Adopting a Digital Media Adapter?
Despite the growing penetration of all-in-one smart TVs, an increasingly popular method for receiving and watching so-called over-the-top (OTT) video content is coming from digital media adapters (DMAs). These DMAs, which are also known by a variety of other names, are typically small set-top boxes…
Sling TV Offers Simple, TV-Lite Solution
Sling TV is a commendable first attempt by Dish Network at offering a real solution for Internet-delivered live pay-TV programming without the need to lock into a pricey, monolithic, cable, satellite or telco-TV subscription package. The slimmed-down selection covers a lot of popular live basic…
Netflix Quietly Raises its 4K Ultra High Definition Subscription Rates
Netflix, the leader in 4K Ultra High Definition streaming services, has raised their rates, while continuing to add more 4K content with the recent additions of The Blacklist and Smurfs 2. We contacted Netflix today for the details.
LG BP540 Blu-ray Player Review
If I were a betting man, I’d predict that the $100 BP540 will be the most popular Blu-ray player LG releases this year. It isn’t their top of the line, but it has the features most people are after. With Wi-Fi, 3D and a bevy…
Amazon Fire TV Review
This is one of those products that is so logical for the company to have, it’s kinda a shock they didn’t have it already. It’s like if McDonalds announced a quadruple cheeseburger: a logical expansion of their offerings that fits right in with everything else….
Apple Reported to be Sampling 65-inch OLED Panels for Ultra HDTV
Another Apple iTV rumor emerged yesterday, claiming an “unnamed” South Korean display maker is providing Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panel samples for mass production next year. This is according to Lee Seung-woo, an analyst from IBK Securities in Seoul. The Korea Herald article continues…
4K Content: A Status Report
March is here, and that means college basketball (March Madness), the end of snow (not here in the Northeast, sadly) and, yes, St. Patrick’s Day for those who celebrate that. It also means the new 2014 UHDTVs and HDTVs are due to arrive soon. While…
Mobile Device to HDTV Comparison: AppleTV, Chromecast, and Kindle Fire HDX
There’s a cool new trick possible with a growing number of products: the ability to wirelessly send what’s on your mobile device (or computer) up onto your TV. Apple’s had this for a while with their products, and now Google, Amazon, and others are getting…
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