And if one report pans out, you may even want one next month.Credit: Tom's GuideBloomberg says that Apple plans to update its set -
top box in September.
While the company already launched the Mi Box Android set -
top box in the U.S market and also sells few accessories in the European markets.
Of course, most people are going to watch the service using a streaming device with their television, which means using a set -
top box in the absence of a compatible smart TV app.
The company this month announced plans to sell a set -
top box in the U.S. and said it wants to eventually sell phones here.
To put the set -
top box in perspective with the rest of the industry, it's significantly better than the Roku Premiere + and the Chromecast Ultra, and cheaper than the new Nvidia Shield, which costs $ 279 in Canada.
That could explain why Apple recently slashed the price from $ 99 to $ 69, giving it the distinction of being the cheapest top - shelf set -
top box in our buying guide.
«We wanted to break this association with the set
top box in the living room, this idea that you have to have a cable company come in and install hardware that's dated in a year,» Oestlien said.
The idea here, as it was when the FCC first voted to «open up» the set -
top box in February, is to make it so you don't have to lease a cable box from a cable provider to watch cable TV programming.
We've recommended Roku's latest set
top boxes in the past, but Amazon's Fire TV Stick is a worthy alternative, especially if you're a Prime member.
The over 1000 titles in the Ouya's game library may be coming to set
top boxes in China through a $ 10 Million investment from Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company.
In fact, if all set -
top boxes in the U.S. met ENERGY STAR requirements, consumer energy cost savings would grow to about $ 580 million each year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from about 790,000 cars.
Furthermore, in our testing, most Wi - Fi receivers in TVs were not as sensitive as those in set - top boxes, such as Roku (more about set -
top boxes in a bit),
Not exact matches
As the year comes to a close, the domestic
box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after
topping $ 11 billion
in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.
2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global
box office record, becoming the first studio to ever
top $ 7 billion
in worldwide ticket sales.
While many sites put it off
in the
top right corner, best -
in - class websites such as Amazon, eBay or Walmart typically put their search
boxes front and center.
For the leaderboard or
top ad space, the standard is 728 x 90 pixels; an
in - article
box ad should be sized 300 x 250 pixels; and a left or right panel ad should be 160 x 600 pixels.
Squawk
Box sets the news agenda
in the region every day, bringing viewers news and views from the
top CEOs, asset managers and newsmakers as Asian markets open for trade.
Xiaomi already has a presence
in the US, however, where it sells the Mi
Box set - top box, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online sto
Box set -
top box, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online sto
box, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online store.
Kjelberg's videos show him playing various video games while a
box in the
top corner of the screen shows his reactions to what is happening.
The set -
top box, which is finally launching
in Canada
in August as the Sony Internet Player, brings Android apps and web browsing to the TV.
But the iPhone's poor performance overshadowed a couple of other more positive surprises: iPad sales weren't as bad as they could have been and sales
in Apple's «Other Products» division, which includes the Apple TV set -
top box, Apple Watch, and Beats headphones, jumped after a string of declines.
Amazon already has an
in - house gaming studio that makes games, and its Fire TV set
top box was designed to attract gamers.
In fact, half of the top 10 grossing films of the year came from Walt Disney Studios — which hauled in $ 3 billion in domestic box office, Disney reporte
In fact, half of the
top 10 grossing films of the year came from Walt Disney Studios — which hauled
in $ 3 billion in domestic box office, Disney reporte
in $ 3 billion
in domestic box office, Disney reporte
in domestic
box office, Disney reported.
In a recent public statement about the move, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler — who happens to be a former head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association — said that for too long, the set -
top box has been a boon for cable and satellite companies but a bane for users.
Walt Disney's Bridge of Spies just barely slots below 2006 winner Crash «s adjusted
box office take of $ 74 million, though any of this year's nominees could see a bump
in sales if they take home the Academy's
top prize this Sunday night on ABC (DIS).
