This month Walmart began selling a $30 Android TV media streamer that’s basically a generic design with the company’s in-house electronic brand Onn slapped on the box. Now the company has an even cheaper option. The Onn FHD Streaming Stick is a $25 dongle that plugs into the HDMI port of your TV and allows […]
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PBS Kids Plug & Play is a $50 streaming stick with some pre-loaded media
face There’s no shortage of ways to stream videos to a TV these days. For $50 or less you can plug a Roku, Chromecast, or Amazon Fire TV into your TV to access content from Netflix, YouTube, HBO, and PBS, among other sources. But if you’re looking for a kid-friendly option that should keep your […]
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Electric Jukebox: Music player for folks that think a Chromecast is complicated
The Electric Jukebox Company has unveiled a dedicated device that does just one thing: stream music. The Electric Jukebox is a Chromecast-like dongle that connects to your TV’s HDMI port. Using a Wii-style controller, you can find and listen to music through your home’s most important entertainment center. Unlike a Chromecast, Sonos, or other music […]
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Matchstick streaming stick to refund Kickstarter backers
Nearly a year ago, a team of developer unveiled a Firefox OS-powered TV stick called the Matchstick. It was positioned as an open source alternative to the Google Chromecast, allowing users to stream content from their phones or from the internet to a TV. The developers ran a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the […]
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Walmart’s $25 Vudu Spark media streaming stick for your TV
Vudu is an online video service operated by Walmart. It offers movie and TV show rentals and purchases with prices starting at 99 cents, and you can stream media to a PC, a mobile device, or to a TV using a Roku, Chromecast, game console, or a number of other devices. Now there’s another option: Walmart is […]
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Matchstick streaming stick will support local media playback, ad hoc connections
The Matchstick is a device you can plug into a TV to stream content from the internet. It looks a lot like a Google Chromecast, but this little guy runs Mozilla’s Firefox OS software, features a Rockchip RK3066 processor, and should sell for about $25 when it hits the streets in early 2015. The developers […]
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This is Mozilla’s answer to the Chromecast media streaming stick
Mozilla is working on a small stick that you can plug into a TV to stream internet videos or other content while using the Firefox web browser on your phone or other device as a remote. Sound familiar? That’s because this is basically Mozilla’s answer to Google’s Chromecast. But it could actually be much more […]