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Lots of companies offer streaming devices, but Walmart's got a winner with its new for 2025 ONN Google TV 4K Plus Streamer. It offers full 4K UHD, a remote with voice, full Google TV support - including hundreds of live channels - and much more, all for the price of a typical business lunch. Tech expert Dave Taylor unboxes the 4K Plus streaming device, walks you through the setup process, then offers a tour of its key functionality. Included is the Settings area, a Chromecast demo, and much more. His conclusion: This device from @Walmart is one of the best streaming devices available, and the fact that it's under $30 is amazing.
Check it out at: https://www.walmart.com/ip/ONN-4K-PLUS/15557424949
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0:00 Introduction
0:58 Unboxing
3:05 The ONN 4K Plus Device
5:52 Demo: Initial Setup
8:00 Demo: Choosing Initial Services
9:17 Demo: Live TV
10:45 Demo: Apps (Netflix & YouTube)
12:13 Demo: App Store (install PlutoTV)
13:34 Demo: Settings
14:33 Demo: Chromecast
16:02 Remote Control + Commentary
17:40 This is a Top Streamer
18:30 The Price
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is this the best Google TV unit you can
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buy let's find
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out Dave Taylor here and I'm checking
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out this This is the latest from Walmart
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It's the ONN Google TV 4K Plus streaming
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device Now Walmart has its own in-house
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brand called ONN and they've been
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producing some really good consumer
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electronics Their little streaming
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sticks and devices are really industry
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standards and they just do a really good
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job at an extraordinarily budget price
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This is their latest and for under
0:44
$30 this gives you full 4K Ultra HD and
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a whole lot more Let's open the box
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Let's check it out And then I'll plug it
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into that TV behind me and we'll have a
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look at what it can do Now the box
1:00
pretty easy to open And what I'm
1:03
expecting to find in here is the unit
1:06
and a remote and a battery for the
1:09
remote And let's see a user guide and an
1:13
HDMI cable So first off we have a quick
1:17
start guide That's very handy but we're
1:21
not going to use it And then we have a
1:24
wall plug So it's a USBC for power and
1:29
then it's a wall plug which means that
1:32
it might be the case that you can power
1:34
this from the USB port on your
1:37
television A lot of TVs have USB ports
1:40
that have power So that would be worth
1:43
trying Now this is the actual unit But
1:46
before we get there there's a
1:49
double-sided adhesive Before we get
1:51
there I just want to see what else is in
1:52
the box And sure enough there's an HDMI
1:55
to HDMI cable Here are two AAA batteries
2:01
that we will need for this slick remote
2:05
control And it's a voice remote And
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remember all of this is under $30 So
2:10
this is less than a burger and an
2:13
alcoholic beverage at your favorite
2:16
cantina So very nice and it's a nice
2:20
package design I like that they've gone
2:23
from they had this sort of glaring
2:25
yellow for their packaging And now as
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you can see it has become maybe a little
2:31
bit more typical Walmart colors but I
2:33
like it actually Let's see I'll do this
2:36
Put this aside And so let's start by
2:39
putting the batteries in the remote And
2:42
that is as easy as putting batteries in
2:45
any other remote So we got that and
2:49
that's done and ready to
2:51
use And then we'll get that HDMI cable
2:55
ready to use And the power Still not
2:59
convinced we'll need it but obviously
3:01
the device needs some sort of power So
3:04
we'll have it available And then let's
3:06
get to the actual Google TV 4K Plus unit
3:11
itself And this is very nice packaging
3:16
reminiscent of really so many consumer
3:19
