How Degenerate Are the Harris People? This Degenerate.

As part of Blaze Media’s three-part mini-documentary series “A Day in the Life of Harry Dunn,” we continue to update readers on how we arrived at this point in our “Truth About January 6” series. You can find part one here. Despite denials from the U.S. Capitol Police and some congressional investigators, evidence quickly emerged after the January 6, 2021, protests and riots that Capitol Police officers were intentionally under-deployed. Testimonies from Capitol Police officers in various Jan. 6 trials, along with radio transmissions and whistleblower statements, have provided many answers. These findings also suggest a coordinated cover-up to keep this information from the American public. If the Capitol Police had been fully deployed that day, the breach likely would not have occurred. Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland might still be alive, and the Department of Justice’s 1,500 prosecutions — ranging from trespassing to seditious conspiracy — might never have happened. Additionally, members of the Capitol Police, D.C. Metropolitan Police, and several convicted Jan. 6 participants might not have died by suicide in the aftermath. Although I have long suspected that trained provocateurs manipulated the events of January 6 under the watch of the Capitol Police command center, many believe that frontline, uniformed Capitol Police officers were knowingly complicit and even initiated the violence. Video evidence contradicts that claim. Here’s a sample of the social media comments that followed my initial blog series — written before my time at Blaze Media — in which I referred to the Capitol Police as “sacrificial pawns” on January 6: “The Capitol Police were willing participants by following those D.C. fascists’ orders. I have no sympathy for them or their families.” “Don’t sign up to collect a paycheck defending a corrupt government.” “They’re a disgrace to the uniform and America. How f***ing dare they.” “You’re being played.” These comments came from the political right, but the left wasn’t silent either. Some were quite bloodthirsty, suggesting that every Capitol Police officer should have replicated Lt. Michael Byrd’s gunshot and left us with “a thousand more Ashli Babbitts.” Many who called for defunding the police after George Floyd’s death in 2020 suddenly became strong supporters of “Back the Blue” following the events of January 6, 2021. In my January 6 writings, I’ve often stressed that I had to reassess some of my initial assumptions as more evidence surfaced. For example, in my first article about January 6, published on January 13, 2021, I misidentified the officers in “fluorescent-sleeved jackets racing down steps toward the first upper tier above street level” as Capitol Police. They were actually members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police. This may seem like a minor distinction — especially to the “all cops are bastards” crowd — but these details are crucial as we work to uncover and present the full truth of that day. Most importantly, who in the command chain set up or allowed these events to unfold? When it comes to the many unanswered questions, odd circumstances, and unindicted figures, we don’t need to agree on every detail. We also don’t need to agree on each event, video, or police officer’s actions to find common ground on one key point I’ve emphasized about January 6: I saw bad people doing bad things, good people doing good things, and even otherwise good people doing really stupid things. This observation applies to both individual protesters and police officers. There were heroes and villains on both sides of that thin blue line on January 6. My questions about the Capitol Police’s deployment, orders, and actions on January 6 began with my first published article. From the moment my Uber driver dropped me off at the Washington Monument around 9:30 a.m. until I reached the lower west terrace of the Capitol Building at exactly 1:19 p.m., neither I nor my camera saw a single law enforcement officer. My video captured no police presence at the Washington Monument lawn on January 6.Screenshot/Steve Baker As the crowd swelled from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, it was hard to imagine not seeing any police presence among such a massive group in the nation’s capital. Police and Secret Service officers heavily guarded the Ellipse stage, where President Trump was set to speak, but the crowd’s density kept me from entering that area. When I eventually started walking from the Washington Monument lawn toward the Capitol Building again, I still didn’t see or capture on camera a single police officer. As I approached the Peace Monument, sirens signaled the arrival of D.C. Metro Police