Items tagged with Streaming
Over the years Plex has become the most popular choice for those looking to stream their own media thanks to its ease of use and reasonable pricing. The pricing part of the company’s recipe to success, however, is set to take a hit with a...
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Summer is about to be sizzling with deals once Amazon's Prime Day sales event kicks off next week. In the meantime, we're seeing plenty of bargains show up early, both on Amazon and at competing retailers. One of those deals is a...
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Shares of Roku surged more than 20% ahead of today's opening bell, no doubt driven by the announcement that the streaming platform has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Fox for $160 per share, valuing the acquisition at...
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Anyone who has spent time in streaming circles knows that having a quality mic is essential to a good setup. A USB mic is dead simple. Users plug it in and start talking. Still, veterans of the industry swear by XLR rigs that demand a...
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Amazon is refreshing its least expensive Fire TV Stick dongle with a new model that offers a range of improvements, not the least of which is a farewell bid to the requirement for a power adapter that plugs into your wall. Instead, the...
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Amazon Prime Video subscribers are getting a new option to bolster the content available to them through the service’s streaming channels, as the company is adding an Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus bundle. Amazon says this new offering...
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Major changes are afoot at Xbox, which has already seen a big shakeup to top management with the departures of Phil Spencer, the long-time face of the brand, and former Xbox President Sarah Bond. Microsoft elevated Asha Sharma to Executive...
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You'd be hard pressed to find a TV these days that does not come with a baked-in smart platform for easy access streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and the sort. Older models tend to be slow, though, and really old models are sometimes...
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In case you have not heard, Netflix is planning to the pull the plug on streaming support for PlayStation 3 consoles. Same goes for legions of legacy TVs and older set-top boxes. Now, we're not here to drag Netflix over the coals for...
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NVIDIA's ongoing effort to expand its GeForce NOW cloud game streaming service to more devices just kicked up a notch with the addition of Amazon's Fire TV platform to the fold. The expansion follows the recent roll out of native support...
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There was a time when cutting the cord could save you big money versus paying for a satellite or traditional cable TV package. Those days are gone, perhaps for good, though one of the best streaming services is rolling out more affordable...
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YouTube Music has ended the era of unrestricted free sing-alongs by moving song lyrics behind a Premium paywall, forcing non-paying listeners to decide if words is worth a monthly fee. Shame, shame, Google.
The money grab change, which...
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In just a matter of weeks, NVIDIA's original Shield TV console will turn 10 years old. What makes the milestone particularly remarkable is that even after a full decade of service, NVIDIA continues to dish out Android updates, and it has...
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If you've been patiently waiting for NVIDIA to release a native Linux app for its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, your wait is now over. After announcing it earlier this month at CES, NVIDIA today unlocked the native app available in...
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Part one of the long-awaited fifth and final season of retro-horror flavored sensation Stranger Things has dropped on Netflix, but eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a major inconsistency in an apparent Ghosts 'n Goblins (1986, NES) tribute. While the notoriously-difficult action-platformer did...
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The humble Netflix cast button has just become an unfortunate victim of what long-time subscribers are calling a tone-deaf decision. Netflix has quietly stripped the ability to send content from a mobile device to most modern televisions...
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It should come as no surprise that Amazon saved its most aggressive discounts on its streaming hardware for the Black Friday sales bonanza. The newest version of every Fire TV Stick is on sale, and not just by a little bit—the discounts...
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Google and Disney remain embroiled in a contract dispute that is preventing YouTube TV subscribers from accessing a litany of Disney-owned channels, including ABC, ESPN, FX, National Geographic, and several others. In the wake of the...
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Ugh, here we go again. Disney has announced a significant price increase for its popular streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu, in a move that will affect more than 180 million subscribers at a time when the nation's wallets feel tighter...
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For the third time in three years, Apple is raising the price of its Apple TV+ streaming service, and it's a substantial increase. Effectively immediately, the going rate for both new and existing subscribers is now $12.99 per month, up...
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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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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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