electronics companies now cuz I think a
3:21
lot of them end up using the same
3:23
factories So we'll take all the
3:25
protective paper off And this is it This
3:30
is your streaming device And just to put
3:32
it in context a 4K Ultra HD streaming
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device is the same as like an Apple TV
3:40
It's the same as the high-end Roku And
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it's just that big So you could
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literally just slip this in your pocket
3:47
and plug it into a TV at a hotel or if
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you're renting out like a VBO or an
3:52
Airbnb you can plug this into that TV
3:55
and carry all your own entertainment Now
3:58
it's powered by a quad core Cortex A55
4:03
with a G310 V2 GPU So what those chips
4:08
are doesn't really matter It's the idea
4:10
that this is such a powerful little
4:12
device It includes Dolby Vision and
4:15
Dolby Atmas So Dolby Vision is for like
4:19
more contrast on the images to make it
4:21
look better and Dolby Atmas is a sound
4:24
system And all of that powered by a
4:27
device that literally has two plugs in
4:29
the back One for HDMI and one for that
4:32
USBC for power and nothing else I mean
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there's nothing else here This is so
4:38
straightforward And Wi-Fi 6 So it's not
4:41
the very latest standard but you
4:43
probably have Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6 so this
4:46
is plenty enough for you And it supports
4:49
well let's see on the remote it has
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shortcut keys for YouTube Netflix Disney
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Plus and Paramount Plus but it actually
5:00
supports Netflix Disney Plus Apple TV
5:03
Plus Hulu ESPN Max now HBO Max Paramount
5:08
It has built-in chcast as you would
5:11
expect from a Google TV device and it
5:14
does include this voice remote Now
5:17
disclaimer it only works in the USA and
5:19
Puerto Rico So if you're somewhere else
5:22
and you acquire one of these you're kind
5:24
of on your own I'm not sure it'll work
5:26
It probably will but it might not Anyway
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Walmart says USA and Puerto Rico only So
5:33
with this and this simple design this is
5:36
such a simple device Let me pull the TV
5:40
over and let's plug this thing in and
5:42
let's go through the journey So for this
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I'm going to actually zoom right in on
5:46
the TV screen cuz now at this point
5:49
there's not much else you need to see
5:50
right so let's get to it Here's the
5:53
opening screen and we should be able to
5:55
pick our country And let's see Quick
5:58
setup with your phone That sounds pretty
6:01
handy I'm going to go ahead and use my
6:04
iPhone to scan that QR code And then
6:08
hopefully things will be set up nice and
6:10
quick So I'll be right back
6:14
What this is letting me do is it's
6:16
letting me set up things like my Wi-Fi
6:19
network and being logged in to my Google
6:23
account So super
6:29
convenient There we go So now it knows
6:31
what Wi-Fi network and I'm going to sign
6:34
into my Google account on my phone
6:38
And now it's transferring account
6:40
information to the television Or I
6:42
should say it's transferring account
6:44
information to the Google TV
6:49
unit And my phone tells me you are all
6:53
set And as usual the first thing that
6:56
happens is there's a system update This
6:58
is just a really common occurrence We're
7:01
definitely on the way now And it looks
7:03
like it's got the new update and it's
7:05
installed it And we're just restarting
7:08
the Google TV
7:12
unit And we're at the terms of service
7:16
And I'm going to accept everything
7:19
without reading it And I'm I'm going to
7:21
accept all of this without reading it
7:24
because that's honestly what we
7:26
consumers actually do So let's see When
7:29
I do a search it's going to want to
7:32
search across all of my TV apps That
7:35
sounds like a terrific feature Let's
7:37
allow
7:38
that voice match Don't think I need that
7:41
It will basically differentiate between
7:44
voices And I don't need that for the
7:46
voice remote but I will get personal
7:48
results And select a home That's my
7:52
house And where is it well I'm in my
7:55
kitchen So we'll put it in the kitchen
7:58
And I'm going through this quickly
8:00
because that's kind of how it works So I
8:04
will grab YouTube and Disney and
8:09
Hulu and Prime
8:12
Video and Peacock and Apple TV And let's
8:16
