Ty Pendlebury

Epson’s bright, portable projector throws in Android TV

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Epson has announced the EF-100W and EF-100B Smart Streaming Laser Projectors with Android TV. The portable projectors offer an image up to 150 inches in size using a proprietary Epson Cinema Lens.  The projectors offer Android …

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Roku TV Ready will enable users to control soundbar with Roku remote

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Roku has announced its new “Roku TV Ready” certification at CES 2020 that is designed to enable soundbars and audio equipment to work seamlessly with the company-branded TVs. Products displaying a Roku TV Ready badge have been certified work a Roku …

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Samsung’s 2020 soundbars go hard on Atmos and gaming features

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung has announced its 2020 range of soundbars which enable some unique features, including using a QLED TV’s own speakers as extra channels and allowing simultaneous Bluetooth connections. Like its competitor Vizio Samsung is streamlining its soundbar naming system for 2020 …

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Konka brings OLED TV to the US to take on LG and Sony

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Chinese TV manufacturer Konka will join LG, Sony and maybe more TV makers soon in selling OLED TVs to US customers. The new 4K OLED TV, the X11 Series, will be available in 55- and 65-inch sizes this spring. TV that use OLED, …

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Klipsch to bring three new soundbars in 2020

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Klipsch will release three soundbars in 2020, two of which will include Dolby Atmos capability. Two of the soundbars — the  Klipsch Bar 54 and the Klipsch Bar 48 — were announced last year, but their release slipped into 2020, while …

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Sling TV review: The best budget live TV streaming service

Live TV streaming services are designed to replace cable TV by letting you stream live channels over the Internet, but the category is still in a state of flux. The big names are all increasing the prices of their plans, removing or adding large chunks of programming, or bowing out altogether. Amid all of the turmoil there’s one service that sticks out as …

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Cyber Monday 2019 wireless speaker deals still available: Save on Bose, Polk, JBL and more (Tuesday update)

Cyber Monday and its record sales activity has come and gone but some of the best prices of the year are still going strong on select speakers from the likes of Polk and Bose as well as Google and Amazon. From tiny smart speakers to thumping soundbars, Bluetooth to Wi-Fi, Alexa to Google Assistant, Spotify to Apple Music — no matter how you like your holiday tunes, there’s …

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Enclave Cinehome II brings wireless audio to home cinema

Back in 2016, wireless HDMI was going to be the technology of the future — it promised wide bandwidth audio and video without the bulk of cables. But based on the lack of activity in the years since, we were beginning to think we might get personal jetpacks before we get high-quality wireless AV zipping around our living rooms. Now, …

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Sony 360 Reality Audio coming to mobile phones, Amazon Echo Studio this fall

Sony‘s latest surround sound music format, 360 Reality Audio, will be coming to iOS and Android mobile devices and the Amazon Echo Studio smart speaker in late fall. Approximately 1,000 songs will be available at launch through Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Tidal and live music service Nugs.net, with more songs coming in 2020. The format will feature music from the three major …

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Google Pay rolling out to San Francisco rail users soon

Android users will soon be able to use their phones to pay for transit cards in cities such as San Francisco after Cubic Transportation Systems signed an agreement with Google Pay, the search giant’s contactless payment system, on Monday. Cubic says Bay Area passengers will be able to “add transit cards to Google Pay, securely reload funds and purchase tickets …

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