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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Effectively immediately, Microsoft is no longer allowing users to purchase or rent movies and TV shows through its app for Windows PC systems and Xbox consoles. The sudden pull-of-the-plug comes several years after Microsoft also abandoned...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jul 13, 2025
Now that Prime Day is over, it's back to paying full price for everything, right? Well, not so fast. Amazon is always slashing prices on something or the other, and while poking around for post Prime Day bargains, we found a bunch of Roku...
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Bruno Ferreira - Fri, Jun 20, 2025
For the 260-plus million Spotify subscribers we've got some news that will be quite pleasing to your ears. After being very wishy-washy with its commitment to launch a lossless streaming option, the latest version of the desktop app...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, May 26, 2025
Walmart recently made a splash in the streaming segment with the surprisingly quiet launch of its Onn 4K Plus streaming device, which costs less than $30 while offering an impressive assortment of specifications and features. Just how...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 23, 2025
Turn out the lights, the party's over! That's the message certain Fire TV device owners are getting from Netflix as the popular streaming service gets ready to go dark on outdated and/or legacy Fire TV sticks and older television models...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 21, 2025
In some respects, it's been a bit of a rough patch for fans of Google's Chromecast dongle. For one, Google effectively killed the Chromecast in favor of its new Google TV Streamer hardware priced at $99.99 MSRP (slightly cheaper on the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 06, 2025
Roku has been catching heat for its decision to inject ads over HDMI to TVs and other streaming clients when a user presses the pause button, an unpopular (among its users) feature that began rolling out recently. Adding insult to injury...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Apr 01, 2025
Plex is finally rolling out its new user experience on mobile devices after it went into the testing phase towards the end of last year. Although, the move to this new interface hasn’t gone as smoothly as most users would’ve liked. The...
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Ted Kritsonis - Fri, Mar 28, 2025
Sonos Arc Ultra: $999 MSRP The Sonos Arc Ultra is a big upgrade over built-in TV speakers, that offers premium sound quality and a number of enhancements over its predecessor. Excellent sound quality More balanced and better bass...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Mar 26, 2025
Nearly ten years ago, Netflix moved in to become one of the early adopters of content featuring High Dynamic Range (HDR) with the HDR10 format. Now, the company will finally be including the improved HDR10+ format on both existing and new...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Google is making good on its promise to fix a recent issue with older Chromecast dongles that, for a period of time, made them appear either deprecated or otherwise bricked. At the time, we reported on a handful of workarounds that some...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Feb 26, 2025
Plex, one of the most popular software solutions for those looking to host their own video and audio media, is about to undergo some big updates. The company is billing it as a rewrite of its entire code base, which will enable it to bring new features and better support for a variety of...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Feb 21, 2025
Twitch has been making several moves to cut costs lately, as Amazon doesn’t seem to be getting the return on investment it thought it would, after acquiring the popular streaming service. The tech giant even attempted to leverage the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Are you ready for some football? How about some streaming goodness? Well, you can have both if you take advantage of Amazon's deals on its entire Fire TV Stick lineup, as well as its flagship Fire TV Cube, which is a more powerful...
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Sonos has plans this year to launch a video streaming box and sources say that it could cost a pretty penny. It promises to be a one-stop shop for all your entertainment streaming services and needs, which is par for course in this...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 23, 2025
In a letter to shareholders, Netflix gloated about a whole bunch of positive metrics as outlined in its fourth quarter for 2024, including record growth to the number of paid subscribers—Netflix added 19 million new subscribers, marking...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 12, 2024
In a sad but not all that unsurprising move, LG appears to be exiting the Blu-ray market by discontinuing all of its Blu-ray players, a move that echoes what companies like Samsung and OPPO had already done several years ago. It's another...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Nov 25, 2024
We've been hearing for years that Apple could release its own brand television, but it has not happened yet and may never happen. That doesn't mean Apple is giving up on the living room, though. The company's Apple TV+ service (which...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Oct 10, 2024
In the coming weeks, Prime Video customers in the United States will be able to subscribe to Apple TV+ through Amazon, as part of a streaming partnership between the online retail giant and Apple. The upshot is a consolidation of billing...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 09, 2024
If you missed out on shopping for bargains yesterday, the first day of Amazon's two-day 'Prime Big Deal' event, today is your chance to take a mulligan. Discounts are still in effect, so whether your looking to a build a budget gaming PC...
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Ryan Whitwam - Wed, Sep 25, 2024
Roku has been listening to your feedback, and the result is the new Roku Ultra streaming box. It's faster, has better connectivity, and comes with a slick new remote. The streaming experience probably won't be hugely different from cheaper...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Aug 20, 2024
Gamescom doesn't official begin until tomorrow (August 21-25), but the announcements are already starting to pour in. Among them are a handful of new gaming and streaming gear from HP, including its Omen 35L desktop and the HyperX QuadCast...
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