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The Roku 4 is the company's current high-end streaming box. Sarah Tew/CNET Hoping for a Roku 5 to succeed the Roku 4? You may be disappointed by this report.According to ZatzNotFuy.com's correlation of an FCC leak against a Canadian computer sales website published Saturday, the streaming company could be debuting up to five streaming devices this fall that would add HDR picture capabilities and give each of the streamers a name instead of a number.The entry-level Roku 1 would be instead replaced by the Roku Express and Roku Express Plus, both the Roku 2 and Roku 3 would be replaced by the Roku Premiere and Ro...

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Subscribe to the Apple Byte PodcastiTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBuer MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBuer videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 49 Your browser does not support the audio element. [embedded content]EXTRA CRUNCHY SHOW NOTES:Apple's new TV plan is a TV guideApple Releases Redesigned 'Apple TV Remote' App for iPhoneGwyneth Paltrow and Gary Vaynerchuk sign on to Apple's 'Planet of the Apps' reality TV showiOS 10 will include over 100 new emoji, new diversity options, water gun, female athletes, more [Gallery]Apple Is Developing Wireless Earbuds With Custom Low-...

Getty Images/EyeEm Apple may not have given up on TV programming after all.After pausing plans last year for a service that would stream live TV over the inteet, the company is now focusing on creating a digital TV guide that would work on Apple TV boxes, iPhones and iPads, according to a Recode report Thursday. Apple is in talks with TV programmers and other video companies about a service that would tell you what's on where and help you watch it, the site reported. The service would corral information on programs available on video apps such as those offered by HBO, Netflix and ESPN without having to lau...

The day has come, Apple made good on its promise and released an improved Apple TV Remote app. It's an entirely different app from the rather old Remote app Apple that has been available for several years now. Effectively, your iPhone is now capable of replacing the Siri Remote that comes with the newest Apple TV.Setup is a breeze After installing the Apple TV Remote and opening it, select the Apple TV you want to coect to the remote. If you don't see a list of Apple TVs, make sure your iPhone is coected to the same Wi-Fi as your Apple TV(s).Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Tap ...

Sarah Tew Football season is just around the coer -- and streaming TV fans will be able to watch more live games than ever before.NFL Network and NFL RedZone will soon be hitting Sling TV, the Dish-owned service aounced Wednesday. That will give subscribers access to the football league's eponymous chael, as well as the "all the action inside the 20-yard line" mashup on RedZone during Sunday's games.Pricing of the chaels wasn't provided, but Sling assured fans that the chaels will go live in time for NFL's regular season, which begins September 8. Earlier this summer Sling TV made updated its service offerin...

Japan has begun broadcasting TV in 8K resolution ahead of the Olympics starting in Rio de Janeiro this weekend.A satellite chael debuted by the country's public broadcaster NHK will be showing a heady blend of 4K and 8K programming, with most of this week's schedule focusing on the Olympics, as well as music and arts shows. 8K pumps image resolution up to a whopping 7,680x4,320 pixels, roughly four times more detail than 4K, also known as ultra high definition.NHK detailed this week's 8K debut back in April. Watching at home won't be an option for many, as even 4K TVs are still expensive and yet to be widely adopted. But NHK is putting on public viewings in six venues across Japan, showing O...

The updated remote control app for the 2015 Apple TV has arrived.The new app, called Apple TV Remote, is basically a software version of the Apple TV's tiny remote control: There is a large area at the top for gesture controls, making it easy to navigate around the user interface. Siri has a dedicated button allowing users to ask for a specific show or to use voice to search. And the Game Mode makes use of the accelerometer and gyroscope built into Apple mobile devices. And, like the Apple TV's forthcoming software update, it also offers a "dark mode" option.The app was first promised last year soon after the fourth-generation Apple TV box was introduced. ...

Subscribe to the Apple Byte PodcastiTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBuer MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBuer videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 48 Your browser does not support the audio element. [embedded content]The Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Show Notes:iPHONE 7 NEWS:iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Pre-Orders Could Start September 9Possible iPhone 7 Lightning to 3.5 mm Adapter Surfaces in New PhotosBluetooth Headphone Revenue Overtakes Non-Bluetooth Ahead of iPhone 7 LaunchAPPLE EARNINGS NEWS:Apple Has Sold 1 Billion iPhonesApple sales down, but iPhone 7 offers glimmer of hopeApple Re...

Subscribe to the Apple Byte PodcastiTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBuer MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBuer videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 48 Your browser does not support the audio element. [embedded content]The Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Show Notes:iPHONE 7 NEWS:iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Pre-Orders Could Start September 9Possible iPhone 7 Lightning to 3.5 mm Adapter Surfaces in New PhotosBluetooth Headphone Revenue Overtakes Non-Bluetooth Ahead of iPhone 7 LaunchAPPLE EARNINGS NEWS:Apple Has Sold 1 Billion iPhonesApple sales down, but iPhone 7 offers glimmer of hopeApple Re...

