Tyler Lacoma has spent more than 10 years testing tech and studying the latest web tool to help keep readers current. He's here for you when you need a how-to guide, explainer, review, or list of the ...

Most of us know all too well: the more devices we have, the more remotes we have to deal with. If you have a Fire TV Stick 4K, there's a remote for that. Then there's a remote for your soundbar or any ...

HDMI is implemented on just about every piece of sufficiently advanced consumer electronics. You can find it in low-end cellphones, and a single board Linux computer without HDMI is considered ...

You may notice that your TV has an HDMI eARC port rather than an ARC port. This means your TV is newer and offers ...

Anthony is a Toronto-based communications specialist with degrees in history and journalism who loves to use his research and interview skills to inform and entertain. He has over a decade of ...

When I cut the cable TV cord nearly eight years ago, juggling multiple remote controls was a necessity. At minimum, you needed one for your television and another for your game console or streaming ...

Most home entertainment systems are only scratching the surface of their capabilities. Whether you don't know which features to look out for when shopping for a TV or failed to activate them, in all ...

Some Nintendo Switch gamers have reached out to us about their console automatically taking over their TV and changing the input when they place it in a dock. If you are wondering the same exact thing ...

When anyone in our family wants to watch a movie on our new HDTV, I usually have to help them operate the five remote controls that reside on our coffee table. If this scenario sounds familiar, there ...

The CH7322 is the world’s first stand-alone CEC chip without an EEPROM and an additional CPU chip. It offers designers a way to augment their existing A/V designs for both PCs and consumer products ...

I have a Marantz NR1508 and am looking for a way for the remote to turn the TV on/off along with the AVR. I had a fiddle around with the relevant options but can't seem to get this to work. Anyone ...

TL;DR: sometimes it's just one misbehaving device throwing the whole system in disarray. A lot of people complain about HDMI CEC not working very well (or at all) for them. (Also known by an absurdly ...