Denon’s parent company Sound United has announced it has reached a settlement with Sonos over potential patent infringement by Denon’s HEOS wireless speakers. Sonos sued Denon back in 2014 as it said the HEOS lineup was too similar to Sonos’ own and infringed on at least four of its patents. “Our direction with HEOS is …
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DirecTV Now is rolling out an updated app for web browsers, iOS and Apple TV, expanding its cloud DVR program to all customers and adding and local channel streaming on-the-go. The new interface emphasizes favorite channels as well as offering more on-demand content with up to 25,000 titles. The DVR currently offers 20 hours of recording a month and users …
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Onkyo has announced its receivers will soon be able to controlled directly via the Sonos app — but only when connected to a Sonos Connect unit — as part of the new “Works with Sonos” certification. Onkyo says select receivers from both Onkyo and Pioneer connected via Sonos’ dongle will act as if they were one unit, following a firmware update …
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YouTube has rolled out high dynamic range (HDR) to users of the iPhone X, enabling improved contrast and color on HDR-enabled YouTube videos. As spotted by Macrumors, videos like those from the popular HDR Channel, are now able to be viewed in HDR mode. Neither the iPhone X nor the Apple TV are able to output the videos in 4K, …
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Google is reportedly preparing its own smart watch that will bear the Pixel brand currently used on Google’s own phones. VentureBeat reporter and noted leaker Evan Blass tweeted this morning that a “reliable source tells me — with high confidence — that Google’s fall hardware event will also introduce a Pixel-branded watch”. Besides the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, and second-gen …
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Sonos could be ready to announce a new home-theater speaker with voice control next month. In an invitation that went out to journalists Thursday morning, the audio company has scheduled an event for June 6 in San Francisco. The invite features a table-full of remotes with the tagline “You’re better than this.” The Sonos invite that was sent to journalists …
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Roku has unveiled additions to its free Roku Channel with a News category, a Continue Watching feature and expanded Genre options. Roku has partnered with ABC News, Cheddar, PeopleTV and Newsy for on-demand and live coverage as part of the News section. The updates are expected to go live on Roku streaming sticks, boxes and smart TVs in May. Roku …
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Yamaha has introduced three new AV receivers for 2018, which will allow users to add either of two new MusicCast speakers as wireless rears, plus a wireless subwoofer. The receivers are the 5.1-channel RX-V485 and the 7.2-channel RX-V585 and RX-V685 while the new speakers are the MusicCast 20, MusicCast 50 and the MusicCast SUB 100 subwoofer. Yamaha’s new MusicCast Surround …
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Things are tough at the “bottom” — that is, the budget end of hi-fi — with many, many parties vying for supremacy including Elac, Pioneer and Q Acoustics. But could the new Q Acoustics 3000i range be the one to clinch the crown? Q Acoustics’ “i” update to its 3000 range comes with three new budget-level speakers, which the the …
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Sonos’ entry-level “smart” speaker, the One, will be getting new fall colors later this year in collaboration with Danish design brand Hay. Supplementing the black and white colors already available will be red, pink, dark green, light green and (naturally) hay yellow. The Hay Sonos One speakers will be available this September on sonos.com and at the Sonos flagship stores in …
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