With the amount of high dynamic range video you can watch growing by the day, and more and more people recognizing the “HDR” abbreviation as something new (and potentially cool), TV manufacturers are jumping at the chance to show they’re on top of this latest trend. For several years HDR has only been available in …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung DeX puts your Galaxy S8 phone on your desktop 2:34 Along with the Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay), Samsung announced a few new accessories for its smartphone. Perhaps the most notable of which is DeX. Primarily a docking station for your phone, when an S8 is placed into a DeX dock ($94 at Amazon), it …
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HDR, or High Dynamic Range, is one of the latest TV technologies, even newer than 4K resolution. HDR can, on the right TV and with the right content, look pretty impressive. Most of the time it comes with Wide Color Gamut, or WCG, which adds more realistic colors to the mix. These help the TV create an image that’s got …
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Yamaha has announced six new receivers for its high-end Aventage range, which will feature all of the mod-cons, including Dolby Atmos decoding, 4K HDR video and multiroom music. The six models will begin shipping in May and start at $600 with the RX-A670. Common features include Virtual Surround Back Speaker, YPAO sound calibration and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The models …
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OK, so you’ve got your spankin’ new 4K TV. Do you also need a spankin’ new Blu-ray player and/or an AV receiver that upconverts high-definition sources to 4K? The truth is, no, you don’t. Your TV will convert every signal you send it to 4K resolution. That means all your current gear will play on a 4K TV, assuming you …
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Now playing: Watch this: Vizio’s 2017 speakers get Chromecast support 1:13 Update April 27 4:13 pm ET: Vizio has advised that the previously-announced $180 SB3630-E6 and $150 SB3621n-E8M will not be released Vizio has unveiled its 2017 range of sound bars, with the top-of-the-line models featuring Google‘s Chromecast built in. The company has four new sound bars for 2017, priced …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Time to catch some air. Today I’ve landed three drone deals, all of them great in one way or another. (I was going …
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Ultra HD 4K Blu-rays have the best picture quality possible for your 4K TV, even better than streaming 4K from Netflix or Amazon. Even better, many discs have high dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG) content, which provide a much more noticeable improvement than 4K resolution, provided your TV can deliver it. “But I hate physical discs,” you …
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Just when you thought you could take a breather and buy a new 4K TV, it seems like 8K is just around the corner. Already Japanese broadcaster NHK, along with Sharp, Sony, Samsung, LG and others, has shown or announced plans for 8K TV and/or 8K broadcasts. New 8K compatible video standards are being rolled out now. And every year …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image This incredible prize comes to you courtesy of Auro Technologies. Thanks, Auro Technologies! Marantz The ultimate home theater comes together one …
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