Review: SteelSeries Nimbus is the best gaming controller for Apple TV and iPad Comfortable, competitively priced and featuring a Lightning port for recharging, the SteelSeries Nimbus is the best iOS-compatible gaming controller we've ever tested, and it's the best option to pair with your new fourth-generation Apple TV. But without a clamp to hold an iPhone, it should be the go-to choice for Apple TV and iPad gamers only. Neil Hughes 9 years ago
Review: Fourth-gen Apple TV with Siri Remote and tvOS App Store The new Apple TV has been revamped both inside and out, sporting an entirely new operating system dubbed tvOS that brings it even closer to iOS, along with an overhauled Siri Remote featuring voice input and a fantastic clickable trackpad. But it's what's yet to come 鈥� namely, the growth of the Apple TV App Store 鈥� that will make or break the next-generation set-top box. Neil Hughes 9 years ago
Review follow-up: Gaming on Amazon's Fire TV and Fire Controller When Amazon launched its Fire TV earlier this month, the company positioned casual gaming as one of the set-top streamer's "bonus" features. In this review follow-up, 糖心Vlog picks up the controller to find out if mobile gaming is ready for the living room. Mikey Campbell 11 years ago
Review: Google's $35 Chromecast has promise, but plenty of room for improvement Google has dipped its toes into the home media space before with Google TV, Project Tungsten and the Nexus Q, but the company has yet to see success in the living room. Is the Chromecast destined to be the commercial success Google has been looking for? Victor Marks 11 years ago
In-depth review: Apple's third generation 1080p Apple TV and Software Update 5 The new Apple TV delivers 1080p video along with the features and revamped user interface of "Software Update 5," a free update to existing second generation Apple TV users. Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago
Review: Apple's second-generation Apple TV (2010) The new, improved, $99 Apple TV is a step in the right direction for the set-top box famously referred to as Apple's "hobby," but the incremental upgrades it offers are, for now, just a tease of bigger and better things to come for the platform. Neil Hughes 14 years ago
Review: Netflix Player vs Apple TV Roku's new dedicated box for streaming content from Netflix's Watch Instantly service offers a fairly large but somewhat eclectic variety of decent quality movies and TV programs at a very reasonable price, particularly for existing Netflix subscribers. While frequently pitted against Apple TV, the two products are actually more complementary than directly competitive. Here's how they stack up. Prince McLean 17 years ago
Apple TV Take 2 review (part 2): HD Movie comparisons The most obvious new feature of Apple TV is its ability to rent iTunes movies, including a new selection of HD flicks that turned up on the iTunes Store in the last 48 hours. Here's a look at how Apple's rental solution prices out against rival services in terms of prolonged cost, as well as a comparison of picture quality of Apple's HD downloads when viewed side-by-side against other high-def content sources such as HD Cable and Blu-ray. Prince McLean 17 years ago
Apple TV Take 2: an in-depth review (part 1): what's new Apple is keeping itself busy. Along with the 10.5.2 update to Mac OS X Leopard and a new reference release of Aperture 2.0, the company quietly made available the free new "Take Two" software upgrade for Apple TV on Tuesday. Here's a look at how Apple TV compares as a living room media player and source of HDTV content, what's new in the software upgrade, and how well the device achieves its goal of bringing iTunes media to home theaters in its second try at inventing itself. Prince McLean 17 years ago
