We use both wall mounts and stands for our TVs in our house. I can honestly say I wasn’t expecting it to make a difference in how I watched TV. But I was wrong. TV stands and wall mounts have pros and cons, which we’ll cover in the below sections. Choosing the right one for …
The original Google Chromecast was one of the first streaming devices I ever purchased. I liked it so much, I’ve bought each generation of the Chromecast since. If you’ve got one of the earlier Chromecast devices, you may wonder if it’s worth upgrading. So in this article, I’m going to go through each generation of …
It’s no secret how much I love the NVIDIA Shield, and I’ve owned four of them since they came out in 2015. However, at around $200 for the Shield Pro, they’re not cheap. That leaves many people looking for alternatives where they can get a similar streaming experience for less money. After all, the NVIDIA …
If you’re of a certain age, you remember Sony’s dominance in high-end electronics. If you wanted the best TV, it usually meant buying a Sony. However, for almost two decades, Samsung has been the global leader in TV market share. So, how do you choose between these two popular TV bands? I thought it would …
It might surprise you to find out that most of the TVs in my house are Samsung TVs running Tizen OS – even though I run an Android TV website! I’ve always loved Samsung’s picture quality, even more than my Sony Bravia Android TV. Unfortunately, Samsung doesn’t make any televisions that run Android TV. They …
Smart TVs have been in high demand since streaming services overtook the movie and TV industries in the 2010s. Among the seemingly endless Smart TV options available, Android TVs (and now Google TV’s) consistently stand out as some of the best. I’m obviously biased, since I focus on Android TV. However, I also have two …
Back in 2015, I bought ten of the most popular air mouse remote controls to see which one was the best for your Android TV. In fact, you probably skipped over that article when you clicked here. (Thank you by the way!) Times have changed, though. Only a couple of those remotes are still on …
When I saw my first Android TV stick back in 2013, I knew it would change how we watched TV. Turns out that they changed a lot more than that. Almost a decade later, streaming sticks are a huge deal, led by the heavy hitters like Chromecast, Fire TV and the Roku Streaming Stick. But …
The NVIDIA Shield has been on the market for a long time, so you’d think there would be more options to stand it up, or mount it to your wall behind your TV. But I can count every single stand and wall-mount for the Shield TV on one hand! In fact…I own most of them. …
With 2021 in the books, it’s time to take another look at the best Android boxes for the money in 2022. Most of the new TV boxes and STB’s that came out in 2021 were lower-end devices that really didn’t offer anything new and exciting. So you’ll see a lot of the same Android boxes …