TV

This service uses a pay-per-view model rather than a monthly subscription.

You can stream TV shows and movies with Google Play if you pay per title. Some titles are even available for free, which is great if you just want to try out a couple episodes of a new show before totally committing.

If you have a large family that loves TV, you probably have to prioritize whose shows you watch and whose you have to skip because of time conflicts.

Just because you don’t have a cable or satellite television subscription doesn’t mean you’re forever unable to watch your favorite shows and movies whenever you want.

The DirecTV Genie is a powerful and versatile DVR. With this device, your household can watch or record up to five programs simultaneously, eliminating scheduling conflicts.

The AVerMedia EzRecorder 310 DVR can record your favorite TV shows and movies from many diverse sources onto a hard drive. As nice as this sounds, however, you are limited to only one tuner, so you can only record or watch one show at a time.

Although the Tablo Dual Lite OTA lacks an internal hard drive, forcing you to provide your own, it still lets you enjoy a good amount of standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) content fairly easily.

The TiVo Bolt VOX is more than just a sleek, modern-looking addition to your entertainment center. This DVR can record multiple programs at once and lets you customize scheduling and playback.

With the Miroir M300A, you can easily enjoy high-definition picture and stereo sound wherever you are. For home and basic business users, the M300A provides a strong set of features and solid build quality. Externally, it’s among the smaller full-size mini projectors we evaluated.

The Optoma IntelliGO-S1 has good image quality and affordable pricing, but lacks an internal battery.

Review The Fluance SXHTB home theater speaker package is one of the most unique we reviewed.

Review The Polk Audio TL1600 has four satellite speakers, a center channel and an impressive subwoofer.

Review Great for sound quality, but this system lacks guts in the bass department.

Review The Definitive Technology ProCinema 400 produced great dialogue clarity in our tests.

Review Cheap and cheerful, the Monoprice Premium literally does the job.

Review Doesn't stack up well to the other speakers we tested, thanks to poorer sound quality.

Review Read our review of the Bose Acoustimass 6 Series V home theater system to see how it stacks up against its competitors.

Review Check out our review of the JBL Cinema 610 to see how it ranks in our home theater system lineup.

The Best Buy-exclusive Rocketfish 4-port HDMI selector is easy to set up, features a great remote, and worked with all our test devices except for the MHL cable.