Peacock has become one of the most popular streaming services on the planet. It’s NBC’s standalone streaming service, and it’s been trending upward over the last couple of years due its large content library. Getting access to all of that Peacock content is pretty affordable as streaming services go, but we’ve tracked down the best Peacock deals so you can save on a subscription.
Peacock is a great way to get access to some really entertaining on-demand content, as well as live coverage of a number of sports leagues. Peacock offers two different subscription tiers. The first is Peacock Premium. It has more than 80,000 hours of TV, movies, and sports content to watch. Peacock’s second subscription tier is Premium Plus. This is effectively the same subscription as Peacock Premium, but it’s an ad-free experience and it includes access to your local NBC network.
Peacock is one of the more reasonably priced streaming services. While there is no longer a Peacock free trial to take advantage, its base subscription tier is just $6 per month if you pay month to month, or $5 per month if you pay for a year upfront. This includes access to more than 80,000 hours of movies, TV shows, and sports, as well as more than 50 always-on channels. Peacock Premium Plus is its ad-free subscription tier. It costs $12 per month if you pay monthly or $10 per month if you pay for a year all at once.
Peacock is a standalone streaming service, so you won’t get access to live TV channels or anything like that. But it’s NBC’s standalone streaming service, which means you will get access to large portions of the NBC content library any given month. These will include the best movies on Peacock and the best shows on Peacock, and some of the headliners include exclusive originals such as Ted and Mr. Monk’s Last Case, as well as on-demand favorites and new releases like Twilight, The Holdovers, and BlackkKlansman.
Peacock even provides access to live sports coverage, with Premier League soccer and PGA Tour golf being a couple of its largest draws. But there is almost always something new on Peacock to watch, from Big 10 basketball to Notre Dame football, and from sports documentaries to WWE.
Amazon has unveiled a new Alexa lineup featuring the Echo Show 16, Echo Time smart clock, and Alexa Photo Frame. Two speakers join them: an upgraded Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub and the Echo Studio with Home Camera, which lets Alexa+ see its surroundings. Both are available now for $99.99 and $249.99, respectively.
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Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.