Smart TV Accessories

I remember the exact moment I thought I’d finally won the home theater game. I’d just finished the trick to hiding a streaming box behind a slim profile tv, and the wall looked like a piece of art—clean, cordless, and sophisticated. I sat down with my favorite drink, pressed the “Home” button on my universal … Read more

I’ll never forget the first time it happened. It was exactly 3:14 AM. I was fast asleep when a bright, bluish glow started creeping under my bedroom door. My heart hammered against my ribs—I live alone, and I knew for a fact I’d turned everything off before hitting the hay. I crept into the living … Read more

I spent three hours measuring the perfect height for my new 77-inch OLED, only to realize I’d forgotten the most important part: where the heck do I put the sound? There I was, staring at this gorgeous, “floating” piece of technology, while my soundbar sat awkwardly on a stack of books on the floor. It … Read more

I was halfway through the Interstellar docking scene—you know the one, where the music is soaring and your heart is in your throat—when everything just… hitched. The image froze, a few digital blocks appeared on Matthew McConaughey’s face, and my 4K player started making a frantic chugging sound. I sat there in the dark, clutching … Read more

I remember the exact moment I realized my living room had been hijacked. I had just finished the painstaking process of learning how to mount a tv to a swivel arm without it drooping, and I sat down, beverage in hand, ready to enjoy some pristine 4K cinema. Instead of my movie library, I was … Read more

I was standing in the electronics aisle, clutching a cable that cost as much as a decent dinner for two, convinced I was making a smart investment. I had just brought home a stunning new OLED, and the salesperson had me convinced that using a “standard” cable was like putting budget tires on a supercar. … Read more

I spent three grueling hours snaking a thirty-foot HDMI cable through my ceiling and down a narrow wall cavity, only to be greeted by a flickering black screen and a mocking ‘No Signal’ message on my new 4K projector. My back ached, my hands were covered in drywall dust, and I felt like a complete … Read more

There I was, clutching a lukewarm slice of pizza, leaning forward in anticipation of the series finale I had waited three weeks to see, when it happened. The screen went black, and that mocking, white spinning circle appeared right in the middle of the protagonist’s face. My smart TV had decided, for the fourth time … Read more

I remember the day my wife walked into the living room, looked at our brand-new, ultra-slim OLED, and asked, “Why is there a plastic box velcroed to the side of the $2,000 screen?” She was right. I had fallen into the classic trap. I obsessed over the panel’s thickness, bought the flushest mount I could … Read more