Ever since 4K TVs hit the scene a few years ago, home theater fans have been drooling at the idea of projectors with 4K resolution. The visible improvement in even big TVs is marginal at best, but a massive projection screen seems like a much better use for all those pixels. Today you can get …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Yeah, it’s… a monitor. I’m so ashamed. Asus Today is a dry, dry, dry day for deals, my …
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At CES 2018, Sony demonstrated a prototype TV putting out a claimed 10,000 nits. That’s 10-15 times brighter than your current TV. Today’s TVs are already significantly brighter than their predecessors, which can really help the image pop, especially in bright rooms. And while high dynamic range (HDR) delivers the best home video picture quality available today, to get the most out …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image How is this thing only $50?! Best Buy Today I’m going to repeat myself twice — …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! All football games are more enjoyable when they’re at least 65 inches diagonally. Sceptre I’m not sure if …
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We’ve said it before but it bears repeating: Samsung’s QLED TV technology is not the same as LG’s OLED TV technology. Sure they have similar names, down to the little slash that makes an “O” into a “Q,” but according to CNET’s tests for picture quality, OLED is superior. It’s also fundamentally different from the LCD-based TVs that comprise the …
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When it comes to high-end sound bars I had to wrack my brain to think of anything that approaches the $5,800 Creative X-Fi Sonic Carrier in price. (Pricing outside the US wasn’t mentioned but that price converts to around £4,225 or AU$7,330) Maybe Paradigm, or Bowers and Wilkins. Surely GoldenEar has something? It’s safe to say there has been nothing …
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If you want to fire up your 120-inch screen with a voice command like “Alexa, turn on the projector,” Optoma’s newest effort is at your beck and call. When it goes on sale in April for $1,700 (roughly converting to £1,240 in the UK and AU$2,150 in Australia), the UHD51A will be the first projector to feature direct compatibility with …
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CES 2018 has just begun, but one laptop trend is crystal clear: thin is in. And Asus is already on board with the skinny and sophisticated Zenbook Flip 14 (UX461). It goes on sale in March 2018 with prices starting at $899. Now playing: Watch this: Slick and sophisticated 2-in-1 laptop with latest Intel… 1:02 At only 13.9mm thick, the convertible …
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Dell debuted two basic-but-pretty displays at CES 2018, the HD 24- and Quad HD 27-inch (S2419HM, S2719DM) Ultrathin Monitors. Skinny in all the places that count when style is your most important consideration, they’ve got thin bezels and a slim profile. They also bump up the brightness to a peak of 600 nits (typical about 400 nits), though you’ll start …
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