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Title: Sideclick is shaping up to be a killer remote control for streaming video Post by: HCK on August 22, 2015, 03:00:12 am Sideclick is shaping up to be a killer remote control for streaming video
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Some of the best ideas are the ones that only seem glaringly obvious after they’ve been invented. That may be the case with Sideclick (http://www.sideclickremotes.com/), a $30 device that adds more TV controls to the remotes that come with Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google’s Nexus Player.</p><p>The best thing about Sideclick is how simple—and obvious—it appears to be. Essentially, it’s a small IR blaster with eight programmable buttons and a clip-on cradle for your streaming remote of choice (http://www.techhive.com/article/2950492/streaming-hardware/media-streamer-buyers-guide-amazon-fire-tv-apple-tv-chromecast-nvidia-shield-android-tv-roku-compar.html) . By adding TV functions such as power, volume, and input, Sideclick solves the problem of needing two remotes just to watch Netflix on a separate streaming video player.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2972893/streaming-hardware/sideclick-is-shaping-up-to-be-a-killer-remote-control-for-streaming-video.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Sideclick is shaping up to be a killer remote control for streaming video (http://www.macworld.com/article/2972893/streaming-hardware/sideclick-is-shaping-up-to-be-a-killer-remote-control-for-streaming-video.html#tk.rss_all) |