Stuck without a fireplace this holiday season? No problem. Just crack open your laptop (or even your smartphone or iPad), fire up YouTube, and warm up with one of these cozy digital Yule logs. Read on for five of my favorites, from the original WPIX Yule log to one...
Putting a Blu-ray player under the tree for your favorite movie buff? Consider throwing in a classic Blu-ray movie, too. Among my picks: “Ben-Hur,” “Gone With the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.”...
Give the gift of streaming video with the gadgets in our home-theater shopping guide. Among our picks: a pair of streaming TV set-top boxes (can you say Apple TV?); one remote control to rule them all; a pocket-sized HD projector; and a disc to help set up that new...
So, got a tech-savvy scholar on your holiday shopping list? Even if she already has a laptop, a smartphone, and a tablet in her dorm room, you can still surprise her with a gadget or two under the tree. Read on for six tech-minded gifts that your favorite student will...
Don’t be alarmed Wednesday afternoon (or morning, on the West Coast) if your favorite show is abruptly interrupted by a blaring tone and a crawl at the bottom of the screen that reads, “A Primary Entry Point station has issued an Emergency Action...
Stymied by a tricky-to-use interface, blocked by uncooperative television networks and pretty much ignored by couch potatoes, Google TV has proved a rare misfire for the search giant. Indeed, when Logitech slashed the price of its Google TV-enabled Revue setup box...
Seems like every time I open the Netflix streaming app on my iPhone, I get the same old recommendations, again and again—and for the record, no, I do not want to watch “Gamer,” “Step Up 3,” or “Bloodlust Zombies.” And while...
So, ready to trade in your TV remote—or remotes, as the case may be—for a smartphone or tablet? The new Logitech Harmony Link lets you do just that, although using your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone to change the channel or turn down the volume takes some getting...
Well, so long, Qwikster—we hardly knew ‘ya. Just a few weeks after stunning customers with a plan that would’ve seen Netflix essentially splitting in two, with Netflix.com devoted to streaming videos while DVD rentals would head to a new site, called...
Just a few short years ago, Blu-ray players were still pretty much luxury items—and even if you did pony up $400 or more for a Blu-ray deck, the selection of movies available on Blu-ray was puny compared to what you can watch on DVD. But much has changed in the mere...
