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What kind of Roku are you? New themes will let you customize the experience

Roku will soon allow third-party developers to design customized apps for its home screen, available for purchase at the Roku home store.
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Red is the new black: Netflix deepens its debt for new original shows, expansion in Europe

Netflix today announced it will be taking on $400 million in debt to expand deeper into European markets, and create more original content.
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Dish Network and Disney to kiss and makeup over Auto Hop

Dish Network and Disney are reportedly close to a deal that could settle a current legal battle between the two companies over Dish's Auto Hop feature.
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Remember the Aereo: Streaming broadcast TV service launches in San Antonio February 19

Aereo will open in San Antonio on February 19th, marking the 12th market for the service, which broadcasts network TV to mobile devices and computers.
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This hilarious video shows why every conference call ever made is so painful

This video from Tripp and Tyler shows what life would be like if conference calls happened in the real world.
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Aereo to NYC: Sorry, we’re ‘sold out’

Aereo has been notifying potential new customers in NYC that it is at full capacity. The company is working on solving the issue.

Roccat Studios’ Kave XTD 5.1 gaming headset promises true surround sound

Roccat Studios will begin shipping its latest gaming headset today, the Kave XTD 5.1, an upgrade from the original Kave. The headset is priced at $170.
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Beats by Dre hands out $25,000 headphones to all Super Bowl players

Beats headphones gave out specially crafted $25,000 headphones to all of the players from both Superbowl teams this week.

TiVo soars further into the cloud, purchases cloud-based Digitalsmiths for $135 million

TiVo today announced it will be purchasing the cloud-based content delivery company Digitalsmiths for a reported $135 mill.

Divoom’s Voombox Outdoor Bluetooth speaker is ribbed for its own protection

Divoom today unveiled its latest Bluetooth speaker, the Voombox Outdoor. The speaker is water and dust resistant, and offers a respectable set of features.
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10 gorgeous pairs of grown-up headphones that make Beats look like Playskool

Check out these ten pairs of headphones that would look as at home in an art gallery as they would on your head.

Sol Republic’s new Relays earbuds promise to stay put, and look good doing it

Sol Republic today unveiled its latest earbuds, the Relays. The new buds offer a stylish design, as well as Sol's Free Flex technology for a secure fit.

Toshiba’s new L9300U 4K TV touches down in stores with some seductive extras

Toshiba announced its L9300U 4K TV is now available for purchase, offering incentives such as a free upscaling Blu-ray player and sound bar with purchase.
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THX brings its tune-up app to Android, offers free download ahead of the Super Bowl

TXH announced today the release of an Android version of its tune-up app, which allows users to connect mobile devices to their TVs and AVRs for calibration
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Fox Fail: Network strikes out again in attempt to stop Dish’s Auto Hop feature

Dish Network's Hopper DVR claimed another victory today against Fox, as a U.S. District Court struck down the broadcaster's latest appeal.
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IK Multimedia’s new iRig Mic HD brings hi-res recording to your iPhone

IK multimedia today unveiled its new iRig Mic HD, a digital microphone that plugs into Apple mobile devices and Mac computers for hi-res on-the-go recording
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Tivo survey indicates second screen still playing second fiddle

TiVo released the results of a new Social Media and Multi-tasking survey the company finished in November of 2013, polling 1,660 households over 3 weeks.
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NPD report hits a sore nerve, HBO and Showtime push back

A recent NPD study, which showed premium cable channels are on the decline, has been denied today by representatives from the channels themselves.
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Denied! Amazon claims it has no intention to get into the pay TV business

Contrary to a report broken yesterday by the Wall Street Journal, Amazon representatives have denied any rumors of plans for creating an online service for live TV.
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Amazon rises from the ashes of Intel’s OnCue with aggressive new plans for Internet TV

Amazon is working on its own internet TV service that will offer live TV content online without the need for a cable or satellite subscription.
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Intel just sold its cable-destroying OnCue system to Verizon. Now what?

Verizon today announced it has finalized a deal for Intel's OnCue streaming service for between $200-500 million dollars.Here's what that actually means.
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Xbox One will provide live NFL games at a blazing 60fps

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Neulion to allow the Xbox One to stream NFL games at up to 60 frames per second, double the speed of standard TV.
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15 totally weird-looking headphones that we’d totally wear

We assembled a gallery of some of the wackiest looking headphones we could find. Having Lil Wayne and Lady Gag represented didn't hurt.

Om Audio’s Mantra speaker splits wood for wireless stereo sound

Om Audio unveils its Mantra Bluetooth speaker, which offers a hand-carved wooden frame, and the ability to pair with a companion unit for true stereo.
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Four times the … fun? Naughty America makes a bawdy gamble on Ultra HD porn

Naughty America unveils plans to offer 4K pornography on its site for $35 per month.

Soundfreaq’s Pocket Kick packs pint-sized portable audio in your pants

Soundfreaq shows off its new Pocket Kick speaker at CES 2014. The slim, lightweight speaker debuts later this spring for a price of $100.

Geneva’s XXL console looks like a grand piano, sounds like a theater

Geneva's XXL has great sound in a gorgeous package. The $3,500 home theater cabinet is part retro-modern furnishing, part stereo, and part wireless device.
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Ears-on with DTS’ spanking new personalization feature for Headphone:X

DTS unveils its new personalization feature for Headphone:X at CES 2014, allowing you to tailor the sound just for you in a savable profile.

Sony wants to make ‘Breaking Bad’ even badder by airing it in eye-popping 4K

Sony announces plans to bring Breaking Bad to its new 4K TVs in Ultra High Def, as well as around 140 other titles through its 4K downloa
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Samsung outlines plans to create a momentum swing for 4K content in 2014

Samsung announced a multi-tiered plan to bolster 4K content in 2014, including partnerships with Netflix, M-GO, DIRECTV, Comcast, and Amazon.
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LG announces Netflix 4K streaming app on 12 new UHD models

LG today announced a partnership with Netflix to offer 4K streaming from the service on 12 new 4K LG models being shown off at CES 2014.
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Dish Network’s Hopper takes another big leap forward in 2013

CEO John Slayton's embracing of consumers' "full blown sprint" to mobile viewing has Dish Network offering even more options and apps in the latest version of The Hopper
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Sharp’s Quattron+ tech delivers ‘almost’ 4K TVs for the rest of us

Sharp unveils its 4 tier TV lineup for 2014 at the start of CES, including the new Quattron +, which bridges the gap between HD and 4K resolution.

Shure’s new SE112 promise to outperform your budget buds without breaking the bank

Shure today unveiled the SE112 earbuds, a new product priced under $50 and designed to be a viable alternative to the earbuds that come with smartphones.
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Netflix tests out $7 service plan on new customers

Netflix today announced it's adding an experimental new $7/month plan for new users which offers standard def viewing on a single device.
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Why buy a house when you can buy Samsung’s 110-inch Ultra HD television?

Samsung's 110-inch 4K TV, unveiled at CES 2013, is seeling in South Korea for a whopping price of just over $150,000 .
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NYNE’s new ‘Aqua’ Bluetooth speaker plunges into new territory

NYNE has unveiled its all new Aqua Bluetooth speaker to debut at CES 2014. Features include a waterproof IPX7 shell, a speakerphone, and Bluetooth 4.0.
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Klipsch pairs rock-solid grit with polished elegance for its new Status headphones

Klipsch's new Status headphones are a $250 over-ear design that is forged from high strength materials to match style and durability.