If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting all year for HBO Max to come onto Roku. Although I use my Apple TV in the living room, I use Roku in my home office. Roku announced yesterday that they would have ...
Read More »Why DirecTV Now Lost 20% of Their Subscribers
Since the 4th quarter of 2018, AT&T has lost 350,000 subscribers from their DirecTV Now streaming service. Analysts have blamed it on everything from price hikes and AT&T blames it on the end of their promotional pricing. The real answer ...
Read More »Secret Redbox Rental For “Last Jedi”
Redbox originally listed “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” to be released on March 27, 2018. However, for some reason, not only did it not show up, when you do a search for the title, it doesn’t even show up. The ...
Read More »Redbox Sells Digital Codes For Download
You may already know that Redbox has automated kiosks at 7-11 and inside Ralphs where you can rent DVDs and Blu-Ray movies and games. It’s not as convenient as simply streaming from iTunes or any of the other services available, ...
Read More »Sign Up For DirecTV NOW And Get a Free Apple TV
DirecTV is giving you one last chance to sign up for DirecTV NOW and get a free Apple TV. What’s the catch? You have to pre-pay for 3 months of DirecTV NOW. Packages start at $35/mo so that “free” Apple ...
Read More »Google “On TV Now” Surprisingly Accurate
Recently, Google Now has included what they call “On TV Now” into their Android Google app. If you have a WiFi connected TV, like my Samsung 55″ LED HDTV, and your Android phone is also connected to the same WiFi, ...
Read More »Poker Movie “Runner, Runner” Trailer Released
About a year ago, I learned that Justin Timberlake and Ben Ben Affleck were slated to appear in a poker movie titled “Runner, Runner” written by none other than the team of Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who wrote “Rounders” ...
Read More »How to Upgrade Samsung Smart TV Firmware
Samsung quietly released a new version (1051.2) of their Smart TV firmware on May 10. As it turned out, it was not as easy as I thought it would be to upgrade the firmware. In the past, I simply using ...
Read More »Samsung Smart TV Review
Last time, I reviewed the Samsung 55″ LED 3D HDTV. That Samsung unit, as well as many other units have what they call the Smart TV and Smart Hub running on then. This review will explore the features that this ...
Read More »Samsung 55″ LED 3D UN55ES7500FXZA Review
As you may remember, back in 2008, I was on a tight budget and bought the cheapest LCD HDTV (Vizio 47″) that I could find at the time. Then in 2010, I got a smaller Samsung 40″ LCD HDTV which ...
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