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BenQ W7500 Review

PC Magazine - 16 hours ago

The BenQ W7500 can serve as either a home-theater or a home-entertainment projector, with excellent image quality and an assortment of highly welcome, advanced features. (4 out of 5) Pros Excellent image quality Full 1080p 3D 1.5x zoom Vertical and horizontal lens shift Cons Shows rainbow artifacts, although much less often than with most DLP → Read More
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How the Apple TV ‘Hobby’ Marketing Paid Off

PC Magazine - 1 day ago

How would you like to have a hobby that nets you $1 billion in yearly sales? Ask Apple, which recently announced that in 2013, it made $1 billion on Apple TV, a product that Cupertino has long referred to as a hobby. “I guess it is no longer a hobby,” Apple CEO Tim Cook quipped → Read More
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Sony KDL-50W829 Review

TechRadar - 1 day ago

and features The KDL-50W829 may seem an unglamorous mid-range offering from Sony, but with a full armoury of features including Smart connectivity, 3D compatibility and a picture processor that punches well above its weight (although you’d never guess it). Also available in 42- and 55-inch guises (aka the KDL-42W829 and KDL-55W829), it sits some → Read More
Report: Ouya Ditching Console to Focus on Software

PC Magazine - 2 days ago

Is Ouya dead? Not dead? Clinging to life? Depends who you ask. The fate of the original vision for the Android-powered, living-room gaming hardware seems to be sealed, with company executives telling The Verge that the Ouya is no longer going to be a hardware device. Rather, the company will concentrate on building out Ouya → Read More
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Aereo Shuts Down in Salt Lake City, Denver

PC Magazine - 2 days ago

Aereo is at SXSW this week to celebrate the launch of its remote DVR service in Austin, Texas. But as one new port opens, another two closed. In the wake of legal troubles in Utah, Aereo on Saturday was forced to shutter service in Denver, Colo., and Salt Lake City, Utah. Customers were notified that → Read More
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Roku Streaming Stick Review

TechRadar - 3 days ago

These days, everything short of your toaster seems to have a Wifi connection and a Netflix app. Streaming support has become a given as more and more devices become "smart" and media providers smarten up as well, offering their content on demand or at the very least, pay to play. Roku took an early lead → Read More
Yamaha BD-S677 Blu-ray / SACD Player

Brian Mitchell - 3 days ago

Yamaha just announced the BD-S677 Blu-ray 3D and SACD player that also streams video, music, game content and images from mobile devices and the Internet. The all-in-one media player includes built-in Wi-Fi for streaming content wirelessly from Miracast-compatible smartphones and tablets to home entertainment systems. In addition, those with Dropbox accounts will be able to → Read More
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FCC Eyes Lower Cable Bills With Media Ownership Plan

PC Magazine - 4 days ago

New FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has a long to-do list – from overhauling net neutrality to coordinating a spectrum auction. But he is now adding an update to media ownership rules to his plate, a move that’s intended – in part – to keep your cable prices down. In a Thursday blog post, Wheeler admitted → Read More
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Retro-Bit Super Retro Trio Review

PC Magazine - 5 days ago

The Retro-Bit Super Retro Trio is one of the most economical, reliable ways to play your old cartridge-based games for the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis if you don’t have the original systems. (4 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros Inexpensive Plays NES, SNES, and Genesis games flawlessly Supports Game Boy and GBA games with → Read More
Roku Reveals $50 HDMI Streaming Stick

PC Magazine - 7 days ago

Roku stuffed its already tiny media hub into a stick no bigger than a pack of gum two years ago with the Roku Stick. It was an interesting experiment, but its MHL requirement and spotty compatibility held it back from standing on the same level as the Roku 3. Roku hops its next iteration will → Read More
Roku 3500R Streaming Stick (HDMI Version)

Brian Mitchell - 7 days ago

Roku today announced a new HDMI version of its Streaming Stick, which plugs into any HDMI port on a HDTV to enable Smart TV functionality (YouTube, Netflix, streaming, etc). Once connected to the TV the entire household can use the included remote control to access the sleek Roku user interface with shortcuts to movies, TV → Read More
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LG 55EA980W Review

TechRadar - March 3, 2014

Overview I was frankly starting to doubt that this day would ever come. I’ve been shown big-screen OLED TVs at press events and technology shows for so long now without ever actually being able to buy one or even get one to test that I’d started to think the whole OLED ‘thing’ was basically just → Read More
• Apple Promotes Apple TV With Free $25 Gift Card Through 3/5 (PC Magazine)
Apple TV Made More Than $1 Billion in 2013

PC Magazine - March 1, 2014

Apple’s television venture isn’t just a sideshow anymore. Cupertino sold more than $1 billion worth of Apple TV boxes in 2013, CEO Tim Cook said Friday during an annual meeting with shareholders, according to Reuters. “It’s a little more difficult to call it a hobby these days,” Cook said during the meeting. The billion dollar → Read More
Acer K335 Review

PC Magazine - February 28, 2014

Lightweight and eminently portable, the Acer K335 projector is meant primarily for business users, but can also show games and movies at large size at home. (3.5 out of 5) Pros Small size Lightweight Bright for its weight, with 1,000-lumen rating MHL-enabled HDMI port Cons Shows apparent scaling artifacts (lines and patterns added to some → Read More
InFocus IN8606HD Review

PC Magazine - February 26, 2014

The InFocus IN8606HD projector delivers good-quality 1080p video and can stand up to ambient light in a family room, but it shows rainbow artifacts often enough to be potentially bothersome. (3.5 out of 5) Pros Inexpensive Full 1080p 3D Works directly with HDMI 1.4a devices like Blu-ray players Built-in speaker 1.5x zoom Cons Shows rainbow → Read More
Epson PowerLite 4855WU 3LCD Projector Review

PC Magazine - February 26, 2014

The Epson PowerLite 4855WU 3LCD Projector is aimed squarely at applications that need high resolution with a bright enough image for a medium- to large-size room. (3.5 out of 5) Pros Rated at 4,000 lumens 1,920-by-1,200 resolution Horizontal and vertical lens shift 1.8x zoom lens Good sound quality Cons Minor issues for data image quality, → Read More