Amazon Fire TV Hands On: The Fastest Smart TV You've Ever Met

Amazon pitched its Fire TV as a streaming device to end all streaming devices. The company touted its simple and effective search, and its open ecosystem boasting enough apps to burn your eyes out. We spent some time messing with the Fire TV and found that for the most part, it makes good on those promises.

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Amazon Fire TV apps include Netflix, Hulu, ESPN

In Amazon Fire TV is the company’s first look at a real dedicated piece of hardware for the living room. Using a quad-core processor with “dedicated GPU”, this device is … Continue reading

Amazon Fire TV detailed: set-top box of simplicity

Today Amazon’s Peter Limp stood on stage to speak about why Amazon’s services need revamping on the variety of streaming devices they’re already pushed to today. Instead of focusing on … Continue reading

Amazon TV dongle tipped by Plex app drop

This morning not a few minutes before Amazon begins their latest keynote speech, it’s become apparent that Plex is joining in on the fun early. In a price-drop for the … Continue reading

The show 24 has left Netflix for the greener pastures of Amazon Instant Video, where it is now exclu

The show 24 has left Netflix for the greener pastures of Amazon Instant Video, where it is now exclusively carried. Prime subscribers can stream all eight seasons of the saga of Jack Bauer starting today.

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Neat statistical graphics help you choose your next TV series binge

Neat statistical graphics help you choose your next TV series binge

Is it worth investing a few weeks of your life in Battlestar Galactica? What about Game of Thrones? Or Deadwood? Here’s a graphical tool that maps all the Internet Movie Database’s ratings for every episode of every TV series—a scientific method to pick the next show that is going to make you lose countless hours of sleep.

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Ever Wonder What the Zombies Actually Eat on the Walking Dead?

I am a big fan of The Walking Dead and watch the show each week. I haven’t watched the finale for this season just yet, but I am itching to. The zombies are always munching on some disgusting body parts ripped from a person or animal. I always wonder what they are really eating in those scenes.

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Clearly, the actors in zombie garb are really chewing something. A new video is floating around out there from CineFix that goes over some things about the show you might not know. One of those things is what they are really eating.

The answer is a big chunk of ham. I can only imagine they have a hefty ham budget. Early in the series, they coated that ham in barbecue sauce to make it taste better. The problem with that was that the vinegar in the sauce dissolved the makeup. Watch the video for yourself to see other cool tidbits about the show.

[via Laughing Squid via Nerd Approved]

What's Your Favorite Movie or TV Plot That Would Be Obsolete Today?

What's Your Favorite Movie or TV Plot That Would Be Obsolete Today?

Technology’s so great. All this communication capability can put you in touch with your friends and family, no matter where in the world they are. Which blows a giant hole through most of the movie and TV plots written up until, say, the late 1990s. What’s your favorite storyline that would never exist in a world with cell phones and internet?

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Roku Streaming Stick Review: A $50 Wonder and Your TV's New Best Pal

Roku Streaming Stick Review: A $50 Wonder and Your TV's New Best Pal

On paper, Roku’s new HDMI stick looked like the best bargain for all your streaming desires. But does it actually deliver on those promises in real life? You’re damn right it does.

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Philips Introduces Android-Powered 4K TVs Coming Later This Year

Google TV is likely going away entirely, to be replaced by a familiar face – Android. Philips has just unveiled new Ultra HD (4K, whatever you prefer) TVs (via 9to5Google) that will be running Google’s mobile OS when they hit stores in Q2 of this year. The sets seem to be coming to Europe and Russia first, but it won’t be long before the little Android bot makes its way to all of… Read More