Phil Nickinson
Phil is the father of two beautiful girls and is the Dad behind Modern Dad. Before that he spent seven years at the helm of Android Central. Before that he spent a decade in a newsroom of a two-time Pulitzer Prize-finalist newspaper. Before that — well, we don't talk much about those days.
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If you spend a lot of time in the living room with a lot of entertainment devices, the Logitech Harmony system is a worthy investment.

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If you want a speaker that can do only a few things with Apple things and do them pretty well, then this is a fine option. For everyone else, there are better options.

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Alexa gets the headlines when it comes to Sonos' new speaker, but it's even more assistants and services are coming — and that's what's truly exciting.

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The Apple TV Siri Remote clicker thing is not good. For $10, you can make it so much better.

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The new Apple TV 4K looks great. The same old remote? Not so great. Fortunately, you have options.

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Sure, you can get OTA TV without it, but HDHomerun brings that free content to ALL of your devices.

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Sonos' second television-friendly speaker is a good choice when a soundbar won't work — but it's still pretty darn expensive.

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For everything that's great about the NES Classic — and there's a lot that is really fun here — one glaring black mark remains. Or, rather, remained.

