Despite meaningful hardware improvements, little has changed on the software side, where the core task of looking for things to watch remains a confounding design problem.
With the Streaming Stick and Stick+, the remote’s new TV volume and power controls are a vast improvement to the streaming experience, well-worth paying a little more money.
Although it has a few redeeming qualities, Xfinity Instant TV is weighed down by arcane restrictions on how and where you can watch TV, and in many cases, it’s more expensive than other streaming bundles.
As you might expect, All Access is the cheapest way to watch the live network feed and new CBS shows on-demand—at least without setting up an antenna and an over-the-air DVR. But it’s not the only way to do so.
Since I’ve recently been trying figure out some uses for my old phones and tablets, I decided to repurpose an old HTC One Android phone as a full-time Chromecast remote.