smarttv
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You Can Now Join the Waitlist for Telly’s Free Data-Harvesting TVs
How free is “free” in today’s modern age of mass data collection, data brokers, and targeted ads? The new television startup Telly is trying to stretch the very idea of “free” as much as it can with its first batch of half a million large televisions for the first 500,000 people who want them. The…
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Roku Is Branching Out With Its Own Brand of TVs
Roku has announced it’s launching a TV brand. Roku Select and Roku Plus Series TVs will be available in 11 different sizes later this spring. The launch includes a new wireless soundbar and an OLED reference design for Roku’s manufacturing partners.
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Apple Refreshes the Apple TV, but Only One Version Has Ethernet
Following the announcement of its new iPads, Apple has also dropped a refresh of its Apple TV lineup. The Apple TV 4K starts at $AU219 and comes in 64GB and 128Gb storage options. However, only the larger storage option offers Ethernet for plugging into the internet and Thread support for Matter connectivity. That last bit…
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Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is Here to Revive Your Old Screens
We’ve all done it: try to get out of paying a ton for new hardware by buying something smaller and less expensive. Google’s new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is for folks who can’t help but attempt to breathe new life into old hardware. It helps that it doesn’t cost more than $US30 ($42).