For a cable box replacement, the Xumo Stream Box could be better at doing cable things. With the Xumo Stream Box, Comcast and Spectrum are leaving clunky cable boxes behind, with mixed results. This ...

Hunter Douglas’ PowerView product is our long-time favorite custom-installed smart window shade solution, and this third-generation product is its best ever. The biggest improvement comes in the form ...

Streaming music is probably your best entertainment value. The top services offer vast and—with one notable exception—almost identical catalogs that give listeners access to a huge chunk of recorded ...

Netflix used to cast a blind eye toward password sharing, but that blind eye is quickly turning into the Eye of Sauron. Now, Netflix subscribers must pay extra to share their accounts with family and ...

Even as Sonos’ upcoming high-end soundbar brings new features to the table, including a new speaker technology that promises to double the bass performance of its predecessor, the Arc Ultra appears ...

The third-generation Amazon Echo Dot looks prettier and sounds a whole lot better than earlier iterations of Amazon’s entry-level smart speaker. I called the second-generation Echo Dot “the Echo most ...

This soundbar beats the sound quality of most TVs’ onboard speakers, but it has a few operational drawbacks, and the price is much higher than other such devices that offer similar improvements and ...

The TiVo Edge DVR is new and improved, yet the experience is still sliding backwards. The best thing about TiVo has always been its fundamentals. No other DVR gives you as much control over which ...

This TV actually deserves another quarter star, as it delivers a better picture than most lower-mid-range TVs. Quantum dots make for accurate color, and there’s plenty of brightness There’s nothing ...

Equipped with a new button, a much improved wall plate, and greater configurability, the new Hue Dimmer Switch is better in every way. First introduced back in 2015, the first-generation Dimmer Switch ...

Walmart’s $30 Android TV streamer should make Roku and Amazon sweat. If you’re wondering which company makes the best streaming players for the least amount of money, you might not expect the answer ...

One of the most common questions I get from prospective cord-cutters is whether they can stream local network channels without paying for a large, cable-style TV bundle (e.g., Hulu + Live TV or ...