The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a media streaming device is a stick that you can plug into the HDMI port on your TV to stream music, movies, and other content from the internet. You can also use it to play games, view your photo collection, and run a variety of third party apps. It’s not the […]
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Amazon Fire TV Stick is now shipping
Amazon’s new low-cost TV streaming device is now shipping. The company starting taking pre-orders for the Amazon Fire TV Stick in October, and now Amazon has announced that the first units are shipping to customers. If you didn’t get in on the pre-order action you can still buy a Fire TV Stick. But you may have […]
Now you can root the Amazon Fire TV
The Amazon Fire TV is a $99 media streaming box that lets you watch content from Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and many other sources… and it can also let you play games, surf the web, and do much more. But if all that’s still not enough for you… now you can root the Fire TV […]
Sony’s PlayStation TV media streaming box coming to America for $99
Sony launched a device called the PlayStation Vita TV in Japan late last year. It’s a pocket-sized box that lets you stream video games from your PlayStation 4 in one room to a TV in another. You can also use it to stream video from internet sites such as Hulu Plus. Now Sony is bringing […]
LG Connect SDK lets devs stream to Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV (and LG Smart TVs)
There are a number of ways to stream photos, video, or music to your television. You can use a Roku, a Chromecast, an Amazon Fire TV, or television with built-in smart TV capabilities. Typically app developers that want to let you stream content from your phone or tablet to a TV have to use separate […]
$50 Roku Streaming Stick now shipping
Roku’s new Streaming Stick is now shipping from Amazon, Best Buy, Roku, and other online stores. It’ll be available from bricks and mortar retail stores starting in April. The Roku Streaming Stick costs $50, plugs right into the HDMI port on your TV, and lets you access content from more than 1200 internet channels using […]
Google Chromecast launching in more countries within weeks
Google’s $35 Chromecast media streamer provides one of the cheapest, simplest tools for streaming online video to your TV… if you’re in the United States. But soon Google will begin offering the Chromecast around the world. Speaking this week at SXSW, Google’s Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai announced that Chromecast would be available in […]
$50 Roku Streaming stick brings 1200 channels to your TV
Roku is launching a new Streaming Stick and it’s designed to bring the Roku experience to your TV for just $50. The stick is about the size of a Google Chromecast, and just like Google’s $35 media streaming stick you can plug Roku’s new device straight into the HDMI port on your TV. But while there are […]
Now you can order a Chromecast even if you’re not in the US (Update: Not anymore)
Google’s Chromecast device for streaming internet video to your TV has been available in the US for a few months, but up until now if you wanted to get one in any other country you had to have a friend in the States or pay a hefty price to pick one up from eBay or […]
Google Nexus Q: $299 home theater device for Google Play Store content
Google has introduced its first home theater device, the Nexus Q. It’s kind of Google’s answer to the Apple TV: A device that lets you stream music, movies, and other content from the Google Play Store to a TV. But it’s also much more than that… which helps explain the $299 price tag for the […]