If you’ve tried shopping for a new TV lately, you may have noticed the prices are generally the same for each model of TV regardless of the store or online vendor selling it. That’s neither a coincidence now accident. It’s called UPP, or Unilateral Pricing Policy, and it’s how manufacturers force retailers to stick to …
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LG is finally venturing away from its slim and ultralight laptop lineup with its first gaming laptop, the LG UltraGear 17G90Q. Not too far away, though: As with its Gram laptops, LG went high-end right out of the gate with this 17.3-inch gaming laptop and kept the laptop thin and relatively lightweight for its size at just under 6 pounds …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Waited to get your Christmas shopping done and now struggling with delivery deadlines? While a few retailers, including Amazon, are still offering a quick turnaround on some items, many items are already unavailable for Christmas delivery, which can make shopping harder. If you’re a last-minute …
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HDR, or high-dynamic range, can elevate the image of your TV to an entirely new level. It’s found on nearly all of the best TVs, including midrange and high-end TVs as well as many budget models. On a good-quality TV displaying real HDR TV shows, movies and games, you’ll see brighter highlights, better contrast and deeper, more realistic colors. The …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. As the countdown to Christmas morning ticks closer and closer, retailers are ramping up their final waves of holiday deals. Giving last-minute shoppers another chance to get in on the savings and check those last, pesky names off their gift lists. Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Update: This sale ended on Sunday, Dec. 12, and was followed by a Dec. 13 Green Monday sale that has also ended. Best Buy has since moved on to a Dec. 14 flash sale. We’re in that nebulous period between Black Friday and Christmas where deals …
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If it’s a screen on the best TV, the best phone or the best portable game console — namely the Nintendo Switch OLED — it’s probably powered by organic light-emitting diodes. OLED technology has the best image quality around, with the kind of excellent contrast ratio that LCD screens can’t match. OLED TVs from LG and Sony outperform rivals, all of the high-end phones from Google, Samsung and Apple have OLED screens and …
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Until now Amazon’s Fire TV system has generally appeared on cheap TVs with middling image quality, but the new M-Series from Toshiba aims higher. Out today, it’s the first Fire TV equipped with full-array local dimming, a feature that boosts all-important contrast and allows an LCD TV to take more advantage of high dynamic range (HDR) TV shows, movies and games. The …
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From the best TVs to game consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, to cameras like the GoPro Hero 10s and the one on the shiny iPhone 13 Pro, fps matters. But what does fps mean, and why should you care? The short version is that fps stands for “frames per second.” In other words, fps is the exact number of individual still …
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Streaming service subscriptions make it easy to binge entire seasons of a TV series at once, watch new releases on Day 1 from the comfort of your couch and even save money by cutting the cord and giving up your cable or satellite service. Amid social distancing in the pandemic, streaming services even found a way to keep movie nights …
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