units. At the Reflecting Pool, I finally spotted Metro Police officers in fluorescent jackets streaming down the Capitol steps toward the lower west terrace. I then heard the first flash-bang grenades and saw tear gas released on the lower west terrace. No barricades or police lines blocked my way — initial agitators and provocateurs had removed them about 20 to 25 minutes earlier — so I ran to the terrace and began recording the violence at exactly 1:19 p.m., just three minutes after President Trump left the Ellipse stage, more than a mile away. A screenshot from my video as I approached the Capitol on January 6, 2021.Screenshot/Steve Baker For a year, I publicly asked: "Why wasn’t there a police presence on the Washington Monument lawn? Why didn’t I see any police on the mile-long walk to the Capitol?" and "Why were so few Capitol Police officers on duty at the Capitol, considering the planned rallies, marches, and legally permitted events on the Capitol lawn that day?" I initially estimated that fewer than 200 Capitol Police officers were at the Capitol on January 6. A year later, on the anniversary of the event, I returned to D.C. to seek answers. I asked patrolling Capitol Police officers those questions, and I also wanted to know what orders they received that day. I was particularly interested in what seemed like a "stand-down" or "pull-back" order at around 2:00 p.m. None of the officers I approached on the streets or at the Capitol would answer. At the time, I didn’t know about the nondisclosure agreements Capitol Police had signed under Yogananda Pittman during her seven-month tenure as acting chief of police. On December 16, 2021, Forbes made a convoluted attempt to answer the question about Capitol Police deployment on January 6: USCP documents show that at 2 p.m. on that day, only 1,214 officers were “on site” across the Capitol complex of buildings. Congressional investigators concluded, however, that USCP could only account for 417 officers and could not account for the whereabouts of the remaining 797 officers. In late 2022, when I first met with former Capitol Police officer turned whistleblower Lt. Tarik Johnson, he confirmed that my initial estimate of “fewer than 200” Capitol Police officers at the Capitol Building during the first wave of violence on January 6 was accurate. Johnson explained that during previous protest events, the standard operating procedure required an “all hands on deck” approach for Capitol Police. On those days, officers working the night shift were required to stay and work a double shift through the next day. But on January 6, Capitol Police command sent those officers home after their shifts, treating it like a routine day at the office. In a follow-up phone conversation, Johnson revealed more about the deceptions Capitol Police leadership spread regarding force deployment on January 6. Addressing internal department and congressional investigations that claimed officials “could not account for the whereabouts of the remaining 797 officers,” Johnson said, "It's a bald-faced lie, and you can quote me on that." Johnson explained that all Capitol Police officers clock in and clock out electronically at the start and end of each shift. Once clocked in, each officer is tracked throughout the tour of duty, making it impossible for their commanders not to know their whereabouts. This information should still be available in the computer logs — assuming the logs haven’t been erased. When asked why Capitol Police leadership would cover up information about force deployment, Johnson responded, “Because they don’t want to tell you where the officers were or what they were doing. They don’t want anyone to know how many of our officers were on administrative leave that day.” My investigations, which include interviews with Capitol Police officers and congressional investigators, revealed further embarrassment, as several officers went into hiding once the violence began, locking themselves in offices and closets. Another key issue involves the “diversion events,” when two pipe bombs were coincidentally discovered within minutes of the first provocateurs breaching the west side Capitol barricade. The pipe bombs were found at both the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters — two of nearly 20 buildings under the Capitol Police’s security purview. Johnson couldn’t estimate how many officers were diverted to the RNC and DNC after the bombs were discovered. However, he emphasized that the emergency response still doesn’t account for the missing whereabouts of 797 officers. He noted that exact records of how many officers were diverted, and precisely who, should be easily retrievable from Capitol Police computer records. Set up to fail? The first Oath Keepers trial featured the