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Spotify review: The most popular music service needs to fix some serious issues
Spotify is great at recommending new music, but where’s the CD-quality audio?
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YouTube Music Premium review: The biggest library in the business
Offering access to millions of songs streaming on the YouTube video site, YouTube Music boasts a catalog far bigger that of any other music service. But that doesn't make it perfect.
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Deezer review: A huge music library doesn’t make up for some glaring flaws
Other music-streaming services offer higher-quality streams at a lower price.
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Apple Music review: High-quality sound and intense curation are the attractions
Apple the corporation has always claimed to love music; recent improvements to Apple Music suggest that it’s still true.
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Qobuz review: A high-quality streaming experience, from folks devoted to music
Qobuz was the first company to insist there was a market for high-quality streaming. Turns out they were right.
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Amazon Music Unlimited review: A relative bargain for Prime members
This streamer offers virtually the same catalog as the competition, but at a lower price.
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Tidal review: A music-streaming service made by artists for music fans
Tidal is infused with a sense of joy about music and discovery.
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HDHomeRun Flex 4K review: A cheap and easy way to get NextGenTV
The diminutive HDHomeRun Flex 4K streams broadcast TV across your home network, making local TV available to all your devices, and it’s an easy way to get NextGenTV broadcasts.
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Apple Music Voice review: It’s not perfect but is it a good value?
This low-cost, high-content subscription music option has its limitations, but it’s cheap.
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Hisense XClass TV review: The Comcast TV can't quite keep up
Hisense XClass TV review: Comcast's smart TV software can't compete with Roku.
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NAD C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier review: Stellar
If you have the budget, this high-end music streamer will make you very happy.
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Sony UBP-X700 Ultra HD Blu-ray player review: Quick, compatible, smart
Blu-ray players are still a thing, and 4K UHD Blu-ray discs deliver a video and audio experience no streaming service can match. Sony's UBP-X700 handles all types of discs, streams over the network and from USB, and offers a selection of popular online streaming services.
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TiVo Stream 4K review: A reboot for streaming (and for TiVo)
TiVo is justifiably famous for building DVRs, but what does it know about media streamers?
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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review: A speedy streamer with messy menus
Amazon's all-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max is great if you love voice control, but frustrating if you don't.
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Roku Streaming Stick 4K review: This fast and fluid dongle mostly does it all
Roku's new $50 streaming player hits the sweet spot for performance, features, and price.
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Walmart Onn Streaming Stick and Device reviews: Surprisingly great budget streamers
Review: Walmart's Onn FHD and UHD Streaming devices should make Roku and Amazon sweat
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Roku Streambar Pro review: A solid, Roku-enabled upgrade for your TV’s built-in speakers
Roku’s step-up soundbar arrives with a new virtual surround mode and surprisingly decent audio performance, plus an integrated Roku player and AirPlay 2.
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Samsung Q60A 4K UHD TV review: Top-notch color and brightness for the money, but so-so black levels
Samsung's entry-level QLED is edge-lit, but still delivers a very bright and detailed image—albeit without the deeper blacks provided by the company's pricier array-lit and mini-LED QLEDs.
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Vizio M-Series Quantum 4K UHD TV review: Same accurate color, now with upgraded ports
The M-Series Quantum remains basically the same as it was in 2019: A good lower-mid-range TV. New for 2021: eARC support for uncompressed 7.1 surround sound, along with FreeSync and HDMI variable refresh rates.
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