extra programming, also brought confusion about how the new streaming service fits in with the company’s two existing apps. To simplify matters, HBO’s parent company — AT&T’s WarnerMedia — said Friday that it will retire its HBO Go app as of July 31 …
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It’s no secret that we love Roku — the interface and streaming channel selection are second to none, and there’s a version of Roku for every need and budget. Surprisingly, one of the best Roku models is also one of the oldest still in the lineup: The Roku Streaming Stick Plus, which got five stars and a CNET Editors’ Choice …
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If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones — or Westworld, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, True Detective, Silicon Valley, The Sopranos, The Wire or Veep — you’ve previously had two major ways to (legally) stream episodes. Confusingly, they have similar names: HBO Go and HBO Now. Now a new HBO app is available — HBO Max — but the …
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