Vizio announced today a new firmware update for select VIZIO SmartCast E-Series Ultra HD Home Theater Display models, enabling HDR10 compatibility with existing HDR Blu-ray players from Samsung (UHD-K8500) and Philips (BDP7501/F7), as well as PS4 and Xbox One S game consoles. VIZIO is continuing to work to further expand support for additional players as they […]
Apple TV first debuted in 2007, and the Epix movie service launched in 2009. Now the two are coming together at long last. Starting Wednesday, Epix will be available on fourth-generation Apple TV set-tops to all subscribers of the premium movie service. New subscribers who sign up on Apple TV can gain access to a […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Vizio will pay $2.2 million to settle charges that it “installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer TVs without consumers’ knowledge or consent.” The FTC, along with New Jersey’s attorney general and Department of Consumer Affairs, previously said that Vizio started to […]
The new updated Nvidia Shield is the hot new machine in world of Android TV . The console was announced at CES at the start of 2017 and the regular version with 16GB of storage started shipping in the middle of January. But if you were waiting for the Pro version and its expanded 500GB […]
Apple today released a slew of new beta builds for its various operating systems. iOS 10.3 beta 1 for the iPhone and iPad adds one significant new feature called Find My AirPods. With it, people can locate their AirPod headphones by forcing the ear buds to emit a loud, high-pitched sound. Apple didn’t call out […]
Nest — a fellow subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet — has only made its products available in 7 countries. Now the company has announced that its products will soon be available in four new European countries: Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain… This brings the total number of countries where Nest products are available to 11, […]
Logitech has debuted enhanced security features for the Logitech Circle Home Security Camera including intelligent Person Detection through proprietary artificial intelligence and Motion Zones to monitor specific areas of home, exclusive to the Premium subscription. In addition, a new Circle Safe Basic subscription plan offers 14 days of video storage and custom alerts. “We’re committed to […]
Signing into TV and other video apps should be less painful thanks to the launch of Apple‘s Single sign-on service. Single sign-on allows people to enter their cable provider’s credentials just once and then automatically be signed in to all that TV and video apps that require those credentials. At launch, the service is limited […]
Amazon today announced the launch of HBO and Cinemax on Amazon Channels. Prime members can now sign up for a monthly HBO subscription to get HBO’s award-winning content for just $14.99 per month. Available today, Prime members can now watch the latest episodes of HBO’s newest hits including Westworld, The Night Of, and Divorce, catch […]
AT&T’s latest overture to cord cutters is DirecTV Now, a standalone streaming service that launches on Thursday and will offer more than 100 channels of live TV for $35 per month. If that sounds too good to be true, it kind of is: the $35 price point is a limited-time offer, although DirecTV promises it […]