9 Ways to Enhance Your TV-Viewing Experience at Home

DVRs (or digital video recorders) are pretty standard in most homes with a cable or satellite service, but upgrading your DVR to one like the TiVo Roamio could mean getting a larger hard drive, customized recommendations or “wish lists” that will record anything including, say, your favorite actor, and access to cable and local TV as well as streaming boxes and apps like YouTube or Vimeo. 

DVDs don’t have to take up valuable real estate in your living room. You can view movies on a service like Netflix across all your devices, and now with its much-loved exclusive series (Orange is the New Black! House of Cards!), the service may actually offer more than your old DVD collection could.

With access to thousands of movies, TV episodes and digital video content, streaming boxes like Roku have mastered the art of delivering content to your TV. Boxes (or their smaller “stick” counterparts) install in minutes, and a large amount of the content is free.

Instead of shuffling through a pile of ungainly remotes every time you want to command a different box, you can give the control to a universal remote such as Logitech’s Harmony — which can replace up to eight remotes. The Home Control edition can even take on smart devices such as your lights and shades.