see what else is here There's a lot of
8:18
choices
8:19
here And let's see I do also have
8:23
Spotify So I'll do all those And those
8:26
should be now
8:28
installed And let's see remote is also
8:31
set up which is great So it
8:35
automatically paired with the remote I
8:37
didn't have to do anything for that to
8:39
occur And now it's all setting up
8:42
Estimated time
8:44
remaining Hello Estimated time
8:48
remaining It has no
8:51
estimate So I'm just going to jump ahead
8:54
Well finally all those updates are done
8:56
and all the software is installed And
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now I'm back to one last bit of
9:01
configuration Let's
9:04
see I don't want any of this So I'm just
9:08
going to go to Google
9:10
TV And I don't know what that loading
9:13
error was but it looks like we're good
9:15
now So let's have a look So live But
9:19
there's actually a button So I'm going
9:20
to just push free TV on the remote
9:29
updates to free play
9:32
experience Okay
9:36
so I do have good internet so it should
9:40
be doing well And I'm going to mute
9:43
There's a mute button but you could hear
9:46
there was audio And now let's see if I
9:50
go back Okay so now we're at guide and I
9:54
can go down here and I can say oh well
9:57
let's see what movies are on Mission
9:59
Impossible Wait a minute Um
10:03
Apocalyptto Enemy of the
10:07
State Black
10:09
Panther I mean all of this is free now
10:13
It is of course all ad supported all of
10:16
these streaming channels But let's try
10:18
The Adventures of Tintin Oh that one I'm
10:20
gonna need Pluto TV So this is a little
10:23
frustrating that it doesn't indicate
10:26
whether you have the app installed but
10:28
So if these are Pluto then
10:33
Zumo Let's just try this one And that's
10:37
another app I need to install Ironically
10:40
I need to install Roku So let's just
10:43
back up
10:44
here And I'm on the top So we can go to
10:48
apps
10:50
And you can see the top are what I would
10:53
guess are promoted apps that it hopes I
10:55
will install but the bottom are apps I
10:58
do have installed So let's try
11:05
Netflix and
11:12
oops I have it muted So that's probably
11:14
we missed the great little
11:17
tadum
11:19
but update your
11:22
remote So hopefully you can hear
11:27
that So we
11:29
have Netflix I'm going to push the home
11:32
button on the remote
11:35
and Prime Video Disney Free Play which
11:38
we just did Hulu
11:41
Tuby Uh let's go to
11:45
YouTube Really wants me to update the
11:47
software on the remote which I
11:50
appreciate So this is YouTube again
11:53
Let's go back home And I'm going to push
11:55
home a second time So now I'm truly at
11:58
my home here And it's actually given me
12:02
choices based on the apps that I've
12:04
installed Now I haven't actually logged
12:07
into any of these streaming services so
12:10
I can't just pick up with where I was
12:13
but let's just go to the app store which
12:17
one presumes is here Okay so here's apps
12:21
I guess I could have gotten it that way
12:23
too And apps by category Apps from my
12:28
other devices
12:30
Recommended Stream the movies you love
12:32
If I had HBO Max then I would actually
12:35
get that Um here's Pluto TV for example
12:39
And since I'm already logged into my
12:41
Google account it should be pretty easy
12:44
However not necessarily fast but okay
12:47
Well that's 100% downloaded so maybe I'm
12:50
wrong And it is pretty fast Let's just
12:53
go through the process And 2B TV and
12:56
Pluto TV I'm fans of both They have
13:00
surprisingly large libraries of movies
13:02
and television programs And yes it is ad
13:06
supported but it's still better than the
13:08
old days when you actually just watched
13:12
ads over the air And I mean TV over the
13:16
air although it was kind of hard to tell
13:18
So we can just unlock free TV and then
13:22
home a second time And let's see
13:26
library Your watch list is empty So cool
13:30
Um I can do searches I can search by
13:33
category I can also go into settings And
13:37
settings gives me the ability to do
13:39
things like pick a screen saver So this
13:42
is very Roku like Um press to change
13:47
screen
13:48
saver So I can just pick one that I
13:51
like That one's good All right We'll go
13:54
back And now I'm back in settings and I
13:59
can switch my account I can go to Google
14:02
Home I can adjust the audio output So
14:05
all the settings you'd want and I can
14:07
update my remote which I'm definitely
14:09
going to need to do but I'm not going to
14:10
make you suffer through me doing that
14:13
So I think that's pretty much everything
14:16
I wanted to show you This is really
14:19
