Summer Sadness: When Sun Glare Kills Your TV Picture
Q. The one thing I don’t like about summer is that the day is sunny all day. It makes it impossible to watch TV in our living room because the sun glare is all over the [...]
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You Have to Pay to Watch 4K
Q. I just bought a 4K TV and I want to watch some 4K without having to pay for it. Is that possible? — Tommy, Las Vegas. Tommy, I’m afraid to inform you that [...]
Spears & Munsil 4K Calibration Disc: Not For Amateurs
Q. I am constantly struggling to get the right picture on my 4K TV. I can’t figure out if I am setting it right. The color. The brightness. Everything! I read about [...]
Summer Secrets: Roku’s Private Channels
Q. I have a Roku player, the 4K Ultra one. I loved all the channels, but I hear that there are even more, something called private channels. What are private channels? Can [...]
Netflix This Week: 19 New Titles, Mary Poppins Returns
Netflix this week (July 7-13) plans to add 19 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup, including 12 originals. (Note: Netflix labels a show an ‘original’ even if [...]
How to Watch Comcast Without a Set-Top
Q. I have Comcast, but I am bugged about paying for a set-top, which is very clunky in my living room to boot! Is there any way to get Comcast without the old set-top, like a [...]
Sling TV, PlayStation Vue Raise Prices
Sling TV has raised the price on its Sports Extra plan from $5 a month to $10 a month. The new rate is now effective for new Sling Orange customers, but will not be [...]
Hulu This Week: 158 New Titles, 2 Originals
Hulu this week plans to add 158 new TV shows and movies to its subscription Video on Demand lineup, including a new episode of two original shows. The new titles will include [...]
Amazon Prime This Week: 154 New Titles
Amazon this week plans to add 154 new TV shows and movies to its Prime streaming lineup, including two originals. The new titles will include Peterloo, an Amazon original [...]
Netflix This Week: 50 New Titles, Stranger Things, Scorsese
Netflix this week plans to add 50 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup, including eight originals. (Note: Netflix labels a show an ‘original’ even if it first [...]
NFL Sunday Ticket: Could Comcast or Charter Get It?
Q. I read your story about DIRECTV possibly losing the NFL Sunday Ticket after the 2019 season. Do you think Comcast or Charter could get it? I would imagine if it would make [...]
Can You Sit Too Close to a HDTV?
Q. You wrote recently about how far you should sit from a 4K TV. Okay, how about a High-Definition TV. Can you tell us that, too? — Tommy, Deale, Maryland. Tommy, yes I [...]