testimony of Stephen Brown, a Florida-based event planner hired by the controversial figure Ali Alexander, a Trump supporter and founder of Stop the Steal. Brown’s job was to secure permits from the Capitol Police for an event on the Capitol grounds. He was also responsible for organizing the rental of the staging and public address system and coordinating the scheduling of VIP speakers and stage security, handled by members of the Oath Keepers. Brown testified that he had previously planned many protest events in the nation’s capital, with attendance ranging from as few as 5,000 to as many as 300,000 protesters. Under direct examination by Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs’ defense attorney Stanley Woodward, Brown described the surprisingly small presence of Capitol officers during the delivery and setup of the staging and PA system. He noted that at previous events he’d organized on Capitol grounds, he had seen “three, four, even five times the size of police presence, including SWAT teams,” compared to what was present on January 6. The inconvenient truth is that my camera, Stephen Brown’s testimony, and statements by Lt. Johnson and other Capitol Police officers suggest a deliberate under-deployment of officers that day — a day in which we now know, and as I have previously written: Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, Asst. Chief Yogananda Pittman, head of protective and intelligence operations, the D.C. Metro Police, the United States Park Police, the White House, the Pentagon, the National Guard, both the Senate and House of Representative Sergeants-at-Arms, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, the FBI, and other federal agencies all knew that tens of thousands of protestors would be descending upon the Capitol grounds that day. An unnamed Capitol Police officer, just days after the melee, told the Associated Press, “During the 4th of July concerts and the Memorial Day concerts, we don’t have people come up and say, ‘We’re going to seize the Capitol.’ But yet, you bring everybody in, you meet before. That never happened for this event.” According to the Washington Post, only a week after the Capitol was breached, “an FBI office in Virginia issued an explicit warning that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence and ‘war,’ according to an internal document reviewed by The Washington Post.” Instead of “all hands on deck,” frontline Capitol Police officers were somewhere between one-tenth to one-fifth strength when it came time to respond to what was coming their way. Whether an operational failure or deliberate under-deployment, this set up the circumstances enabling the breach of the Capitol Building by a relatively small number of aggressive and violent rioters. Ultimately, it remains inexplicable why only 200 to 300 violent perpetrators wielding sticks, flagpoles, clubs, and bear spray were able to overpower two fully armed law enforcement agencies, the tactical units of nearly every three-letter federal agency, and an unknown number of undercover law enforcement assets to breach what is supposed to be one of the most secure government facilities in the world. Unless, of course, they were set up to fail. Most Capitol Police officers on duty that day believe that to be the case. This would explain why Capitol Police union members gave then-acting Chief Yogananda Pittman a 92% “no-confidence” vote only five weeks after her curiously absent leadership from their command center on January 6.

MSNBC, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and other Harris allies smeared a Holocaust survivor and tens of thousands of other Americans who attended President Donald Trump's high-energy campaign event Sunday at Madison Square Garden, characterizing them as today's equivalent of Nazis and fascists. Despite the efforts of New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and other radical Democrats to shut down the event and a campaign by Lincoln Project false-flaggers to empty the stands, a diverse crowd filled the Garden to hear from numerous speakers, including former first lady Melania Trump, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hulk Hogan, and Tony Hinchcliffe — a comedian who appears to have broken leftists' thin skin with his usual cutting humor. Trump, exuding the joy his opponent once laid claim to, spoke of the dormancy of American greatness during the Biden-Harris years and the prospect of its return and maximization if he wins a second term. While the crowd of tens of thousands appeared receptive to the speakers' remarks, Democrats and their media allies descended into fits of hysteria, leaning hard into preplanned Nazi comparisons and more of the incendiary rhetoric that set the stage for two known assassination