Smart TV news

First announced at CES, the 2017 Sharp TV line-up is now available in the US. The Hisense-manufactured Sharp TVs start from $230 dollars

RokuOS now has 15 million monthly active users that collectively streamed nearly 7 billion hours of video in the first half of 2017

"Alexa, turn on my Living Room TV". Owners of some Sony Android TVs can now control their TVs with Amazon Echo. Same features are coming to Fire TV devices

The catalog now also includes a few dozen movies in HDR (High Dynamic Range) if you own a Chromecast Ultra.

A range of Westinghouse 4K TVs ranging from 43 to 65” sizes are now available with Amazon’s operating system, including Alexa, integrated. Prices start at $450

With an Apple TV4, a pair of B&O BeoLab 9 speakers and a plan to connect them, I decided to find a solution to wirelessly transfer audio. Airplay was the solution

The new – flat – flagship TV from Samsung combines an LCD panel with quantum dot technology to deliver even brighter pictures in 4K HDR

With the Steam Link beta app you can play PC games on your Samsung Smart TV. The beta version supports 1080p at 60fps, with 4K support coming later

UBD-M9500 and M8500 are Samsung’s 2017 UHD Blu-ray players that are now available across the US and Europe. M9500 introduces new features.

Google has pulled the plug on its legacy Flash video player, which means that the YouTube app is no longer available on Smart TVs from 2012 and earlier

The update adds support for the HLG HDR format for broadcast TV. It also reduces input lag when playing 4K HDR games from PlayStation 4 Pro

You are stuck choosing between the best picture or the best sound. Hundreds of owners are petitioning for Dolby Atmos support on LG’s 2016 OLED TVs

From the revamped ’TV & Video’ section you can buy or rent movies from the PlayStation Store and access apps such as Netflix, Amazon & YouTube

Highlights include Ambilight, Android, 4K resolution, and a single model with Philips’ new advanced video processor.

For the first time you can try the upcoming version of tvOS without having a developer account. Apple has released a public beta of tvOS 11

Features such as Airplay 2, Home Screen Sync, dark/light auto switch, refreshed Computers app & new screensavers. tvOS 11 also adds HEVC decoding

Apple has officially chosen HEVC as its next-generation video codec for 4K and HDR. It will be supported on all iOS 11, tvOS 11 & macOS High Sierra devices

Facebook is bringing its 'Video' app to TVs from Sony, Philips, Bang & Olufsen as well as media players such as Nvidia Shield. The app includes a new ‘Games’ section

The new software for the Nvidia Shield player adds Plex Live TV, extended Plex DVR functionality, TV recording straight to a NAS server & more

It allows paying Plex users to connect an antenna and stream live channels to TVs and mobile devices. Plex DVR has also learned new tricks

Some of the 2017 TVs that were announced at CES are now available in the US. The 2017 TVs have 4K resolution and support for HDR

The new software includes features such as Picture-in-Picture, Google Cast 4K, support for HLG HDR and the option to use multiple Google accounts

Oppo’s two UDP-203 and UDP-205 UHD Blu-ray players are the first to support the Dolby Vision HDR format. The latest beta update seemingly adds support

The first movie available in 4K and HDR is ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ and more titles will be added "in the months to come"

We installed a beta version of Android O for the TV, and in this video we share our first impressions of the new user interface that is heading to Android TVs

Vevo has reimagined its app on Apple tvOS with curated playlists, artist stations, animated thumbnails, and a new bottom menu. It also coming to other devices

The YouTube app on your TV will soon support 360-degree video, meaning that you can change the perspective with your remote

Android O will introduce a revamped user interface on Android TV where Netflix will get its own content row. Google Assistant will be added this summer.

Amazon wants to take on Roku with the first 4K ‘Fire TV Edition’ sets that start at $450 dollars

Technology from Panasonic’s more expensive UHD Blu-ray players has found its way into the more affordable UB400 and UB300 players