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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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2026967 stories
Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 552 comments · 818 points · Jul 30, 2026
Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them↗ techdirt.com · HN · 454 comments · 707 points · Jul 16, 2026
Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)↗ bethmathews.substack.com · HN · 202 comments · 1038 points · Mar 25, 2026
Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)↗ sceneandheardnu.com · HN · 395 comments · 763 points · Feb 18, 2026
Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids↗ blog.smartere.dk · HN · 418 comments · 752 points · Jan 12, 2026
20251,200 stories
How we lost communication to entertainment↗ ploum.net · HN · 397 comments · 701 points · Dec 27, 2025
Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]↗ archive.org · HN · 549 comments · 1679 points · Dec 23, 2025
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros↗ about.netflix.com · HN · 1358 comments · 1755 points · Dec 05, 2025
Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy↗ theguardian.com · HN · 919 comments · 1130 points · Aug 14, 2025
TV Garden↗ tv.garden · HN · 126 comments · 789 points · Mar 30, 2025
20241,292 stories
What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 295 comments · 689 points · Dec 23, 2024
Using an 8K TV as a Monitor↗ daniel.lawrence.lu · HN · 536 comments · 562 points · Oct 29, 2024
An NFC movie library for my kids↗ simplyexplained.com · HN · 314 comments · 1384 points · Sep 08, 2024
Moments in Chromecast's history↗ blog.google · HN · 577 comments · 597 points · Aug 06, 2024
ESPHome↗ esphome.io · HN · 169 comments · 555 points · Apr 23, 2024
20231,573 stories
Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 322 comments · 124 points · Dec 29, 2023
Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29↗ theverge.com · HN · 5 comments · 348 points · Dec 27, 2023
Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra↗ 9to5google.com · HN · 507 comments · 259 points · Dec 26, 2023
BBS: The Documentary (2005)↗ bbsdocumentary.com · HN · 65 comments · 185 points · Dec 23, 2023
Nippon Television has just acquired Studio Ghibli↗ catsuka.com · HN · 4 comments · 81 points · Sep 21, 2023
20221,581 stories
The deception of “buying” digital movies↗ worldofmatthew.com · HN · 552 comments · 601 points · Oct 04, 2022
Plasma Bigscreen↗ plasma-bigscreen.org · HN · 269 comments · 640 points · Sep 15, 2022
IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of Power↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 788 comments · 575 points · Sep 03, 2022
Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV↗ flatpanelshd.com · HN · 515 comments · 583 points · Apr 03, 2022
The smallest and worst HDMI display↗ mitxela.com · HN · 162 comments · 969 points · Mar 31, 2022
20211,323 stories
How we got to LiveView↗ fly.io · HN · 283 comments · 802 points · Sep 22, 2021
September 11, 2001 media synced in real-time↗ 911realtime.org · HN · 445 comments · 788 points · Sep 11, 2021
O.mg Cable↗ shop.hak5.org · HN · 538 comments · 1690 points · Sep 02, 2021
Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”↗ twitter.com · HN · 378 comments · 701 points · Jun 25, 2021
VideoLAN is 20 years old today↗ videolan.org · HN · 316 comments · 1337 points · Feb 01, 2021
20201,463 stories
DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster↗ sfwa.org · HN · 279 comments · 993 points · Nov 18, 2020
Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads↗ flatpanelshd.com · HN · 935 comments · 996 points · Sep 29, 2020
Cloudflare TV↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 261 comments · 696 points · Jun 07, 2020
Netflix stops charging customers who never watch↗ bbc.com · HN · 500 comments · 723 points · May 23, 2020
Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 744 comments · 953 points · Mar 19, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 371 comments · 509 points · Sep 21, 2026
A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward↗ movingimagearchive.com · HN · 28 comments · 211 points · Sep 24, 2026
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 188 comments · 163 points · Sep 24, 2026
The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021↗ honestlyranked.com · HN · 385 comments · 387 points · Sep 10, 2026
Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding↗ worldofreel.com · HN · 38 comments · 76 points · Sep 25, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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Highest rated · the last 30 days

Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 371 comments · 509 points · Sep 21, 2026
The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021↗ honestlyranked.com · HN · 385 comments · 387 points · Sep 10, 2026
Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga↗ moviescenemap.com · HN · 49 comments · 343 points · Sep 01, 2026
A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward↗ movingimagearchive.com · HN · 28 comments · 211 points · Sep 24, 2026
TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings↗ cordcuttersnews.com · HN · 112 comments · 180 points · Sep 07, 2026
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 188 comments · 163 points · Sep 24, 2026
South Park creators rename show 'South America'↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 30 comments · 123 points · Sep 09, 2026
Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set↗ thurrott.com · HN · 73 comments · 109 points · Sep 07, 2026
UFO Series Home Page: "UFO" TV Series from 1970↗ ufoseries.com · HN · 39 comments · 96 points · Sep 18, 2026
Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding↗ worldofreel.com · HN · 38 comments · 76 points · Sep 25, 2026

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