So I got completely dismantled the other day
because I thought that even though there's so many ways
to watch TV these days, from Hulu to HBO Now
to like soon there's gonna be a Disney one for kids.
And even though most of these are about 10 bucks a month,
I still figured that most people
would probably only really use like one or two of them.
Netflix and YouTube, Prime Video and Showtime
or Plex and maybe some kind of thing
that's useful for watching sports.
But then I found out that there are a lot of people out there
who use way more than that.
Like even our cameraman Dave who pays for Netflix,
Amazon Prime, Crave and YouTube Premium.
And those are just apps.
These days even the hardware
is starting to get original series
like Apple TV's Carpool Karaoke.
Now the problem is that as these services get more unique
and non-overlapping content,
it starts to get hard to remember
not only which service has what shows,
but even just to find the content that you wanna watch.
Well, enter the sponsor of today's showcase, Kavo.
The Kavo Control Center is one device
that can manage all of your content.
And one extra bonus is that you cannot lose the remote.
They're intrigued, I can tell.
Allow me to demonstrate the core value proposition
of the Kavo Control Center.
Watch the man in the high castle.
And boom, it brings it up.
You can see in the fine print there
that it's prompting us to watch on Amazon Prime.
But that show is an Amazon original series.
So what about a show that's available on multiple services?
Watch Friends season four, episode seven.
Don't critique my taste.
Now, first of all,
being able to search episode by episode is pretty awesome
because you can't do that yet
with your Google Home, so that's a bonus.
And if I click on it, it actually gives me the option
of watching on any one of my three installed platforms here.
Boop, neat, right?
Now, a lot of you are probably thinking by this point,
yeah, I don't really have any trouble remembering
which media service my various content is on.
But to me, the big selling point here
is the wife and kids factor.
So it's a hundred bucks upfront, and then $2 a month.
For the service.
But it makes it much less likely
that you'll have to run over and open a show for someone
when you're in the middle of making dinner or whatever.
Now, of course, when you have so much content
at your fingertips,
targeted searching isn't your only problem.
You also have to decide what to watch in the first place,
which in my house is definitely like a key part
of movie night.
Like there's like half of it is figuring out
what movie to watch,
and the other half is actually watching half of the movie
because then it's time to put the kids to bed.
Anyway, that's neither here nor there.
And that's why Kaavo has this dashboard
of curated lists that are made by editors,
taste makers, and other Kaavo users.
Kind of like how you can share playlists on Spotify,
except you can make your list out of any combination
of TV shows, movies, live TV.
It doesn't matter where the content comes from
or what it is.
And then you can either keep your lists private
or you can share them with the community
and be like an influencer or something.
Now at the core of all this functionality
is that little box.
You know what?
Let's bring the box over here.
Wonderful, there we go.
This little box, which is basically an HDMI 2.0 hub,
meaning 4K at 60 Hertz.
It's got HDR pass-through and support for Dolby Atmos,
and it can support four connected devices at once.
Now Kaavo had an original product before this,
one that had more IO,
but was also quite a bit more expensive.
And what they found was this was kind of the sweet spot
in terms of what most people want connected to their TV.
So guys, leave a comment below.
Let us know how many devices you have connected to your TV.
Actually, I'd love to know what they are too.
Just some interesting stuff for my own bathroom reading.
Now, setup is one of the areas that in my opinion,
they seem to have spent a lot of time on
because it's really easy.
And by the time you're done,
the control center will have recognized
all of your connected devices
and made them compatible with the included remote.
So you don't need, oof, all of, ugh.
These anymore,
since the Kaavo remote can control your game console
and even your soundbar,
as long as it connects via HDMI.
Or you can connect the Kaavo to your TV via HDMI
and then connect the TV to your soundbar or AVR
via RCA or an optical cable.
Okay, so then this remote's very powerful and important.
What happens if you lose it?
Well, if you're one of those people
who spends their evenings talking to an Amazon Echo
or a Google Home,
then you might not even notice
since the control center supports integration
from both voice assistants.
So you can do things like,
okay, G-O-O-G-L-E.
Sorry, I'm not gonna do that
and activate all your guys' stuff.
Okay, Google, raise the volume or A-L-E-X-A,
switch to Roku or whatever the case may be.
And it even has a function where you can ask Google
to find your remote.
It'll beep and stuff.
Or, I mean, if you're a Luddite like me,
and I don't actually have a Google Home,
then you can press this button and it'll also do that.
So thanks for watching, guys.
And thanks to Kaavo for sponsoring this video.
Their control center is available for Americans
starting October 1st from Best Buy, Amazon,
and their own website, kaavo.com,
with no ETA yet for other regions.
But personally, I'm pretty hopeful.
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or check out the link to where to buy the stuff
we featured in the video description.
Also linked in the description is our merch store,
which has cool shirts like this one,
and our community forum, which you should totally join.
Thanks again to Kaavo for sponsoring this video.
And we will see you guys tomorrow.