You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s Super Bowl weekend, given some of the great prices we’re seeing on TVs right now. If you’re looking to get 50 inches of LED 4K goodness on your living room wall at one of the lowest prices of the season, the Sceptre 50 inch 4K Ultra HD LED TV costs …
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Over the weekend, I spotted the best 75-inch TV deal, well, ever: TCL’s 4-Series for just $600 at Best Buy. Alas, it’s now sold out, but there’s another source — and potentially an even lower price. For a limited time, and while supplies last, P.C. Richard & Son has the TCL S425 75-inch Roku TV for $599.97. Last we checked, …
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Oh, Black Friday, you silly misnamed consumerism-run-amok thing, you. As CNET’s resident Cheapskate, I’ve been surfing the Black Friday wave since it began a month ago, and I’ll reluctantly admit it: There are some damn good deals. I’ve been cataloging the latest and greatest in this list of the best Black Friday deals right now, but if I can get …
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Hulu on Friday began notifying customers who subscribe to its live TV packages that prices are going up. Starting Dec. 18, the base price of Hulu with Live TV will increase by $10, to $54.99 a month. Same goes for Hulu with no ads and live TV: The price is going up to $60.99 a month. In a blog post, …
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Netflix will no longer be available on certain older Roku devices after Dec. 1, according to a Roku representative. Because of “technical limitations,” the models that’ll lose Netflix support include the Roku 2050X, Roku 2100X, Roku 2000C, Roku HD Player, Roku SD Player, Roku XR Player and Roku SD Player, the representative said Monday. Cord Cutters News earlier reported the …
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Some Samsung smart TVs will no longer include Netflix support starting Dec. 2, a Netflix representative said Tuesday. The change is due to technical limitations. “On December 2nd, Netflix will no longer be supported on a small number of older devices due to technical limitations,” a Netflix representative said in an email. “We’ve notified all impacted members with more information about alternative devices …
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Unified middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is moving up two weight classes to take on Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight championship. Canelo is putting on 15 pounds to fight the hard-hitting Kovalev in a bid for a world title in a fourth weight class. It’s a huge jump in weight for the 29-year-old Mexican superstar, who most recently …
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The new Apple TV Plus streaming service launches today, Friday Nov. 1, with a handful of all-new exclusive shows, and one of the most intriguing (and critically popular) is For All Mankind. Created by Emmy-winning producer Ronald D. Moore, best known for Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Outlander, the drama series explores a world “in which the global space …
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Apple has lined up some big names to help launch its streaming service Apple TV Plus, including Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld. Her new series, Dickinson, is available to stream today, Nov. 1. A half-hour comedy series, the show “audaciously explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet Emily Dickinson,” according to Apple, with Steinfeld …
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Apple has lined up some big names to help launch its Apple TV Plus streaming service, perhaps none bigger than the trio of stars attached to The Morning Show, a news-broadcast drama available to stream now on Apple’s service. The 10-episode series reportedly cost $150 million to make, with sizeable salaries for stars Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell. Here’s what …
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