UPDATE November 28, 2017: The price for the B7A series is now higher than it was during this sale. If you want to buy a new OLED TV now, it might be worth waiting for prices to fall again, but on the other hand, they might not get as low as they did during the …
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It’s an old adage that technology gets better and cheaper every year. But how true is that? There are certainly more inexpensive products every year, but often those less-expensive products perform worse than average. They’re just cheaper, but not as “good.” If you look at the best TVs on the market, they’re still pretty expensive. But how does that compare …
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Amazon Marketing department: “Gee, Jeff, what do you want to do tonight?” Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO: “The same thing we do every night: Try to take over the world!” The massive online retailer continues its bid for world domination with a new product: Fire TV Stick Basic Edition. It starts shipping tomorrow to countries around the world including Canada, France, …
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High dynamic range (HDR) is the latest in a long line of “new things you need to know about before you buy a TV.” In this article, I’ll try to make acquiring that knowledge as painless as possible. HDR for TVs, which is different from HDR for cameras and phones, can deliver the best home video image quality yet. It …
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Back in August Bose accidentally leaked shots in a newsletter of what appeared to be a new version of its top noise-cancelling headphone, the QuietComfort 35. The tip-off was an extra button on the headphones that tech sleuths speculated had something to do with a possible voice assistant. Now Bose has officially announced the not-so-secret QuietComfort 35 II or QC35 II and …
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Goodbye Yellow Glass Dome! Bowers & Wilkins is clearing out its iconic kevlar drivers, the same material used in bullet-proof vests, in favor of the silvery “Continuum” material it developed in-house. The process began with the 800 series last year and continues with the 700 S2 series, available starting today. The series begins at $1,250 (£800 in the UK and …
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I just don’t get it, TCL. When I reviewed the 55-inch TCL P series Roku TV in June, I really, really liked it. It delivered the TV trifecta: excellent image quality, an affordable price ($650) and superb ease of use. Good streaming features too, thanks to its integrated Roku. And I’m not the only one. Accolades included The Wirecutter (“our …
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Vizio is the second-best selling TV brand in the US after Samsung, and Amazon Video is the second most popular TV and movie streaming service after Netflix. But it took until today for Amazon to be available on Vizio’s best TVs. The TV maker has rolled out a software upgrade for its 2017 SmartCast TVs that allows direct access to …
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I’m not a Warriors fan, but I like Cleveland even less. And I always enjoy watching the kind of exciting, team-oriented basketball Golden State employed when it summarily dismantled the Cavaliers last night to claim the NBA title. And even though I watched most of the game via live TV streaming over the internet, it was still awesome. Read more …
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Updated June 12, 2017 If you’ve had your eye on a brand-new 2017 OLED TV, whether from LG or Sony, it may surprise you to see I’m still recommending the, er, brand-old LG B6 OLED TV instead. It’s still the best buy for most people. OLED TVs still provide the best picture quality I’ve ever tested, and I just reviewed …
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