New streaming boxes such as the Nvidia Shield TV and AirTV are innovating on the hardware side, while the upcoming arrival of Google Assistant will add powerful new voice controls to the entire platform, making Android TV a key piece of Google's overall strategy.
We saw lots of promising
new streaming boxes, smart TVs, and super-charged antenna tools, all of which will make dropping cable and satellite TV easier in 2017.
The company just released a slew of
new streaming boxes and sticks, which means retailers are slashing prices on their older inventories.
New streaming boxes, smart TVs, and antenna tools arrived in force at the tech industry's biggest gathering of the year.
It's certainly off to a good start already, with a huge library of content and partners lined up, so it doesn't look like Amazon will have any issues making its brand
new streaming box a success.
The new Apple TV 4K is out today and we've got our hands on Apple's
new streaming box.
The new streaming box for Sling TV and OTA channels.
The channel list is local to your device, rather than the tuner, so you need to scan every time you install the app on
a new streaming box, smartphone, or tablet.
Apple's
newest streaming box features a handful of upgrades designed to optimize performance for sparkling 4k HDR content.
The new streaming box will also offer the power of Alexa that was made popular by Amazon's connected speaker, Echo.
Not exact matches
Screening Room would allow users to rent
new movies immediately upon their theatrical release to
stream at home through a $ 150 set - top
box.
«The
new Apple TV doesn't do much more than
streaming boxes that cost almost $ 100 less — and in some cases, it doesn't even do as much,» he wrote.
This
new revenue
stream could be lucrative for Amazon, whose
boxes can be seen on doorsteps (and in recycling bins) across the country.
The
new box will now be able to
stream so - called 4K resolution, which refers to screens with two times the vertical resolution and twice the horizontal resolution of older high - definition TVs.
Box Office Potential: Theatrical grosses will be negligible, as «Mudbound» (November 17) marks Netflix's next Hollywood frontier — disrupting the movie business, as the
streaming service tries to hack some Oscar nominations without playing its day - and - date movies in theaters for more than a week (
New York and L.A., home to the lion's share of Academy voters, may get two).
There is also a
new feature called Air Play, which provided you have a Apple TV subscription and
box allows you to
stream media from your iPad right to your TV, wirelessly.
Amazon does not allow international viewers to watch any of their
streaming music or videos, so the
new box is basically irrelevant.
While RIM was good enough to include a microUSB cable and
new BlackBerry PlayBook Travel Charger in the
box, you'll have to buy your own HDMI cable if you want to hook the PlayBook up to a tv (we're told DLNA support is coming, so hopefully soon you won't even need a cable and can
stream content from your PlayBook to your TV wirelessly).
Roku announced a
new software update version 2.9 build 1553 to their popular media
streaming boxes.
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It's definitely a much - improved content
streaming box compared to previous generation Apple TVs, but when it comes to actual games and several areas of the user experience, the
new Apple TV is shockingly subpar.
Looking ahead to the future, Sony may know (or assume) that PlayStation 5 will have the potential to
stream everything right out of the
box, potentially eliminating the sale of individual games —
new or used — altogether.
The increased graphical fidelity showcased by launch titles like Killzone: Shadow Fall and Knack, to a lesser extent, were certainly impressive in showing off what games would look like on the shiny
new box, but it was the promise of being able to share your gameplay experiences with anyone by
streaming your gameplay via Twitch, saving screenshots or 15 minute long gameplay clips or even reincarnating couch coop by allowing others to participate in single players games that made the Playstation 4 seem like a next generation machine for the socially connected world we inhabited.
Problem is, even though the
newest version of the
box is upgraded — with more memory and speed than previous generations — most gamers won't care much for the Fire TV's
streaming capabilities because they already have one or more
boxes hooked up to their TVs that are every bit as capable of doing the job.
For comparison's sake, this game
streaming device isn't all that much different in appearance to recent, popular
streaming boxes like the Amazon Fire TV or the
new Apple TV.
