Like Paul Hewson and Declan MacManus—Bono and Elvis Costello, respectively—Boxee is hoping there's some magic in a name change: The company is rebranding its Boxee TV media player as the Boxee Cloud DVR. The price will remain at ...
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Thanks to a winning combination of solid performance, lots of content, and affordable prices, Roku streaming media players have become a favorite choice of many staffers at Consumer Reports—including me. That's why we were especially ...
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If you were bummed when Netflix split its hybrid streaming/disc-by-mail service into two separate (and higher-priced) offerings, here's something you may like: Redbox Instant, which combines unlimited streaming with one-day disc rentals via ...
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Looking to turn a plain-Jane television into an Internet TV? The new Roku 3 flagship streamer ($100) has an updated user interface that should make finding movies and TV shows easier, plus a new motion-sensing remote control with a built-in ...
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Hewlett-Packard has sold some of the rights to its webOS mobile operating system to LG Electronics for use in smart TVs made by the South Korean electronics firm. LG has agreed to acquire the source code, webOS engineering team and other ...
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Samsung has announced a new service that will make searching for movies and shows easier on TV, smartphones and tablets. The service, called TV Discovery, will aggregate program listings from broadcast TV, video-on-demand services and ...
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Intel later this year will start offering a TV set-top box and service as the company tries to cash in on the fast-growing TV and home entertainment business. The company will offer its own TV box, which will combine live TV and on-demand ...
Western Digital, one of the few companies to offer a streaming-media player with a built-in hard drive (the WD TV Live Hub), is taking a different approach with its new entry-level model, the WD TV Play. Given its hockey-puck design, $70 ...
Asustek has lowered starting prices for Android tablets, announcing the $149 Memo Pad tablet, which has a 7-inch screen and Android 4.1. Android tablet prices from top vendors hit lows last year, with Google's 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet and ...
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LG Electronics (LG) is expanding its 2013 Google TV lineup to seven models in five screen sizes for 2013 – including premium models featuring LG's popular CINEMA SCREEN design, the company announced today. The extended LG Google TV ...
When we visit LG Electronics' booth at next week's Consumer Electronics Show, we expect to see a TV lineup that features some smaller-sized (55 and 65 inches) Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TVs, new features in its smart TV platform, an ...
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If, like us, you've been wondering what's happening with the Google TV platform, it looks like it's still attracting support, at least from LG Electronics. The company, which had a single G2 Google TV series tin 2012, will expand its lineup ...
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You have to give Google TV credit—it isn't a quitter. Despite the lackluster reception of the first Google TV–powered products back in 2010, the company has refused to throw in the towel. Instead it has regularly revamped its ...
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Google TV, which just a year ago looked like it was on life support, seems to be gaining some converts here at CES: Both Netgear and Asus announced new streaming-media players that use that platform to delivers video, apps, and other ...
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Are you a disgruntled Netflix subscriber who used to get both discs and streaming as part of one low-cost plan? Well, here at CES we expect to learn more about a new hybrid disc/streaming service called Redbox Instant that promises to ...
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