After an initial rash of excitement over the next generation of 8K receivers — OMG! 8K! The future is here! — the tumult quickly turned to a sense of confusion. The category is currently in a holding pattern and there’s one major reason why. In late 2020, when the first 8K-compatible models came onto the market, …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Ready for a monitor upgrade? Need more room than your laptop’s screen offers? I feel you, work-from-home warriors. While I agree that bigger is better when it comes to monitors, how much display space do you really need if you aren’t a PC gamer or …
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Sony has announced two new high-end home theater systems, the HT-A9 and the HT-A7000 soundbar, which feature Dolby Atmos and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio. The most unusual of the two systems, and therefore the most “Sony,” is the $1,800 HT-A9. The A9 consists of four identical speakers, vaguely resembling the Amazon Echo Studio, and they all connect wirelessly to a …
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One of the best and yet least-understood HDMI features is ARC, or Audio Return Channel. It’s a feature that enables you to simplify your system and is compatible with most TVs, receivers and soundbars. In its most basic form, ARC uses an HDMI cable to send audio from a TV back to a receiver or soundbar. That means you can …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day 2021 may be over for another year but there are still plenty of deals on entertainment gear, including streaming devices, TVs and soundbars. A soundbar or surround-sound system can bring theater-like performance to your home for as little …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day 2021 is entering the home stretch but there are still live deals on Roku streaming devices. If you’ve got an older TV without built-in streaming capabilities, any one of the Rokus spotlighted in this …
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Apple currently sells two Apple TV streaming devices, but only one of them makes sense. That would be the Apple TV 4K, which got a recent update that added a redesigned and much improved Siri Remote as well as a more modern A12 Bionic processor. The other is the Apple TV HD, which I’m reviewing here. It got the new remote, …
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For the biggest screen possible in your home, the best projectors can create truly massive images. In many cases they cost less than the biggest TVs. From movies to TV, PlayStation 5 to Xbox Series X, there’s just something more compelling and engrossing about big-screen entertainment. The catch is that projectors require more setup and hassle than TVs. You’ll need to …
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Eight horses will run in the final leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes. Noticeably absent from the field is Medina Spirit, who failed a drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby and whose trainer, Bob Baffert, is banned from entering horses at both Belmont Park and Churchill Downs. Preakness winner Rombauer is racing in the …
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Today the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If watching this high-octane race is your idea of the perfect way to spend a Sunday, you are not alone — and we have all the information you need to watch it. Scott Dixon captured the pole position in qualifying with an average speed of 231.685 miles …
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