Sony recently announced the Vita 2000 — a
new hardware revision for the PlayStation Vita — and Vita TV, a small
box that connects directly to your TV to let you
stream content, play Vita games, and allows for remote play functionality with the PS4 all on your TV.
For
newer 4K Ultra HD sources like an Ultra HD Blu - ray player or a 4K
streaming set - top
box, make sure you have HDMI cables rated to handle 4K bandwidth.
Amazon is entering a crowded market with its
new Fire TV
streaming box.
Introduced during Apple's September event, the Apple TV 4K is an update to the fourth - generation Apple TV, with the
newest version of the set - top
box primarily adding the ability to
stream at the high resolution, making it a useful purchase to owners of Ultra HD televisions.
Support for
newer streaming services such as HBO Now and Movies Anywhere also comes to
streaming boxes before it comes to TVs.
The end result is that the old and slow processor inside my Apple TV delivers better than a relatively
new Mac, PC, Roku
box, or Xbox 360 that's
streaming Netflix content or Web - based video.
Or, the company might produce both options — like Roku's
new Streaming Stick or more traditional Roku
box.
Elsewhere today, Amazon launched a
new Fire TV Gaming Edition, and updated its
streaming boxes and sticks with Alexa, 4K video support, and voice - remote features.
I have a Roku 3 with very limited USB
streaming, and a
new WD
box that
streams damn near everything.
The
new Mi
Box comes loaded with Android TV 6.0 and will support 4K
streaming at up to 60 frames per second.
For HDR fans, the Mi
Box will also support the HDR10 standard once Android 7.0, «Nougat» hits the
new streaming player.
According to a support document obtained by MacRumours regarding Apple's
new set - top
box, while it's possible to download content that plays in HD, 4K is strictly reserved for
streaming.
However, perhaps more interesting is the fact that the
box will also now support the
new resolution when using Google Cast to
stream - meaning that your Nvidia Shield can now replace your Chromecast Ultra.
Unfortunately, none of this over-the-air innovation is available on Roku's
streaming players, including the slew of
new Roku
boxes and sticks announced this week.
Amazon also recently made voice - search functions available on all
new Fire TV
boxes and
streaming sticks through Amazon Echo and Echo Dot.
The AirTV Player, a
new 4K
streaming box, combines Sling TV's channel lineup alongside OTA channels.
The Fire TV
Box and Stick connect directly to my home Internet and the TV via HDMI Port, (If your TV is relatively new, most likely your cable box is using this same cable and port to connect to your TV's) and are used to stream the TV from Playstation Vue to your
Box and Stick connect directly to my home Internet and the TV via HDMI Port, (If your TV is relatively
new, most likely your cable
box is using this same cable and port to connect to your TV's) and are used to stream the TV from Playstation Vue to your
box is using this same cable and port to connect to your TV's) and are used to
stream the TV from Playstation Vue to your TV.
It's slowly dawning on both
streaming box manufacturers and content providers that a
new movement is afoot.
Dish Network plans to debut the AirTV Player, a
new 4K
streaming box that integrates Sling TV and over-the-air channels into a single menu.
This year's Nexus products are the first to run on Android Lollipop and the
streaming box is also the first one to run on Android TV, so they come with some interesting
new features.
The
new software is a mess on Google's three - year - old
streaming box, and it's missing several features that Google showed off at its I / O developers conference in May.
Judging Android 8.0 Oreo by its performance on a three - year - old
streaming box might be harsh, but right now the Nexus Player is the only device that supports the
new software.
The App Store is great to have — it opens up
new possibilities besides the video -
streaming services you'd expect a set - top
box to have.
The
new Apple TV 4K can play 4K and HDR video for the first time, but it's one of the most expensive
streaming boxes available.
There are now five
new Roku
streaming boxes to chose from with varying features, one of which has been dubbed a «Chromecast killer.»