attempts. MSNBC went the distance for the Harris campaign in its coverage of the event, effectively smearing the multitudes in attendance — including Trump's numerous Jewish supporters and even a Holocaust survivor — as Nazis and fascists. In a segment captioned, "Trump's MSG rally comes 85 years after pro-Nazi rally at famed arena," MSNBC talking head Jonathan Capehart said that the event was "particularly chilling because in 1939, more than 20,000 supporters of a different fascist leader, Adolf Hitler, packed the Garden for a so-called pro-America rally — a rally where speakers voiced anti-Semitic rhetoric from a stage draped with Nazi banners." MSNBC juxtaposed clips of a Nazi rally with footage from Trump's event at the Garden. 'I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes.' Capehart — who refrained from noting that the Democratic Party held its national conventions at the Garden in 1976, 1980, and 1992 — then appealed to anti-Trump historians Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Anne Applebaum for help smearing Trump and his supporters as Nazi parallels. Steve Benen, the producer of "The Rachel Maddow Show," similarly likened the Sunday campaign event to a Nazi rally, writing, "The Republican’s Madison Square Garden event was ugly. It was offensive. It was vulgar. It was hateful. It drew obvious parallels to the 1939 event." Time magazine, which again demonstrated its aversion to the truth last month, released an article ahead of the rally titled "How the Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden Follows a Long Tradition in Politics," emphasizing that Nazis once gathered where Trump supporters would soon rally. Jerry Wartski, a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz and the Nazis' death marches, was among those at the rally smeared by MSNBC and other Democratic propaganda outfits. Wartski noted in a recent video, "Adolf Hitler invaded Poland when I was 9 years old. He murdered my parents and most of my family. I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes. For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I've ever heard in my 75 years of living in the United States." The Holocaust survivor appears to have singled out Harris because of her suggestion at a recent CNN town hall that Trump is a fascist and previous insinuations on the same theme. The Nazi narrative embraced Sunday by MSNBC began in earnest earlier this month when Hoylman-Sigal wrote on X, "Let's be clear. Allowing Trump to hold an event at MSG is equivalent to the infamous Nazis rally at Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939." At the time, Blaze News senior editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford noted, "A better comparison might have been Young Americans for Freedom's 1962 Madison Square Garden Rally, when those teenagers organized well over 18,000 attendees, and more outside, for a rally against global communism." "New York liberals were shocked then how many of the kids rejected their tired ideas, but guys like Hoylman-Sigal don't actually know any history, so they just prove their own intolerant bigotries by calling for anyone who opposes their own tired ideas to be shut down," added Bedford. Hoylman-Sigal was later aided in his narrative campaign by failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who — apparently happy to forget her husband's 1992 rally at the Garden — told CNN that Trump would be "re-enacting the Madison Square Garden rally in 1939." 'They are a collection of hypocritical, mentally unstable children.' Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz soon joined in, saying, "There's a direct parallel to a big rally that happened in the mid-1930s at Madison Square Garden and don't think that he doesn't know for one second exactly what they're doing there." The Democratic National Committee even projected Nazi accusations onto the Garden's exterior on the day, claiming, "Trump praised Hitler." DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman noted on X, "@TheDemocrats are reminding voters that Americans can’t afford Trump’s unstable and unwell behavior — even at his own rallies." Critics of the apparently coordinated Nazi smear suggested that the media was not only agitating for violence but diminishing the true horror of the Holocaust and the evil of the Nazis for political gain. Manhattan Institute fellow Ilya Shapiro noted, "Those who liken Trump to Hitler and the MSG rally to the Nazi rally aren't just smearing Trump, but minimizing Hitler/Nazis - which, given the antisemitic nature of the progressive left, may well be the point." "INCITEMENT," wrote the popular X user @amuse. "Yesterday's Trump rally was filled with Americans from every walk of life including orthodox, conservative, reform, and secular Jews. I saw a woman in a burka. It wasn't an anything like a Nazi rally. Shame on MSNBC." Dr. Simon Goddek tweeted to MSNBC, "You deserve to be canceled to the core." Some users shared images of John F. Kennedy and other former presidents speaking at the Garden, while others asked whether the Knicks might be Nazi-like for playing at the venue. