Tag: Smart TVs
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The Average American Only Uses 5.5 Apps On Their Smart TV
There are now hundreds of streaming services and apps, but most Americans are only using a handful of these. According to Inscape’s TV Market Trends Report from Q4 2023, Americans use just 5.5 apps on their smart TV on average. “Smart TVs and their myriad available apps have become a personalized gateway for consumers to…
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The Best Smart TVs for Cord Cutting? Roku TV vs Google TV vs Fire TV vs Samsung vs Vizio – 2023 Cordie Awards
Thinking of buying a smart TV? Not sure what brand would be best for cord cutting? We asked more than 1,000 cord cutters what TVs they thought were the best for streaming, and this is what they told us. According to our readers, the best smart TVs for cord cutters are Roku TVs with 41%…
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New QLED Fire TV Smart TVs From TCL Are Now Available
TCL has released its first-ever line of Fire TV Smart TVs, a middle-range series compared to other TCL releases this year. The new 2023 Q6 Class 4K QLED Fire TV Smart TVs were announced earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show and they are now available for Amazon’s Fire OS platforms and Google TV.…
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Netflix’s AV1 Streaming Codec Rolls Out To Certain Smart TVs, Streaming Devices & the PS4 Pro
After launching on Android devices back in February 2020, Netflix announced it’s now bringing the AV1 streaming video codec to other platforms, including certain smart TVs, dedicated streaming devices, and Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro game console. In a blog post released earlier this week, Netflix shared details about the AV1 codec, which it’s touting as…
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Parks: Smart TV Adoption Rose 56% During the Pandemic
New results from Parks Associates‘ most recent quarterly survey show more consumers are opting for Smart TVs than ever before. According to the survey among 10,000 US broadband households, Smart TVs and Smart Speakers/displays were the two highest growing devices, rising 56% and 53% respectively. Parks says the pandemic grew consumers’ perceived value of connected…
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Samsung TVs are Auto Deleting the Amazon Instant App
Update #1: Amazon has contacted us saying the issue should be fixed. If you still do not see your Amazon Instant app on Samsung TVs you should contact tech support. Update #2: Samsung has contacted CCN to let us know they are looking into the issue but do not have a resolution at this time. …