Given the recent movements in the home automation market, Amazon grabbing Ring didn’t surprise me at all. It will be interesting to see how this works with another recent purchase – Blink. Amazon is expected to keep Ring as an independent business, much like it has with its other acquisitions, like Zappos and Twitch, according to GeekWire, which earlier reported […]
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Great news for Plex DVR users with an Apple TV. You can now schedule recordings in the application directly. This goes a long way in making the experience more partner & kid friendly! Along with watching Live TV, now you can also schedule recordings and use closed captioning on your Apple TV. With warmer weather (hopefully) just around the corner, […]
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There was a time when I saw Cadillac as the pinnacle of what the automotive experience should be. But that was before I grew up, learned to drive, and experienced what competitive models had to offer… I want my car to look good – inside and out – as well as having great technology. Most importantly though, it has to […]
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With the slew of Dolby Vision (DV) capable UltraHD Blu-ray players announced at CES, becoming available soon. I expected that the dearth of discs sporting the superior HDR format to be over by now. Apparently however, this might not be strictly a chicken v. egg problem that most new formats experience if the comments on this post are correct. There’s […]
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There are a lot of features that I really like about the Fingbox. The automated Internet performance testing, is one of my favorites because it provides a snapshot of how well (or poorly) my service is doing without me having to manage it myself. Back when we were having trouble with our ISP, this came in quite handy. This feature […]
Read moreI don’t think I would buy a UltraHD Blu-ray player that didn’t have Dolby Vision support at this point. Especially not one that costs what the Samsung UBD-M9500 goes for. Unfortunately, it’s probably not even a great time to buy a disc player at all with a slew of new models coming out in the next couple months. Many of […]
Read moreI love whisky, or whiskey, as I am relearning how to spell it. Anyone who spends time at a bar with me can attest to two thing: I have some peculiarities around pouring beer, and I will run on about whiskey for as long as there is an audience. Frankly, what’s not to like. Excepting anything from Islay, it is […]
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HomeSeer announced a couple new switches at CES 2018 with integrated RGB lights which can be used to indicated status for other elements in the control system. There is a $55 dimmer and a $50 toggle switch available, both support Z-Wave Plus, multi-tap, and S2 security. This isn’t a new concept in the home automation device market, but it is […]
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I can only imagine that everyone at Caavo assumed someone else was taking care of HDR support in its new $400 (yep, $400) universal remote. Because, frankly what the… HDR is the best thing that has happened to displays since HD (yes, 4K is cool and all but it’s not terribly useful unless you have a big set). Would you […]
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The VideoLAN non-profit organization has announced the availability of VLC 3.0 “Vetinari”, and for the first time this release is synchronized across all of the platforms supported by the universal media player for Windows, Mac, iOS, myriad Linux platforms, and Android to name a few. Chromecast is the main feature add for the Android platform, but it also includes Android […]
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