When ESPN+ launched last week it was missing the ace of the streaming hardware rotation: Roku. Now Roku, the most popular streaming platform and a CNET favorite, has an updated ESPN app that includes a section dedicated to ESPN+. That brings ESPN’s new subscription service to all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and …
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Sony, LG, Samsung and even TCL are now putting one of my favorite picture-enhancing technologies — full array local dimming — into their highest-end LCD TVs. But nobody does local dimming like Vizio. The US company’s onslaught of 2018 TVs, spread across five series and 19 models announced on Tuesday, includes a whopping 13 with full array local dimming (FALD). No …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image The DJI Spark, shown here in Meadow Green, is even better when flown with the remote …
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It’s almost springtime. The first buds have begun to sprout. And like this time every year, there’s new receivers on the way! The first of these is Onkyo’s entry-level TX-SR383. The receiver receives a mild feature bump compared to last year’s TX-SR373, with the main additions being an extra two channels of amplification — now at 7.1 — and a …
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Today is your last chance to lock into the $35 per month price for YouTube TV. The streaming video service price jumps to $40 per month for new subscribers as of tomorrow. But if you sign up by 11:59 p.m. PT today — Monday, March 12 — you’ll be grandfathered in to the lower monthly price going forward. YouTube TV …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Monoprice I’ll admit I was wrong about 3D printers. Years ago, I predicted that in the not-too-distant future …
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I use a $130 Harmony universal remote at home and I tell everyone who has a complex-enough system to do the same. And I’ve been a happy Harmony camper for more than a decade. But after spending the last week reviewing Caavo, a $400 universal remote, I’ve come to view the category in a different way. Yes, Caavo is fatally …
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If you’re cutting cable to save money, I have some bad news. YouTube TV, one of numerous new services that deliver a bunch of live TV channels over the Internet, will cost $40 monthly if you sign up on March 13 or later. That’s a $5 hike compared to the current price of $35. The good news is that today …
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We’ve written in the past about how your TV is probably tracking you, and now Consumer Reports, as part of a broad privacy and security evaluation, has has found that millions of smart TVs are vulnerable to hackers and “raise privacy concerns by collecting very detailed information on their users.” According to the report, the problems affect Samsung televisions, plus …
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Just in time for the big game, the Winter Olympics, the Oscars and everything else, YouTube TV has finally made its way to Roku and Apple TV. Roku makes the most popular streamers and is a perennial favorite of CNET’s streamer and smart TV reviews, which are the best values on the market. Apple TV is more expensive but still highly recommended …
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