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk wrote, "Never mind that JFK and FDR both spoke at the same arena. Nope, those speeches were fine, because they were Democrats. Now, they're rewriting the rules so that big political rallies in a big city is 'Nazi' behavior. The left call themselves 'the adults in the room,' but they are the exact opposite. They are a collection of hypocritical, mentally unstable children. They cannot be allowed to hold power." Like Blaze News? 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Sometimes, we don't entirely enjoy spending dozens upon dozens of hours testing certain products. When it came to finding the best streaming devices, however, it was definitely a labor of love. The expert product reviewers at BGR tested every popular streaming device from Roku, Amazon, Apple, Google, and more, and in the process, we caught up on all the movies and series we missed. This guide is the result of over 100 hours of testing. Our top picks Best overall: Apple TV 4K Best Roku model: Roku Ultra Best Android TV device: NVIDIA Shield TV Best Amazon device: Amazon Fire TV Cube Best cheap streaming device: Roku Streaming Stick 4K Now that you know which models are the best of the best, we'll explain what makes each one so good in our mini-reviews below. 1. Best overall: Apple TV 4K Apple TV 4K Rating: 4.5 Stars 4K Dolby Vision and HDR10+ for vivid picture quality Dolby Atmos for three-dimensional, theater-like sound² Incredible power with the A15 Bionic chip Siri Remote brings precise control with a touch-enabled clickpad Apple Original shows and movies from Apple TV+ The latest shows, movies, sports, and live TV, all in one place BGR may receive a commission BGR may receive a commission Shop Now Pros: Great design, super-powerful, redesigned remote Cons: Expensive If you love your Mac, your iPhone, and iPad, check out the Apple TV 4K. This gives you the technology that you're used to with an easy-to-navigate interface. The device works seamlessly with the rest of your Apple devices, allowing you to use your phone to control the interface, stream content from your preferred Apple services, and more. The Apple TV 4K supports most of the standards that you would need. You'll get 4K support, along with HDR10, and Dolby Vision, for people with compatible TVs. And, if you have a speaker system that supports it, you'll get Dolby Atmos as well, making for a more immersive experience. The Apple TV 4K is pretty powerful, too. The device comes with an Apple A12 Bionic chip, which will ensure a smooth and responsive software experience. Not only that, but it can easily run your favorite Apple Arcade games. This also has a Siri Remote with a touch-enabled click pad. All your streaming apps are available to download and enjoy. You can also get more out of your TV by using Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, and Apple Music. So what are the downsides? The Apple TV 4K isn't cheap. In fact, it's one of the most expensive streaming devices out there. But, if you can afford it, you'll love the overall experience. Read our full Apple TV 4K review Apple - Shop Now 2. Best Roku model: Roku Ultra Roku Ultra Rating: 4.5 Stars Ultra-speedy streaming: Roku Ultra is 30% faster than any other Roku player, delivering a lightning-fast interface and apps that launch in a snap.Cinematic streaming: This TV streaming device brings the movie theater to your living room with spectacular 4K, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision picture alongside immersive Dolby Atmos audio.The ultimate Roku remote: The rechargeable Roku Voice Remote Pro offers backlit buttons, hands-free voice controls, and a lost remote finder.No more fumbling in the dark: See what you’re pressing with backlit buttons. BGR may receive a commission BGR may receive a commission Shop Now Pros: Not overly expensive, great hardware, supports lots of standards Cons: More expensive than Roku dongles, interface is a bit dated Roku is known for building high-end but low-cost devices. The Roku Ultra is the most expensive Roku device of the bunch, but it's still cheaper than devices like the Apple TV 4K. The Roku Ultra offers a range of awesome features. The device comes with the Roku operating system, which now supports standards like Apple AirPlay, and Apple's HomeKit. That means that you don't have to spend the cash on the Apple TV to get those features. It's also relatively easy