Your bracket is set. Your pool money is paid. Your co-workers are ready to be taunted. But cable TV isn’t accessible. Don’t worry, there’s an app for that. Actually a whole bunch of apps, and websites, and compatible devices. This year it’s easier than ever to watch March Madness and Final Four games live without …
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When you first buy a new television, you might spend the first hour or so digging through the menus, making sure all the settings are properly configured. After that, you might revisit the settings from time to time to adjust the picture mode or brightness. But there are likely settings and features that you’re completely overlooking. Here are seven television …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Cheeps, a quick follow-up on yesterday’s smart-scale deal. My Yunmai Color arrived late yesterday, so I’ve only done one weigh-in with it. But …
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When you unpacked your new TV or streamer for the first time, you probably couldn’t wait to start watching it. In the excitement to put it through its paces, chances are you just clicked “I agree” to all those screens of legal mumbo jumbo that came up during the setup process. Did you know one of the things you likely …
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Now playing: Watch this: Stop your Vizio smart TV from spying on you 0:53 Most TV makers track your viewing habits using their smart TV systems, but the one you may have heard about recently is Vizio. That’s because the popular TV maker was just hit with a $2.2 million fine by the FTC for failing to properly disclose the …
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Looking for an excuse to finally buy that big-screen TV you’ve been coveting? A certain upcoming football game is the perfect justification. And now is the perfect time. Prices on many sets are at their lowest levels yet as manufacturers and retailers tackle 2016 inventory in advance of incoming 2017 models. If you want a new TV now, and don’t …
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We love OLED TVs, and we’re betting you do too. We’re also betting that you haven’t bought one yet. OLED is getting less expensive, but it’s a slow process. Right now the 65-inch LG OLED65B6P costs $3,000 and the 55-inch OLED55B5P costs $2,000. If you can afford one, go for it. But those are at least twice as much as …
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Most of the big television news from CES 2017 was about LG’s paper-thin OLED sets and Samsung’s new push for quantum dots QLED TVs. Just days after the show doors closed, budget TV king Vizio has a new product update, but not for its line of high-value televisions. Instead, Vizio on Tuesday said it’s updating the SmartCast app that controls …
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For a week in early January, televisions run Vegas. Sure there’s other stuff announced at the massive Consumer Electronics Show there: audio/video gear, phones, tablets, computers, streaming media devices, car tech, drones, action cameras, wearables, appliances and a whole pavilion worth of accessories. But TVs always seem to draw a big chunk of the buzz, and dominate the booths of …
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Every year I round up a bunch of tech deals during the holiday buying season, but some of you may be wondering, of all the deals out there — and there are some good ones — which ones would I buy? Well, here are the ones I’m most tempted by this year: Amazon HD 8 tablet for $60 (normally $90): …
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