Congratulations to Mark K. of Ashbu, Virginia, for wiing a Piper DIY computer kit for kids last week, and to Jaque R. of Phoenix for wiing five films on Blu-ray the week before that. This week's wier gets a Sony HT-XT1, a slim pedestal sound bar you place under your TV to boost the sound from your set's built-in speakers. The gadget includes three HDMI inputs and built-in Bluetooth with NFC support. It's easy to hook up and simple to operate, and it plays loud without distorting, says our CNET reviewer Ty Pendlebury. "Sony's HT-XT1 sound stand is packed with features, looks sleek, and sounds great, making it a no-brainer upgrade over your TV's built-in speakers," he writes. It's designed ...

Apple's long-rumored streaming TV service failed to materialize due to its brash negotiating tactics, according to the The Wall Street Joual.Potential deals between the tech giant and major networks including CBS, Disney and Fox went south because Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of software and services came across as arrogant during negotiations, the newspaper reported Thursday. Many thought the service would have appeared as part of the revamped Apple TV box unveiled last year. Some tidbits from the report:Cue showed up late to negotiations with Time Waer CEO Jeff Bewkes in 2013 wearing jeans, sporting teis shoes without socks and a Hawaiian shirt. The media executives he met with...

It's not Verizon gobbling up Yahoo, but by the standards of the TV market, an acquisition of Vizio by LeEco could be big.A series of reports, the latest by India's The Economic Times, points to either an acquisition or investment by the Chinese conglomerate LeEco in Irvine, Califoia-based Vizio, which along with Samsung has been one of the two most-popular TV brands in the U.S. over the last few years. Vizio TVs are among CNET's most-recommended models.Neither Vizio nor LeEco responded immediately to CNET's request for comment.But Vizio and LeEco are slated tomorrow to host a joint press event in Hollywood, Califoia, which should provide more details. It's possible the two companies could ao...

[embedded content] The temple is real.Nickelodeon's "Legends of the Hidden Temple" television movie, which uses the network's classic game show from the 1990s as source material, debuted its first trailer Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con 2016.Like in the VR experience promoting the movie, the show's original host, Kirk Fogg, serves as a guide to Hidden Temple Park, a place where the stone-faced Olmec, green monkeys, Steps of Knowledge and evil Temple Guards are but a myth -- that is until three siblings inadvertently drop into the titular temple.The kids find themselves trapped in the temple, and appear to need to fight their way out by solving th...

BitTorrent BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting July 18 with coverage of the Republican National Convention."Television news has been stagnating for some time," Vice President of Media for BitTorrent Erik Schwartz said in a statement on the company's site. "It's having trouble appealing to a generation that grew up online. We're building BitTorrent News to solve...

Add one more premium cable service to Roku's continually growing list of apps. The Starz app, which launched in April, is now available on the company's media streamers, joining Apple TV (the new one, not the old) and Chromecast (via Android and iOS devices). The app gives you access to all of the content available from Starz as well as its sister networks, Starz Encore and Movieplex for a monthly subscription fee of $8.99. If you subscribe to Starz through your cable provider, however, you may not be able to authenticate service on Roku. Comcast, for example, will not allow you to use the app to view Starz content. Other participating cable, satellite and telephone company partners will a...

Enlarge Image 20th Century Fox There could soon be another X-Men show on TV to get you your mutant fix. Fox has commissioned a pilot for a yet-to-be-named show that'll take place in the X-Men universe, reports Variety. It'll follow two human parents who coect with a group of mutants after discovering their children have super powers. The show, which will be co-produced by Marvel, will be the second X-Men show on TV, after FX's Legion, if it gets picked up for a full season. Bryan Singer, director of "X-Men: Apocalypse" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past", will serve as the show's executive producer, according to...

There's a lot that artificial intelligence can do, but understanding human behavior isn't one of the strong suits. Now, a team at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory wants to try and help change that. The magic bullet? TV shows.Researchers essentially tued computers into couch potatoes, feeding them hundreds of hours of footage from popular TV shows like The Office, Scrubs, and Desperate Housewives. Each clip ends with one of four actions: a hug, a kiss, a high five, or a handshake. The computer's challenge? Predict which one is about to happen.[embedded content]With the help of a leaing algorithm, the artificially intelligent test subjects were able to predict the ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageAnd this is where he realizes it's all gone wrong. CNN/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Welcome to Polish Roulette.This is a game where we get an illusionist to appear on breakfast TV and persuade a well-known TV presenter to take a chance on getting hurt.It isn't as final as the Russian version of the game, but the Russians have always had that draconian streak.Instead, here is illusionist Marcin Połoniewicz appearing on Polish national TV's Saturday breakfast show "Pytanie Na Sniadanie," aka ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageAnd this is where he realizes it's all gone wrong. CNN/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Welcome to Polish Roulette.This is a game where we get an illusionist to appear on breakfast TV and persuade a well-known TV presenter to take a chance on getting hurt.It isn't as final as the Russian version of the game, but the Russians have always had that draconian streak.Instead, here is illusionist Marcin Połoniewicz appearing on Polish national TV's Saturday breakfast show "Pytanie Na Sniadanie," aka ...