For nearly 20 years I’ve used a projector as my main “TV.” Watching some of the best shows in history on a 100-inch screen has been a joy. Movies on a 10-foot-wide screen are the ultimate in immersion. All TVs are postage stamps compared to that. For years I’ve advocated getting a projector over a big TV, …
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The iPhone 13 was released three months ago, and alleged leaks for the iPhone 14 are already flowing in at a steady pace. One rumor, which is as hopeful as it is persistent, is that the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max will get new displays without a notch and instead use a hole-punch cutout for their selfie cameras. …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Thanks to the always evolving state of the pandemic, a lot of folks are still postponing travel plans. Others are leaning into their vaccinated status and traveling for business or pleasure like in the good old days, albeit with a face mask firmly in place. …
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Personal computers got a lot more exciting in 2021 thanks to Intel and Apple. Intel got a new chief executive who has plans for the giant chipmaker to reclaim its faded glory. Meanwhile, Apple introduced Macs with its own powerful new processors that challenge Intel’s plans. Processors — the electronic brains, also called chips, that power our smartphones, game consoles, …
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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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Products like 3D televisions and 3D phones give 3D a bad name. Part of the problem is that 3D is hyped as the start of a new product category, instead of being seen as a tool for expression. Lucid, the company behind the LucidPix app, smartly embraces 3D’s role as a creative tool. Whether you have a newer phone like the Google Pixel 6 or …
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I’m not a fan of cheap noise-canceling headphones. I struggled to put together a list of best noise-canceling headphones under $100, because there are so few I’d recommend buying. But Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones are one of the exceptions. Normally around $80, today they’re $20 off or $60 as an Amazon Deal of the Day. That’s their lowest …
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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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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Cyber Week has officially wrapped up, but if you missed your chance to jump on its great selection of deals, don’t panic. Like other retailers such as Walmart and Amazon, many of the Cyber Week offers from Best Buy have rolled over into a new …
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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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