After its record - breaking debut last weekend, Straight Outta Compton once again
topped the
box office, bringing
in an estimated $ 26.8 million and handily beating this weekend's three other new releases.
Dollar Shave Club established itself as one of the
top players
in the monthly - subscription
box marketplace back
in 2011.
Amazon (amzn) disclosed the number
in Seattle during a media event during which it announced new products like a premium version of the Echo speaker, the Echo Plus, and an updated version of its Fire TV set -
top box.
The new set -
top box adds voice search, motion control and a touch pad at a starting cost of $ 149 (the Roku 3, which has all of that except the touch pad, sells for $ 99
in Canada).
Some of these consist of what it calls «featured snippets» from webpages that deal with those topics, which are highlighted
in a
box at the
top of the search page.
Canadians trust domestic drug stores and big
box chains, while Research
In Motion falls out of the
top 10.
For example, if you type
in «migraines» or «food allergies» into the search
box, now a white
box will come up
in the
top right hand corner of the screen with a description of the ailment, with links to causes, symptoms, tests, treatments, prognosis, prevention and the National Library of Medicine.
Tiny yellow «Minions»
topped this weekend's
box office, pulling
in a reported $ 115.2 million
in North America alone and earning the second - largest opening for an animated film
in history.
The film passed the worldwide gross of 2003's «The Matrix Reloaded» ($ 742 million) for the
top spot after
box - office numbers came
in Monday.
But, now that the new Apple TV promises gaming capabilities, some wonder if the set -
top box could become a real contender
in the video game market.
«I think this bull market is basically
in the process of forming a
top,» Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, told CNBC's «Squawk
Box» on Wednesday.
Deadpool became the first R - rated movie to
top $ 100 million
in domestic
box office sales over its opening weekend, pulling
in an impressive $ 135 million
in North America and a whopping $ 260 million worldwide, according to
box office research firm Rentrak.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is a boisterous Swedish video game commentator whose videos feature him playing various video games, while a
box in the
top corner of the screen shows his reactions to what's happening.
Top tech investor Paul Meeks told «Squawk
Box» on Wednesday, that might be
in the form of an offer from private equity, since he doesn't see obvious candidates — other technology companies like Microsoft or Alibaba — as interested.
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In fact, 4 of the top 10 highest - grossing films at the domestic box office so far in 2016 are animated movies
In fact, 4 of the
top 10 highest - grossing films at the domestic
box office so far
in 2016 are animated movies
in 2016 are animated movies.)
The film «Everest,» a thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin
in which a group of climbers are engulfed a blinding blizzard, is currently
in the
top five at the North American
box office.
«The fact that its offered on the set -
top box is not only something that consumers were really clear with us that they wanted, but it makes it a very different opportunity than what Netflix is and it actually keeps people engaged
in that cable subscription,» said Williams.
It will be the only animated kids» film out The Weinstein Company's kid flick «Escape From Planet Earth» will be heading out of the
box - office
top ten this week during its sixth week
in theaters.
The original «Star Wars»
tops our list, with a $ 461 million domestic
box office take that translates to $ 1.8 billion
in 2015.
Hamilton recommends that workers simply put cardboard
boxes on their desks and place their computers on
top to work
in an upright position.
And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the
top spot
in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide
box office for the third year
in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time
in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the
top - earning studio at the domestic
box office for the year.
In past years, it began investing heavily to branch out from its online retail roots, delving into Hollywood - style content production as well as developing a line of tablets, smartphones and set -
top boxes to accelerate the sale of digital content.
Tom Rogers, TiVo president & CEO, discusses the latest features
in TiVo's new set -
top box, including the ability to skip ads.
Of course, the move would also cost them billions
in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231
in set -
top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decades.
John Bergmayer, senior counsel at Public Knowledge, said
in a statement: «The modified approach [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler] has described today addresses the legitimate concerns raised by [the pay - TV industry] while preserving the benefits to the public, and fulfilling the congressional directive that requires the FCC to ensure that viewers do not need to rent set -
top boxes from their providers.»