David Katzmaier

Roku’s smart soundbar gets wireless surround for $300 all told

Roku is best known for its streamers and smart TVs, but its latest products are speakers. We liked the Roku smart soundbar a lot, citing its excellent sound and built-in Roku streaming, while we found the Roku wireless speakers less appealing because they only worked with Roku TVs. A new software upgrade unlocks the ability …

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TVs of CES 2020: OLED, 8K, giant screens and other trends of absolute excess

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2020 is many things: Bright. Huge. Gaudy. Futuristic. Crammed to the brim with the latest tech advancements. The same descriptions apply to the TVs of CES. They’re everywhere, massive screens blaring brighter images than ever, backed with new tech such …

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LG’s roll

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The biggest sensation in TVs for the last two years at CES was arguably LG’s incredible rollable TV, a 65-inch OLED television that’s flexible enough to roll up and down. The screen will roll down and disappear into its cabinet when you’re …

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Samsung Sero TV rotates to portrait mode for vertical vids, like a giant phone

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Call it the biggest phone accessory ever. Samsung’s latest gizmo, as seen at CES 2020, is the Sero, a TV the company says is “designed for the mobile generation.” As in, it automatically flips from a standard wide-screen TV into a …

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Samsung just debuted a bezelless 8K TV that is 99% picture

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. My buying advice for 8K TVs is basically “don’t,” but Samsung is debuting an 8K model that’s about more than resolution at CES 2020. The world’s biggest TV maker’s best new 2020 TV, the Q950TS, has a superthin frame around the picture. …

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Samsung’s ‘The Wall’ TV might be the biggest screen we’ve ever seen

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. So this is officially the largest TV I’ve ever seen at CES, and that’s saying something. Thanks to modular, build-it-as-big-as-you-want MicroLED technology, the world’s biggest TV maker, Samsung, has put together the biggest TV yet. The Wall measures 292 inches (that’s …

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LG OLED TVs get better processing, ATSC 3.0 tuners, 48

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. OLED TV isn’t broke, and in 2020 LG didn’t fix it. The company’s CES 2020 lineup includes a few neat extras but nothing that would make a current owner regret his or her purchase. In fact, the biggest addition is a smaller …

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What to expect from the TVs of CES 2020: Bigger, brighter and 8K

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Ground zero for new TVs is CES 2020 this January in Las Vegas. It has scads of gadgets from PCs to phones to smart doorbells to robots, but TVs always steal the show. No matter how big and gaudy those new …

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Best media streamer gifts for the holidays

Just because you don’t have a smart TV, it doesn’t mean you need a smart TV. In this age of streaming video content, cable TV cord cutting, Netflix, Amazon Prime video, and YouTube, there’s plenty of ways to stream that video onto your TV. But the cheapest is a dedicated media streamer from a company like Roku or Amazon Fire …

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LG drops 65

Black Friday is starting earlier than ever in 2019 and now LG is getting into the discount game. The TV-maker has just dropped the prices on its newest OLED televisions to their lowest levels yet. They’re not cheap by any means, but they’re less expensive than any other new OLED TV. Here’s how the pricing stacks up. 2019 LG OLED …

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