LG’s “wallpaper” W7 was the coolest TV that debuted at CES 2017 in my book. Its millimeter-thick screen hugs your wall like another coat of paint and should deliver image quality as good as any of the company’s other world-beating OLED TVs. Unfortunately if you want it to look as seamless as wallpaper, you’ll need …
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Though there are dozens of gadget shows around the world each year, there are probably only three that are worth following for audio-visual tech: IFA, CEDIA and CES. CES is the biggest. At the close of the last day of 2017, we look back on the last week and pick out some of our personal highlights: From Atmos sound bars …
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If you just got a new TV, chances are good it’s a high-resolution 4K model. But the electronics industry, ever eager to get you to upgrade yet again, has laid important groundwork for televisions that quadruple the pixels of 4K. The HDMI Forum, a group of electronics companies that includes everyone from LG and Sony to Google and Netflix, has …
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How often do you buy a new TV or smart fridge? (Probably not often.) But how quickly do your appliance’s smarts go obsolete? The Intel Compute Card — a credit-card shaped PC just announced at CES 2017 — is a stab at making upgrades for big, bulky devices far more easy. While it’s not quite small enough to fit in …
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In the midst of the weird and wacky tech at CES 2017, ViewSonic announced a trio of monitors that will go on sale in June. ViewSonic VP3881 Ultra-wide and curvy. Xiomara Blanco/CNET The ViewSonic VP3881 is a 37.5-inch monitor with a curved screen. The most expensive of the trio at $1,999 (converts to £1,625 and AU$2,762), it has a super-wide …
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Strange but true — when we went looking for a Windows alternative to the new 15-inch MacBook Pro, only one laptop stood out. Right now, the Dell XPS 15 is the only machine with portability and performance to match Apple’s largest laptop. Problem is, its CPU and graphics are about to be a year out of date. It looks like …
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Now playing: Watch this: Dong talks dongles 2:34 Face it, connecting devices to your new Mac laptop, be it the new MacBook Pro (the 13-inch version of which pretty much replaces the MacBook Air as the new budget, compact, full-featured notebook) or the 12-inch MacBook, can be annoying.. Each includes one to four Thunderbolt3/USB-C ports (Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C are …
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Now playing: Watch this: HyperDrive adapter saves you from MacBook Pro dongle… 1:08 It’s dongle city. That’s how you can describe Apple‘s new MacBook Pro. The company’s decision to include only two USB-C ports (four on the more expensive Touch Bar model) have forced users to rely on expensive and clunky dongles to connect an external hard drive, access an …
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If you’re VR-curious, there are a few ways to dive into gifts for yourself and others over Black Friday. Most things on this list are virtual-reality headsets, but one (the Avegant Glyph) is really a head-worn display — in other words, a tiny TV inside a pair of headphones…in a sense. $100 gift code with Oculus Rift The Microsoft Store …
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If you’re happy with your TV, keep it. But if your TV is getting old and you’re curious how much better modern TVs are, this guide should be able to help you out. What we’ve done is break it down by type and age of the TV, and given a recommendation about whether you should consider upgrading. Should you upgrade …
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