Imax Enhanced digital movies are coming exclusively to the FandangoNow video-on-demand service in the US in 2019. The higher-end format will play best on equipment that is also certified as Imax Enhanced. Imax Enhanced gear could adjust the video’s audio mix and aspect ratio with the aim of making your home viewing experience more like …
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One thing you’re always bound to see at CES: hordes of groggy, exhausted journalists trudging through Las Vegas on very little sleep. Maybe that’s why the tech that focuses on getting a better night’s rest tends to jump out at us. And to be sure, we typically see a lot of it. Everybody sleeps, after all, and some people are …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Even before arriving at CES 2019, Royole made headlines in November when it launched the FlexPai — a 7.8-inch phone with a flexible AMOLED screen — during a time when Samsung was only rumored to do the same. It was hard …
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When I saw the prototype version of LG’s roll-up TV last year at CES 2018, I was blown away. The engineers at LG Display had figured out a way for the flexible OLED screen material to roll into a compact tube, just like a window shade or a poster, to disappear from view inside an ugly white box. Now LG says it …
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Huawei may be known for its cutting-edge phones, but it makes some nice little laptops (like the MateBook X Pro) and tablets, too. At CES 2019, the company introduced two models to the US: the midrange MateBook 13 13-inch ultraportable and the MediaPad M5 Lite tablet that’s got some… interesting kid-focused parental controls. The “lite” aspect of the new family-friendly …
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Blue has long been a favored microphone among podcasters and YouTubers, thanks to affordable models like the Yeti. But the company also produces XLR models intended for professional and prosumer customers priced at $1,000 and higher. Now, it’s meeting in the middle with the Blue Ember, an XLR mic that will cost only $100 when it debuts in February. The …
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Chinese tech company Huawei isn’t exactly flavor of the month in the US right now. Between the arrest of its chief financial officer, the company’s inability to offer most of its devices stateside and the government’s repeated security warnings about its equipment, the US is not fertile ground for the world’s No. 2 phone maker to continue growing its market share. …
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Belkin makes an accessory called the Rockstar Lightning Audio + Charge Splitter that allows you to use your Lightning headphones while charging your Lightning-equipped Apple device. Now it’s announced a new RockStar in-ear Lightning headphone that’s due to ship this summer followed by a USB-C version of the same product. There’s no word on pricing yet but hopefully they’ll sound …
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Looking for a huge home theater in a single box? Optoma’s solution is this “smart-home-enabled all-in-one AV system” that integrates a sound bar into a short-throw 4K projector. The Optoma P1 Smart 4K UHD Laser Cinema TV delivers a 100-inch image from just 10 inches away and is capable of 3,000-lumen brightness, which should be suitable for partly lit rooms. …
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We live in a world filled with smartphones, smartwatches, smart appliances — even smart toothbrushes — and now we can add smart fishing to that list. But this isn’t just some CES 2019 branding gimmick. Cyberfishing’s new Smart Rod Sensor works with your existing fishing pole to track casts, catches and locations in the same way a runner uses a smartwatch to capture …
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