One of the top buzzterms in LED LCD marketing is “local dimming.” Ostensibly, local dimming can dim the area of the screen that needs it, while keeping the bright parts of the screen bright. This technology can really increase the contrast ratio to make a better image. It’s also vital to get the intense highlights …
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The more realistic a TV looks, the better, right? Most of the hype surrounding new TV technology in the last few years revolves around 4K resolution and how it compares to good, old high-definition. But now that 4K TVs are dirt cheap, TV makers have taken to flogging High Dynamic Range for all it’s worth. HDR is great, but it’s …
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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 From chaos to order in one $7 swoop. Ugreen I love cheap solutions to life’s little problems. For example, my carry-on …
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Denon has announced its 2017 line of S-series receivers will now feature the company’s HEOS multiroom tech, which should make the company more competitive with Yamaha and Onkyo, and that it will be available at at an affordable price. Until now the the least expensive receiver to feature HEOS was the $1,500 AVR-X4300H, but the recent $1,000 HEOS AVR heralded …
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Three high-profile Sony audio products — the Sony’s HT-ST5000 Atmos sound bar, the HT-MT300 and the STR-DN1080 receiver — will be available from March. Sony Firstly, Sony’s HT-ST5000 is an Atmos sound bar with a wireless subwoofer, with a purported 7.1.2 channels — as an all-in-one bar, the surrounds are virtual. That said, the demo we heard at CES 2017 …
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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. Happy Friday, friends! In case you didn’t know, I’m on “the Twitter” (so dubbed because it drives my kids nuts), where I occasionally …
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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. Today I bring you a tale of two laptops — one small, one large. The small one is a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 …
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OLED TVs create some of the best-looking images of any TV on the market. They’re also really expensive. The LG B6, which CNET called the best TV it ever tested, costs $2300 for the 55-inch and $3500 for the 65-inch at Amazon right now. And its the cheapest 2016 OLED you can buy. At least if you stick to authorized …
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Dolby has announced that its HDR standard Dolby Vision is now fully software-based, meaning that existing devices such as consoles and televisions can take advantage of it. “There are implementations that can run Dolby Vision in software, certainly in the console space but also in the TV SoC (System On a Chip) space,” Dolby reps said Friday in Forbes. Dolby …
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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 Lenovo About yesterday: Big goof on my part. I thought the Y3 smartwatch ran Android Wear, when in fact it’s powered …
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