Alexa Voice-Powered Video Skill Comes To DirecTV Genie Boxes
DirecTV is joining TiVo and rival satcaster Dish in adding compatibility with the Amazon Alexa voice skill in select satellite set-up boxes. Although the capability was originally announced back in March, DirecTV becomes the latest to add the capability to equipment in the field. Both…
First Toshiba Fire TVs Hit Best Buy, Amazon
Best Buy is now selling its first line of Toshiba-branded televisions with a built-in Fire TV operating system. The Toshiba Fire TVs, which are a Best Buy and Amazon exclusive for now, place Amazon’s Fire TV smart TV platform front and center on the user…
Amazon Launches Fire TV Cube That Extends Alexa To The Home Theater
Amazon unveiled Thursday the Fire TV Cube, which is billed as a new hands-free 4K Ultra HD/HDR10 streaming media player with Alexa voice control that operates “even when the TV is off.” The Fire TV Cube is equipped with eight far-field microphones, advanced beamforming technology,…
LG Ships 4K Blu-ray Players, Updates 2018 Premium 4K TVs With Alexa
LG Electronics USA revealed Tuesday that its 2018 LG 4K Ultra HD OLED and Super UHD LED-LCD TVs with AI ThinQ smart technology are now compatible with Alexa-enabled devices through the LG SmartThinQ Skill for Amazon Alexa. At the same time, a pair of the…
Amazon Puts Discount On Fire TV Adapters
Anyone in the market for a 4K Ultra HD-compatible 4K media streamer might want to checkout a series of special offers available on Amazon Fire TV products today. The e-commerce giant has sliced pricing on multiple Fire TV sticks, dongles and set-tops, including the 4K/HDR-compatible…
Sony Releases Pricing On 2018 Premium 4K UHD TV Lines
Sony Electronics offically released pricing and availability Thursday on its 2018 A8F 4K OLED TVs and 85-inch X900F and X850F 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TVs. Originally unveiled at CES 2018 in January, the new4K Ultra HD OLED and LED-LCD models will hit stores in coming…
Sony Announces Pricing On 2018 X850F, X900F 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TVs
The 2018 Sony 55-Inch XBR-55X900F 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TV Sony officially announced pricing Thursday for its 55-, 65- and 75-inch XBR X900F and 65- and 75-inch X850F series 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TVs. Pre-orders for both series are being taken now by Amazon on…
HD Guru’s Best of CES 2018 Awards Revealed!
Accepting the award from HD Guru editor-in-chief Gary Merson (left) is Byungseok “Carlos” Min, Samsung Visual Display Business principal research engineer. CES 2018 will probably be best remembered as the show that brought true voice control AI operation to America’s 4K Ultra HDTV screens. In…
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