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Pedestal Moon Rollin’ TV Stand

Pedestal Moon Rollin’ TV Stand
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Danish company Pedestal creates premium TV stands that combine Scandinavian simplicity with bright colors and thick lines and shapes. Their bestseller is the Moon Rollin’, a TV stand made of powder-coated steel pipes and frames with matching omnidirectional casters. The stand is VESA compatible and fits flatscreen TVs from 40″ to 70″.

Expert Rates Movie + TV Shipwrecks

Expert Rates Movie + TV Shipwrecks

From Titanic to The Perfect Storm to Finding Nemo, Hollywood has been depicting shipwrecks for decades. Insider asked maritime archeologist and historian James Delgado to evaluate the realism of on-screen disasters and the wreckage left behind. While they’re not always accurate, a few of the films are surprisingly spot-on.

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Faking Moving Vehicles in Movies and TV

Faking Moving Vehicles in Movies and TV

Making a parked car look like it’s driving can be as simple as projecting a moving background. But making it shake, dive, and roll produces a more realistic illusion. Insider visited NAC Effects to learn how they use motion control rigs to simulate movement and combine those with old-school effects like towing and airbags.

16 Curious TV Facts

16 Curious TV Facts

From the time Curb Your Enthusiasm gave a murder suspect an alibi to how Basil Fawlty was based on a real innkeeper, here are 16 facts about television shows that you probably didn’t know. Mental Floss shares a few interesting tidbits from The Curious Viewer, their new book packed with obscure TV trivia.

Being the Ricardos (Trailer)

Being the Ricardos (Trailer)

Nicole Kidman stars as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s drama about the often tumultuous life of the Hollywood power couple. It plays out during one week of the production of their hit series I Love Lucy. In theaters 12.10.21 and on Prime Video 12.21.21.

DIY Ultra-Bright Outdoor TV

DIY Ultra-Bright Outdoor TV

If you’ve ever tried to watch TV outdoors, you know that the picture washes out in the sun. DIY Perks shows us how he built a custom outdoor TV by hacking a grid of bright LED lighting onto the back of an LCD panel recycled from a broken TV. To keep it from overheating, he built a water-cooling system using a pump and a car radiator.

SelectTV Subscription Deal

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Cord cutters rejoice! This service unifies guide data from countless TV stations and streaming services, giving you easy access to 10,000 free movies, 250,000 free TV episodes, and 50,000 radio stations, as well as an easy way to find paid content across platforms. Save on a 2-year or 5-year subscription in The Awesomer Shop.

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Deal LG B8 55″ OLED 4K HDR TV

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Get a great deal on one of the best 4K TVs on the market. At half of its original price, the 55″ 2018 LG B8 offers up stellar colors, great contrast, and rich, inky blacks that only an OLED display can produce. It’s got support for Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG HDR formats, and LG’s excellent suite of Smart TV apps on board.

Antop Indoor/Outdoor TV Antenna

While many of us get our content by streaming it these days, it’s nice to know you can round out your local TV programming for free. But for the best signal and greatest reach, you need a good antenna, like this indoor/outdoor model, that can pull in signals from up to 70 miles away when placed outside.

Antop Paper Thin HDTV Antenna

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Cord cutters, add local over-the-air channels to your TV viewing with this slimline indoor antenna that can grab high-def digital signals from up to 30 miles away. It measures just 0.02″ thick, and sticks on your wall. Save 51% in The Awesomer Shop.

Spin-offs That Almost Happened

Spin-offs That Almost Happened

Spin-offs have been part of pop culture for decades, and while some have become classics, others would have been better off never being made. Mental Floss looks at a bunch of programs which could have been, but had the plug pulled before came to fruition.

2016 Roku Streaming Devices

2016 Roku Streaming Devices

Roku overhauls its lineup of streaming media players. The Streaming Stick is still there, but its less portable siblings now come in five variants, from the $30 1080p-capable Roku Express to the $130 Roku Ultra, which supports 4K and HDR and has voice search.

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Channels for Apple TV

Channels for Apple TV

Channels is a $15 app that lets you watch live TV on the new Apple TV with the help of an HDHomeRun device and an HD antenna or a cable connection. The latest update added buffering so you can pause, rewind and fast forward live shows.

TabletTV for iPad

TabletTV for iPad

The TabletTV’s portable receiver streams digital OTA TV signals to multiple iPads. Use the TabletTV Plus app to watch and record shows. It has a microSD slot to store recorded videos, and you can transfer videos to the iPad as well.

2015 Apple TV

2015 Apple TV

The new Apple TV has a remote with a built-in touchpad and can also be used as a controller for games like Disney InfinityGuitar Hero Live as well as other apps coming to the media player’s new App Store. Drops 10/15 for $149-$199.

Sling TV

Sling TV

Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that doesn’t require a contract, so you can cancel it anytime. $20 a month gets you 12 channels, which include ESPN, TNT and CNN. Access it on Roku, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and more. Launches 2/9.

Banshee Season 3 (Trailer)

Banshee Season 3 (Trailer)

If you haven’t tuned in to watch Banshee on Cinemax, you’re missing out. This dark drama is packed with some of the best action scenes ever on TV, and bad guy protagonists who are only a bit less evil than the show’s really creepy villains.

Tablo DVR

Tablo DVR

With the help of an HDTV antenna, Tablo records and streams TV shows to mobile devices and desktop computers. It also lets you search and record shows through your mobile device. It also works with Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast.

Mohu Channels

Mohu Channels

An Android over-the-air HD receiver and set-top box. With the help of an HD antenna and an Internet connection, it turns free HD broadcasts, media apps like Netflix, and webpages into channels that you can access in one interface.

Amazon Fire TV

Amazon Fire TV

Amazon makes its move into living rooms with the Fire TV. Connect the tiny, but powerful box to your HDTV to browse streaming services or use the voice search to instantly access a massive library of TV, movie, music and game titles.

Qplay

Qplay

Created by the founders of TiVo, Qplay is designed to unify online content sources into a single interface, grabbing videos from numerous sources and letting you play them on your TV with the included streaming box, or via your iPad.

InAiR Augmented TV

InAiR Augmented TV

SeeSpace InAiR is an HDMI add-on for HDTVs. It searches online for information related to what you’re watching, and displays it as a floating overlay. It also connects to your social networks. The 3D version can float info in front of the TV.

Samsung F9000 UHD TV

Samsung F9000 UHD TV
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Samsung’s 55″ and 65″ 4K TVs should be available for pre-order any minute now, and while they’re not cheap, they’re much less than their 85-incher. They offer 3840 × 2160 pixel resolution, HD upscaling, and Smart TV 2.0.

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