pretty slick It took a while to do the
14:21
software update and it takes a while to
14:24
boot from power down but I assume that
14:28
when you're using it you just leave it
14:30
in a sleep mode and then it wakes up
14:32
super fast and you're ready to go again
14:34
One more quick demo before I'm done I am
14:36
going to show you how Chromecast works
14:39
It is ridiculously easy So I have
14:42
YouTube up on my phone and I'm just
14:45
going to choose the cast button and then
14:48
I have something called kitchen TV and
14:52
it brings up YouTube cuz that's where I
14:55
was and here I am and I can even control
14:58
the video
15:01
from my phone So that's how easy chcast
15:04
is And again you can hear that the audio
15:08
works just fine Although I might have to
15:12
watch this particular video Let me jump
15:14
back on camera That's pretty slick It's
15:17
a very typical setup where there are
15:19
always software updates I still need to
15:22
update the software on the remote But
15:24
once you get past that hurdle and just
15:27
allocate like 10 or 15 minutes the first
15:29
time then you have an amazing little
15:32
device that does a really nice job and
15:35
it's fully compatible with all of the
15:37
streaming services that you want I say
15:40
that because there's a lot of streaming
15:42
devices that don't work with Netflix and
15:45
there's a lot of video projectors that
15:47
say "Oh we support all of your favorite
15:49
streaming channels footnote except
15:51
Netflix." So the fact that this works
15:54
with all of those different services
15:56
very impressive And yeah need to update
16:01
the remote software But speaking of the
16:02
remote here's a closeup so you can see
16:05
all of the different buttons and
16:06
everything And you saw when I pushed
16:09
that free TV button it gave me access to
16:12
hundreds of free streaming channels None
16:16
of this requires a subscription Now if
16:19
you want Netflix you need a Netflix
16:21
account If you want HBO Max you need an
16:23
HBO Max account But there's a surprising
16:26
amount of free content available on the
16:29
streams or on in the cloud whatever you
16:32
want to phrase it But I can get Tube I
16:35
can get Pluto TV You saw a lot of these
16:38
services have free options Obviously
16:41
there's YouTube which has an enormous
16:43
library including this very video Um and
16:47
you can do all of that and just live on
16:49
a completely free streaming service As
16:52
long as you have decent internet
16:54
connectivity then you really don't need
16:56
cable You really don't need that dish TV
16:59
satellite You really don't need anything
17:01
other than this little box and a TV to
17:04
plug it into How cool is that and again
17:08
you know this TV this is a little VO and
17:10
it has its own VOS I don't know what
17:12
they call it but it's has its own TV
17:15
operating system but I can use this
17:18
instead And then when I unplug it and
17:21
plug it into a different device it
17:23
remembers its state So everything I have
17:26
going on on this television doesn't help
17:28
me when I'm in a different place and
17:30
using a different TV but this is small
17:32
enough to travel with me So it is pretty
17:36
darn slick There's a lot to like here
17:39
And this really is probably at this
17:42
point the state-of-the-art This is
17:44
probably the best budget unit out there
17:47
Will that be true in 3 to 6 months
17:50
probably not But for now this is better
17:52
than a Roku better than an Apple TV
17:55
better than a Chcast device from Google
17:58
It's simple It's easy to set up Takes
18:02
time but it's easy to do as you saw And
18:05
then it's really easy to work with There
18:06
aren't tons of switches or settings
18:09
There's no complexity here It's really
18:11
been boiled down to be really simple And
18:13
I have it plugged into a TV that's not a
18:16
4K TV but if I had a huge 4K television
18:20
it would look crystal clear cuz it uses
18:23
native 4K Ultra HD So wins all around
18:28
for Walmart Really well done this time
18:31
So we do need to talk about the price
18:33
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18:36
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Walmart ONN Google TV 4K Plus streaming
18:57
device and it is a remarkable 2988 at
19:01
walmart.com I'm telling you for under 30
19:04
bucks this is the best thing you can
19:05
plug into your television right now and
19:08
it's looking like it's going to be the
19:10
champ So it's what I got I'm going to go
19:12
back to finding something to watch
19:14
probably some sports So I'll have to
19:16
catch you in my next video
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