It's time to cut the cord (the cable cord, that is). The world of online streaming is positively teeming with services that offer everything from anime (see Crunchyroll) to zombies (see Shudder). However, outside of the standard TV and movie fare that you find on the likes of Netflix and Hulu, what most of us really want is stuff to keep our kids entertained, our sports cravings satisfied, and our thirst for news quenched.

USB is a serial bus standard that allows you to connect peripheral devices to a PC. In a home theater, USB can be found on the back of many computer-like source devices, such as MP3 servers and PVRs. Following are some details on USB connections and devices: Most printers, external modems, handheld computers, portable MP3 players, and other PC peripheral devices connect to PCs via USB.

Audio Transcript To mount your flat screen TV and make sure it stays on the wall, you have to have to pick the right mounting kit for the job. Most are anchored into wood studs, but many include special anchors for concrete, drywall, metal studs and so on. Just remember, your anchors need to hold 5 times the weight of what you're putting on the mount.

Audio Transcript Before you can watch anything on your HDTV, you need to get a TV signal into your television. The most common way is via an antenna or cable box. Since most over the air television stations broadcast in HD signal, you can get high definition versions of most network shows using a good old fashion, rabbit ear antenna — if you live in a city or metropolitan area.

Audio Transcript Systems are different, but here are the general steps to connect your HDTV to your home theater or sound system. First, check your HDTV unit's input/output ports. Usually at the side or in back. Input jacks receive signals, output jacks send signals from your HDTV to your system. Now, check your audio amplifiers input/output ports, they're usually in back.

Many home theater A/V receivers include multizone functionality, which lets your receiver control your home theater and provide music to multiple rooms. A multizone receiver is a good way to get started down the whole-home theater path. Multizone A/V receivers run the gamut from fairly simple to very sophisticated.

The 4K TV is an emerging technology that has a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels, 8 million pixels in total, and that is four times the number of Full HD (1,920 x 1,080). You can enjoy the crystal-clear clarity of 4K TV by sitting as close as possible to the screen. Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/scanrail4K is the ultimate choice for crystal-clear clarity.

4K, also known as Ultra HD (UHD), Blu-ray players are devices designed to meet the latest and greatest in picture quality. 4K Blu-ray players can offer the viewer a picture with four times the pixel density and resolution than that provided by normal Blu-ray players. Intended for 4K movies, these disc players will provide the clearest picture you can get.