High Efficiency Video Coding will help bring 4K video to Internet TV
4K TV sounds great, but it has this one big problem: 4K video content is honking huge. An answer may be at hand. The ITU has just given first-stage approval to a new, much more efficient video codec:...
View ArticleApple TV 5.2: My kind of upgrade
I’ve been using Apple TVs (ATV) since day one and I have to say most of its operating system upgrades have been as dull as used dish-water. The Apple TV 5.2 upgrade, however is a real sparkler. The big...
View ArticleCanonical answers Ubuntu phone critics
Not everyone thinks Canonical can create a unified Ubuntu for PCs, smartphones, tablets and TVs. But Mark Shuttleworth has an answer for them. Canonical answers Ubuntu phone critics. More >
View ArticleNo new Apple TV for you, AirPlay Mirroring instead
Well, all the rumors about an Apple TV “TV” rather than just the set-top box we already know turned out to be false. New Macs? Sure. Bigger, better iOS? You betcha! What didn’t do though was announce a...
View ArticleAntennas: The Old School TV Networks
40-years ago I was on a tower in the middle of the West Virgina hills putting up an antenna for state of the art TV reception. That is, I was installing a TV antenna. In WV, with few TV stations and...
View ArticleVizio Co-Star: Is Google TV finally going Prime-Time?
I wanted to like Google TV. Who wouldn’t want to be able to watch Internet video, normal television, and use their HDTV as the world’s biggest Web browser. There was just one problem. The various...
View ArticleHow to watch the Olympics on the Internet
The simple way to watch the London Olympics is to just turn on your cable or satellite-connected TV and watch the NBC Olympics coverage on conventional television. If you want to watch the London...
View ArticleWill the new Boxee be worth buying?
The first generation all-in-one Internet TV, Boxee tried to do everything you could do with TV and the Internet…and it wasn’t very good at doing anything. Oh sure, if you put in the sweat equity you...
View Article5 reasons why the Roku is the best Internet TV streaming box choice
There are lots of ways to get Internet streaming TV networks, such as Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and Netflix. But the single, best way is with a Roku. Obviously, there are plenty of...
View ArticlePatriots vs Rams: How to stream Super Bowl 2019
If you can’t afford $7,500 for a Super Bowl ticket, chances are you’ll watch it on TV. In the US, you’ll find the game on your local CBS (ZDNet’sparent company) channel. But say you’re not home or you...
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