Following the addition of Android TV last month, Sony has announced that its PlayStation Vue service is now available on the fourth generation Apple TV. People will be able to use Apple TV’s Siri Remote to search and the touch-pad to navigate. Programming now available via Vue includes ESPN, NFL, AMC and CNN. PlayStation Vue …
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What do you get for the person who has everything? How about an entirely different reality — like, say, the virtual kind? Don’t worry, I’m not about to suggest you spend $600 for an Oculus Rift ($290 at Amazon), $700 for a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR or $800 for an HTC Vive ($479 at Amazon) — excellent gifts though …
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Without high-dynamic-range (HDR) content to watch, your brand-new HDR-capable TV is just a regular TV. It might be a huge 4K TV teeming with buzzword features and more smarts than a computer, but without a real HDR source, it’s not going to look its best. Actual HDR TV shows and movies are required to unlock the brighter highlights and wider …
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Is SUHD really better than UHD, or is that “S” full of it? Is HDR better than 4K? What’s the difference between 4K, HDR, OLED, UHD, SUHD, UHDBD, and all the other letter jumbles? Good questions. The TV world is filled with impenetrable jargon, and TVs can get expensive, so it’s certainly worth taking a moment and figuring out what’s …
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Sony’s PlayStation Vue app is now available on Android TV devices and will be coming to web browsers soon, the company announced Friday. The PS Vue app is available on Android TVs including devices such as the Nvidia Shield Android TV and Sony’s X930D televisions. Coming soon, PS Vue users will be able to access the service on PC and …
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How much does it cost to block a website like Kickass Torrents? According to Australia’s internet service providers, AU$50 per domain. That’s the price tag TPG has put on blocking individual domains that live in the darker corners of the internet, offering pirates access to torrents of recent movies and TV shows. TPG, Optus, Telstra and Foxtel (with its ISP …
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A drought will end at the conclusion of the 2016 World Series. The Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908, and the Cleveland Indians haven’t won a title since 1948. These are the two longest championship droughts in baseball, if not professional sports. The 2016 World Series begins on Tuesday, October 25, in Cleveland. Fox will broadcast the …
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Now playing: Watch this: What to look for in a budget Blu-ray player 2:00 These days, it’s all about streaming. But there are plenty of us who still have giant collections of DVDs and Blu-rays. Thankfully, that’s no longer an either-or proposition: you can get a good disc player that also doubles as a good streamer. But before we look …
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Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 alternatives 2:30 Got a Samsung Galaxy Note 7? You should power it down immediately, and return it to the cellular carrier or retailer from which you purchased it. There, you should be able to exchange it for a new phone — one that’s not the Galaxy Note 7, which Samsung …
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Like previous phones in the Xperia range, Sony’s XZ is water resistant, lets you stream your PS4 over Wi-Fi and packs in a pretty impressive 23-megapixel camera. Here’s the quick rundown of specs: 5.2-inch metal frame 1,920×1080-pixel screen IP68 water resistance USB Type-C and 3.5mm jack ports 32GB storage, expandable up to via 256GB SD 2,900 mAh battery Fingerprint reader …
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