‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ features a new 3D technology that some people have criticized for looking too much like TV. New Line Cinema Now that Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has opened in theaters around the world, the most controversial thing about it isn’t even that he somehow is making three 3-hour …
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Sonos has released updates to its iPhone and iPad apps that allow iOS 6 users to access their device’s onboard music library and stream it through their Sonos system. While the Sonos doesn’t add AirPlay as such, the update lets the user access iTunes from within the Sonos app menu, something that most streaming and DLNA apps don’t allow for …
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The shopping phenomenon known as Black Friday, with its “insane” doorbuster deals, comes around only once a year. While there are a couple of nuggets hidden in there, it’s also an excuse to clear stock of items people aren’t that interested in anyway. If you see any of the following TVs for sale on the day, grab them! For our …
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Sony has announced that PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to add Music Unlimited Premium membership to their accounts for a limited time at $12 per year. The PlayStation store update is due to go live later today (November 20) and represents a saving of 90 percent based on the regular price of $10 per month, while non-PlayStation Plus members …
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Sonos has announced support for music service Murfie, which is a site that enables users to store their physical CD collection offsite and stream or sell the CDs through the cloud. Users can stream their ripped CDs or, for a dollar, download them in a number of formats including FLAC. Until today, the only way a Murfie user could stream …
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If there’s one thing music lovers enjoy, it’s discovering new favorite artists, and there are now a wealth of online services that offer this. I was first exposed to digital music subscriptions in 1999 when They Might Be Giants released “Long Tall Weekend” via eMusic. It was one of the first Internet-only releases, and while listening to those files now …
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Sony has announced that it will keep the 4K name for the successor to 1080p, despite the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) deciding on the new Ultra High Definition tag. Sony’s new name for the technology will be 4K Ultra HD and follows the CEA’s announcement yesterday that resolutions of 3,840 pixels horizontally and at least 2,160 would be called simply …
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The display format formerly known as 4K will now be called “Ultra High Definition” in the home, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced in California today. The CEA said it chose Ultra HD to denote that it has a higher resolution than the existing 1,920×1,080 pixels of full high definition. Related stories: What is 4K? Next-generation resolution explained Why 4K …
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In 2012, we made some changes to the way we rate televisions, with the biggest one being the new Value score. CNET now apportions 40 percent of the total TV score to value. Whether it’s worth $300 or $3,000, you want to know that the TV you’re buying represents the best you can get for the price, and that’s where …
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After a three-year wait, ‘Avatar’ is finally available in 3D on Blu-ray. 20th Century Fox It was almost three years ago that “Avatar” debuted in cinemas, and today eager fans can finally do what they wanted to do when it first came out on Blu-ray: watch it in 3D at home. The reason you couldn’t buy it on 3D Blu-ray …
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