to use, and while the Roku interface isn't the most up-to-date, it should still be easy for most to use. The actual hardware on offer here is great too. The Roku Ultra comes with USB and Ethernet ports for better connectivity, plus it supports a 4K output, with HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and more. And, the remote has a headphone jack, meaning that you can quickly and easily enter a private listening mode without the need for wireless headphones. Roku - Shop Now 3. Best Android TV device: NVIDIA Shield TV NVIDIA Shield TV Rating: 4 Stars Fast. Really Fast. SHIELD TV takes media streaming to a whole new level, powered by the NVIDIA Tegra X1+ processor, SHIELD TV is the world’s most powerful Android TV streaming media player and has been upgraded to Android TV version 11Dolby Vision - Atmos. Bring your home theater to life with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos surround sound—delivering ultra-vivid picture quality and immersive audio. Enhance HD video in real-time to 4K for clearer, crisper visuals using next-generation AI upscaling4K HDR Content. Get the most 4K HDR content of any streaming media player. Watch Netflix, Amazon Video, Apple TV+, Disney+ and Google Play Movies & TV in crisp 4K HDR, and YouTube, Hulu, and more in 4K. Stream from your phone with built-in Chromecast 4K.GeForce NOW Cloud Gaming. GeForce NOW instantly transforms SHIELD TV into a powerful PC gaming rig. Play over 1000+ titles and nearly 100 of the biggest free to play games. The new GeForce NOW RTX 3080 membership unlocks GeForce RTX 3080 gaming servers in 4K HDR, the shortest wait times and longest session lengths, with RTX ON including ray tracing and DLSS graphics for supported games.Voice Control. The built-in Google Assistant is at your command. See photos, live camera feeds, weather, sports scores, and more on the big screen. Dim the lights and immerse yourself in your favorite show or music using your voice. And control your SHIELD hands-free with Google Home or Alexa and Amazon Echo. 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi BGR may receive a commission BGR may receive a commission Shop Now Pros: Powerful, solid remote, good for gaming Cons: Expensive NVIDIA has long made some of the better streaming devices out there, and the latest NVIDIA Shield TV is a perfect example of why. While the device isn't as full-featured as the higher-end Shield TV Pro, it's more than powerful enough for most users, offers an easy-to-use remote, and more. Android TV, in general, has evolved into a super solid TV operating system. It's relatively easy to use, offering a row of apps at the top and rows of content below that. It also supports tons of great games. On the Shield TV, you'll be able to use NVIDIA's game-streaming service, GeForce Now. The device supports all the TV standards you would want too. It offers a 4K resolution, with support for HDR10 and Dolby Vision, as long as your TV supports it. It also offers Dolby Atmos support, so if you have compatible speakers, it will deliver a super immersive audio experience. So what are the downsides to this device? Well, it doesn't have quite as much RAM as the Shield TV Pro, and while it's cheaper than the Pro model, at $149.99, it still isn't really cheap. But if you can afford to spend the cash on the NVIDIA Shield TV, it's worth the money. NVIDIA - Shop Now 4. Best Amazon device: Amazon Fire TV Cube Amazon Fire TV Cube Rating: 4 Stars Our fastest-ever streaming media player - Brings lightning-fast app starts with an octa-core processor and is 2X as powerful as Fire TV Stick 4K Max.Hands-free Alexa with built-in mic and speakers - Control your compatible TV, soundbar, and receivers with your voice, even from across the room.Seamlessly navigate between your entertainment - Connect compatible devices and easily go from streaming to your cable box, game console, or webcam.Smoother streaming with the latest in wifi tech - The first-ever streaming media player that features Wi-Fi 6E support.Picture quality that puts on a show - Feel every scene with true-to-life, cinematic 4K and support for Dolby Vision, HDR, and Dolby Atmos audio. BGR may receive a commission BGR may receive a commission Shop Now Pros: Works like an Echo speaker, relatively inexpensive Cons: Boring design If you want a device that integrates with Amazon's ecosystem, then it's worth considering the Amazon Fire TV Cube. The Fire TV Cube not only offers Amazon's Fire OS operating system, which serves up all the Prime Video content that you could ever want, but it also has Alexa built into it. With Alexa support, the Fire TV Cube essentially acts like an Echo smart speaker when the TV is turned off. So, you don't even have to turn your TV on to get a ton out of the Echo. The Fire OS