There are some really great tablets out there, but a lot of them suffer from expensive prices. Pricing usually declines to a reasonable point, but only after those models are no longer shiny and new. If you don’t want to wait, or don’t have to, here are the tablets that offer a high-end experience for …
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Now playing: Watch this: The 3 biggest letdowns of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 2:16 The Galaxy S8 delivered on some great new features: edge to edge HDR display, an iris scanner and a faster, Gigabit LTE-ready processor. But gorgeous infinity display aside, it seemed like the S8 was holding out on some key features. (Perhaps for an even more dazzling Note …
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Looking forward to watching your favorite baseball team in 4K? Can’t wait to TiVo HBO’s 4K broadcasts of “Game of Thrones?” Excited to rebuy the “Lord of the Rings” (Extended Edition) box set on 4K Blu-ray? Don’t hold your breath. 4K TVs are falling in price with the speed of a runaway train, but 4K content, the stuff you can …
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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 possible with High Dynamic Range …
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If you’ve got a new 4K HDR TV and a 4K Blu-ray player like the Xbox One S or Samsung UBD-K8500, listen up. The price on many discs is now lower than ever at $15. Over at Best Buy.com the list is easy to browse and includes: “Suicide Squad” “Lone Survivor” “Oblivion” “Lucy” “Ender’s Game” “Sicario” “Gods of Egypt” “IMAX: …
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Apple has replaced the iPad Air 2 with a very similar model, now simply called the iPad. Rather than adding new features, this new iPad instead gets a price cut, to $329 in the US, £339 in the UK and AU$469 in Australia. (There’s a small processor jump as well, to Apple’s proprietary A9 chip.) Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad is …
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LG’s latest flagship phone, the LG G6, has an official launch date of April 7, and many carriers are now taking preorders. The LG G6 ($150 at Amazon) packs a large 5.7-inch screen with a lanky 18:9 aspect ratio into a trim, nearly bezel-less design. It’s the first phone to feature Dolby Vision HDR, while around back you get two …
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Nothing beats a home theater projector at putting up a jaw-dropping image for as little money as possible. Sure it’s not quite as plug-and-play as a TV. You’ll need the space and a dark room, and it really helps to have a screen and a separate audio system (or at least a decent powered speaker). A projector takes a minute …
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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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Now playing: Watch this: Sony OLED TV promises supreme picture, hides speakers 1:27 Nobody said Sony’s OLED TV would be cheap. Well, somebody did, but they were wrong. The storied Japanese TV maker will start shipping its first large-screen, mass-market OLED-based TVs this April in the US, and they’re available for preorder now. The A1E series will come in a …
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