operating system works pretty well, and while it integrates best with Prime Video, it also supports the likes of Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, and so on. The device supports a range of HDR standards, including HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and so on. As you would expect, it outputs a 4K resolution and can power services like Amazon'a Luna if you're into game streaming. So what are the downsides? Well, the design of the device is a little boring, and it's essentially just a big black box. That aside, however, if you're plugged into Amazon's ecosystem, it's absolutely the way to go. Amazon - Shop Now 5. Best cheap streaming device: Roku Streaming Stick 4K Roku Streaming Stick 4K Rating: 5 Stars Hides behind your TV: The stick design plugs right into your TV with a simple setupSuper-fast startup: Stream your favorite channels like Netflix, Apple TV+, Prime Video, and more in a snapLong-range Wi-Fi: Enjoy fast, smooth TV streaming in any room with a strong Wi-Fi connectionNo more juggling remotes: Power up your TV, adjust the volume, and control your Roku device with one remoteVoice search & control: Quickly search, play entertainment, and control your streaming device with the voice remoteBreathtaking picture: Stream in 4K, Dolby Vision, and HDR10 plus with sharp resolution and vivid color BGR may receive a commission BGR may receive a commission Shop Now Pros: Cheap, easy to use, 4K resolution, Dolby Vision Cons: Interface is aging a little If you're looking for a solid streaming device that comes at a super low price, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K is the way to go. This device retails for just $50, which is quite a bit cheaper than the other picks on this list. Plus, it goes on sale all the time for even less than that. Thankfully, you don't have to give up on quality when you get the Roku Streaming Stick 4K. As the name suggests, the device has a 4K resolution, meaning that you'll be able to take advantage of the full resolution on most modern TVs. It also supports HDR10 and Dolby Vision, so you should get great image quality on supported TVs. So what's the downside to the Roku Streaming Stick 4K? Well, the Roku interface, while easy to navigate, is aging a little. Also, while many of the options on this list offer full-featured voice assistants, Roku's voice assistant is a little weak. Still, for under $50, you can't do much better than the Roku Streaming Stick 4K. Read our full Roku Streaming Stick 4K review Roku - Shop Now Why should you listen to us? As a society, we have moved away from the question, "What channel is that show on?" You're more likely to ask someone, "What platform is that show on?" So much of TV these days can be classified based on where someone can watch it. That makes choosing the best streaming device for your needs super important. The expert product reviewers at BGR have tested every single popular streaming media player on the market, so we're uniquely positioned to tell you which ones are the best of the best. Plenty of people have cut the cord over the past few years, relying only on streaming services to get their entertainment. If you don't have a smart TV, you need to find a way to get those streaming services. That's where a streaming device comes in. These are gadgets you plug into your TV that will help you stream shows and movies. For those who are new to this, you probably are wondering how to get Netflix or Hulu. There are a few things to consider before buying a new streaming device. Perhaps the most important is the platform you want to use. If you're an iPhone user, you may want an Apple TV, or a Roku, which now supports AirPlay and HomeKit. Android users will probably want a device with Android TV built-in. If you don't really need tight integration with your phone, then it won't really matter -- and you'll do fine with an Amazon, Roku, Apple, or Google device. You'll also want to think about the image quality and image-related features. Most streaming devices these days support a 4K resolution, but different streaming devices support different HDR standards, and depending on what your TV supports, you'll want to keep that in mind. With the five best streaming devices we've listed above, you'll be better equipped to find and stream all your favorite movies and shows. The post We watched 100+ hours of TV to find the best streaming devices appeared first on BGR. 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Like people, birds have fewer friends as they age, but the reasons why are unclear. New research published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences suggests they may just have no drive to. This is a special issue of the journal on understanding age and society using natural populations.